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WARNING: take care with Twitter competitions

jinchan

jinchan Posts: 6 Forumite

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6 January 2023 at 8:09PM in Compers chat corner

Been followed by a couple of accounts with similar names to ones running comps. They have the below in their bio:

"SELECTION OF WINNERS Congratulations to the people I follow WIN IMMEDIATELY SEND DM HELLO MESSAGE FOR THE LAST STEP"

There is no reason why someone would set up a separate account to distribute prizes. Watch out for scammers - report and block each time.

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okane_ga_nai Posts: 8,220 Forumite

6 January 2023 at 9:26PM edited 6 January 2023 at 9:27PM

Just to add
200 million Twitter users' email addresses allegedly leaked online
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/200-million-twitter-users-email-addresses-allegedly-leaked-online/
To check your email
https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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