incometax (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has removed the account/s listed below. Archived August 2, 2008

A set of accounts that all link to the same URL in their bio. Each account posts a set of URLs repeatedly with varying descriptions.

One account already shows signs of mass-following users.

User pages:

  1. http://twitter.com/taxfreedom ( follows 1353.  Block link )
  2. http://twitter.com/incometax ( follows 717.  Block link )
  3. http://twitter.com/taxreturns  ( follows 73.  Block link )

leeannecook (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has suspended the account/s listed below. Blogpost archived August 23, 2008.

This is another get rich quick spammer who is following 3927 people.

User Page : http://www.twitter.com/leeannecook

Block Now: http://twitter.com/blocks/confirm/14402521

onlinepoolgames (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has removed the account/s listed below. Archived July 24, 2008

Another set of accounts that link to the same URL. At face value, each tweet appears to be different, but if you check, you’ll see that each tweet actually contains the same URL.

User pages:

  1. http://twitter.com/freepoolgames ( User 14312820 )
  2. http://twitter.com/freepoolonline ( User 14312165 )
  3. http://twitter.com/freeonlinepoolg ( User 14312967 )
  4. http://twitter.com/poolgamesonline ( User 14312946 )
  5. http://twitter.com/playpoolgames ( User 14312933 )
  6. http://twitter.com/playpoolonline ( User 14312898 )
  7. http://twitter.com/playonlinepool ( User 14312918 )

Goshrink set 3 (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has suspended the account/s listed below. Blogpost archived Sep 3, 2008.

Another set of spambots that all link to the same goshrink site.

Don’t forget to check out Goshrink Set 1 and Goshrink Set 2.

  1. http://twitter.com/LH0SKW4Q4
  2. http://twitter.com/TJ0SLW5Q55
  3. http://twitter.com/G7ZS3JJY
  4. http://twitter.com/BIZRKV4Q
  5. http://twitter.com/PLCTLDOX77
  6. http://twitter.com/YUL2UMY677
  7. http://twitter.com/95W5TFFM
  8. http://twitter.com/XTK1TLX57
  9. http://twitter.com/JFA91WWL
  10. http://twitter.com/IF4WO08U
  11. http://twitter.com/JGWOGS0M
  12. http://twitter.com/LIEGR0ML
  13. http://twitter.com/GCNGR0LL
  14. http://twitter.com/RNEVNFQZ77
  15. http://twitter.com/AS91U5ZZ
  16. http://twitter.com/2YP6YQ2C
  17. http://twitter.com/PMCTLDPY
  18. http://twitter.com/ZWM3VOZ822
  19. http://twitter.com/62THALUG
  20. http://twitter.com/LH0SKW4Q
  21. http://twitter.com/XTK1TLX588
  22. http://twitter.com/73TMY6SS
  23. http://twitter.com/LI91U588XM
  24. http://twitter.com/63TOHS1M
  25. http://twitter.com/OLBSKDOA32
  26. http://twitter.com/TPFWPHS1NM

dfge3456 (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has suspended the account/s listed below. Blogpost archived Sep 3, 2008.

Brand new small scale (for now) Spammer

User site: http://twitter.com/dfge3456

Block now: http://twitter.com/blocks/confirm/16029573

exxonmobilcorp (Twitter) Fake account

January 1st, 2008

Update:

This account has been renamed to correctly reflect its nature, so we no longer recommend blocking it.

New account name is http://twitter.com/Not_EMC

——

Original blogpost

This account is not the official voice of Exxon Corporation or any of their executives.

http://twitter.com/exxonmobilcorp  (User id 15617599)

Details are available at Jeremiah Owyang’s blogpost: How “Janet” Fooled the Twittersphere She’s the Voice of Exxon Mobil

onlinerobber (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has removed the account/s listed below. Blogpost archived Aug 23, 2008

Following almost 2,000 people and has 3 twits. 1 twit and the profile URL link to his blog which is about his online marketing strategy.

User page: http://twitter.com/onlinerobber

Block now: http://twitter.com/blocks/confirm/14813431

Dasha_ (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has suspended the account/s listed below. Blogpost archived Aug 23, 2008.

Following over 3,000 people with 3-4 twitts and a profile with a link to some dubious looking URL

User page: http://twitter.com/Dasha_

Block now: http://twitter.com/blocks/confirm/15282031

ucanreach spamcloud

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has removed the account/s listed below. Archived July 25, 2008

A set of accounts that interchangeably tweet a common set of links. Most of the links are pages on ucanreach.

  1. http://twitter.com/art12 ( User 14419377 )
  2. http://twitter.com/modernart ( User 14419584 )
  3. http://twitter.com/automotive1 ( User 14432172 )
  4. http://twitter.com/automotivepart ( User 14432145 )
  5. http://twitter.com/beautyproducts ( User 14432254 )
  6. http://twitter.com/sallybeautysu ( User 14432270 )
  7. http://twitter.com/businessopport ( User 14419760 )
  8. http://twitter.com/cashadvance1 ( User 14432295 )
  9. http://twitter.com/cashadvancelo ( User 14432361 )
  10. http://twitter.com/cashadvanceloan ( User 14432429 )
  11. http://twitter.com/wwwcreditcards ( User 14432503 )
  12. http://twitter.com/creditcardscom ( User 14432538 )
  13. http://twitter.com/datingsites12 ( User 14432851 )
  14. http://twitter.com/onlinedating1 ( User 14432802 )
  15. http://twitter.com/diet1 ( User 14433082 )
  16. http://twitter.com/dietpills1 ( User 14433139 )
  17. http://twitter.com/dietplan1 ( User 14433219 )
  18. http://twitter.com/freecollege ( User 14342213 )
  19. http://twitter.com/funthingstod ( User 14420008 )
  20. http://twitter.com/gethighprdoma11 ( User 15069810 )
  21. http://twitter.com/gethinet ( User 15300196 )
  22. http://twitter.com/gethiorg ( User 15300247 )
  23. http://twitter.com/makingmoney12 ( User 14420815 )
  24. http://twitter.com/smallbusiness1 ( User 14419860 )
  25. http://twitter.com/success12 ( User 14432050 )
  26. http://twitter.com/suppo ( User 14485368 )
  27. http://twitter.com/suppo6f ( User 14485367 )
  28. http://twitter.com/suppo8 ( User 14485365 )

hottyhookup (Twitter)

January 1st, 2008

Twitter has removed the account/s listed below. Archived July 24, 2008

Two accounts pointing to the same domain and both mass-following thousands of users.

User pages no longer exist:

  1. http://twitter.com/jennifer91335 ( User 14358597 )
  2. http://twitter.com/christine101 ( User 14366726 )