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Tips Prevent Hackers Steal Twitter Account | Step 1Every day more and more Twitter accounts were stolen and sent spam to a follower of the owner of that account. Generally, the message sent contains a malicious link aims to steal the victim's identity.

Here are tips on how to avoid your Twitter account stolen. Please forward this article or tweet to prevent more casualties due to actions hackers or spammers. The perpetrators use a trick that is generally classified into two types.

Links from people we 'know'
A Twitter account that has taken over sending a message like:
- Huh, this really you? http://URL
- Wow, look at this http://URL
- What is your IQ? http://URL

Or many other variations. One similarity of the tweet is, they are not targeted specifically to you. It is an important clue because generally, the original message will not be so short and usually contains more information or comments from people who sent it to you.

URLs are used are also strange, is not Tiny.url Bit.ly or used by 99.999 percent of Twitter users. It also is another clue that the message is not really a message from people you know.
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