Twitter and Facebook users were getting hit with scams on Monday.

Twitter users warned about direct messages that said, “I make money online with Google. I learned how here [link],” according to Twitter users.

A Twitter representative said it was not a phishing scam because the site to which the spam links does not ask for a user name and password, or look like a Twitter page.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

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