Beware of Pinterest Phishing Scam
Whenever a new website happens to attract the attention of the general population, it has a way of attracting a few seedy characters as well. I’m talking, of course, about internet con artists, and their tendency to latch onto whatever happens to be popular in order to launch an attack and make a quick buck. In this case, the site-of-the-moment is Pinterest, the popular social media site that has amassed a user base exceeding 13 million individuals despite legality concerns and reports that the site was covertly adding affiliate links to user submissions.
