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Is this a spam twitter account

The_B_Man · 2012-01-08 20:02:48

I got followed today by this account and I'm thinking its some sort of clever spam account, that'll start spamming me to bits sooner or later. Or else its trying to harvest my tweets/organs. https://twitter.com/#!/tracirwooden Notice the tweets are the same, with maybe the odd word changed here or there. Its either a…

08-01-2012 8:02pm

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The_B_Man

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I got followed today by this account and I'm thinking its some sort of clever spam account, that'll start spamming me to bits sooner or later. Or else its trying to harvest my tweets/organs.

https://twitter.com/#!/tracirwooden

Notice the tweets are the same, with maybe the odd word changed here or there. Its either a spambot, or some very boring person.

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#2 08-01-2012 10:47pm

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Happens me all the time. If you're not a politician or selling something just block them.

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#3 08-01-2012 10:52pm

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#4 08-01-2012 11:08pm

BrianD

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I would say so but you don't need to take any action i.e don't follow them.

Nothing to worry about Twitter seems to be good and deleting these as fast as they appear.

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