Your Online Timer survey scam spreads rapidly on Twitter

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More rogue applications are catching Twitter users off their guard today, helping scammers earn money by spreading links that point to online surveys.

Following other attacks this weekend, which saw users spreading messages about a girl who killed herself and how addicted they were to Twitter, new messages are appearing on Twitter claiming to count how long users have been members of the tweeting service:

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The amount of time shown differs between users, so you may see different numbers.

The messages, posted by an application called "Your Online Timer", include a link which - if your Twitter followers click on it - will encourage them to authorise that "Your Online Timer" should also be able to access and update their Twitter accounts.

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