On Friday afternoon, many Australian Twitter users were asking the platform's support about whether they should trust an email asking them to verify their accounts.
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Things were cleared up very quickly and it seems that the Twitter platform itself was responsible for all the confusion.
“Some of you may have recently received an email to ‘verify your Twitter account.’ These were sent by us in error and we’re sorry this happened,” the company said on its support account.
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“If you received one of these emails, you do not need to verify your account and can ignore the message.”
Last month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Australian businesses reported losses of more than $14 million due to payment redirection or scams, with losses in 2021 expected to be five times higher than the previous year.
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In 2019, 25,000 phishing scams were reported to Scamwatch, with only 513 resulting in financial losses, worth AUD. However, phishing was the most popular fraud method.
Information source: zdnet.com
