Twitter: Bogus E-mail Requesting Information

Recently, I've gotten an e-mail from Angelina Jolie asking me to join her on Facebook.  Needless to say, that was a bogus request.  Today, I've gotten a supposedly e-mail notification from Twitter stating that I recently changed my e-mail address associated with an Twitter account and that I needed to click on a link to confirm.  That automatically threw up flags everywhere.

While this e-mail originated from someplace in the United Kingdom (78.150.94.45), the link in the e-mail points to some Russian website (http://bygirl.ru/vcqf.html).

As always, examine your e-mail very carefully, if at all possible, try going to the directly on your web browser and not through the link that's provided within the e-mail.  Check for spelling errors, though this is not direct proof that the e-mail you've received is bogus/fake, it does warrant further investigation.

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