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The Twitter Porn Name Game Is a Scam!

by Terrence O'Brien on May 13, 2009 at 08:24 AM

Twitter Porn Name Game is a Scam
Right now, the tag "#twitterpornnames" is popping up all over Twitter. This meme, which encourages people to post their "porn names" (a combination of your first pet's name and the street you grew up on, or your mother's maiden name), is actually a giant scam to collect personal information. The idea of a "porn name" has been around a long time, but it took a rather crafty scam artist figure out that if you unleash the game on a service like Twitter, it would spread like wildfire.

Think about what your security questions on your online banking account are -- we guarantee you that at least one of them is your pet's name, your mother's maiden name, or the street you grew up on. Whoops. You just blasted that info to millions of people on Twitter.

If your zeal for Twitter games has overwhelmed your common sense and you jumped on the #twitterpornnames trend, quickly delete the post and change your passwords and security questions on all of your accounts. Do it now -- we'll wait. [From: PC World, Via: Download Squad]

Tags: phishing, scam, security, top, twitter, twitter porn names, TwitterPornNames

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