Instead of never clicking signature links, and ignoring PMs, profiles and posts with tinyurls because they are too lazy to use the real url when posting a banner in posts, type in the tinyurl, but with 'preview' as so.
Quote:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fpl26
That should protect you, and let you see if it's legit.
Remember to copy the url, even if it's too late for you(using back), or even the preview tiny url, if you suspect it as bad, to report it to a Gaia mod to protect other people!
~Metalic_Noodles