News: Minister, one of "Big four" prey to latest scam

Cabinet minister Ed Miliband was left embarrassed after apparently sending saucy messages to thousands of people on social networking site Twitter. Mr Miliband's unusually personal message, which was delivered to around 7,000 of his followers at breakfast time yesterday, boasted: 'hhey, i've been having better sex and longer with this here'.

The 'tweet', which appeared alongside a picture of a smiling Mr Miliband, was followed by a link to another website. Followers are friends and other subscribers who have signed up to receive any messages sent by a certain user. The Energy Secretary later admitted that he had become prey to an internet sex scam sweeping Westminster. In a genuine tweet, he wrote: 'Oh dear, it seems like I have fallen victim to Twitter's latest "phishing scam".' Mr Miliband was not the only person at Westminster to be targeted by internet hijackers. Harriet Harman, leader of the Commons, also revealed that a tweet had been sent from her account without her knowledge to a surprised Alan Duncan, Tory prisons spokesman.

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