Twitter, the popular microblogging site, has become the latest target of phishers. The company is warning its members to be careful of messages that redirect them to spoofed Twitter sites in an attempt to steal their user names and passwords.

“This specific scam sent out e-mails resembling those you might receive from Twitter whether you get e-mail notifications of your Direct Messages. The e-mail says something like, ‘hey! check out that funny blog about you …’ and provides a

Twitter went on to explain that the link redirects users to a site masquerading as the Twitter front page. Twitter advised its members to look closely at the URL field to see whether it has another domain besides Twitter, but looks precisely like the microblogging home page. That, the company said, indicates a cheat.

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