Dutchlady1 said:Oh well, others clicked and it apparently was a simple picture..... there's me being overly suspicious.... 
@Dutchlady1,
The link the member gave was a shortened URL that he shortened with Google's URL shortening service. It is very common practice to shorten long URLs. You can see where a URL goes to by using this site:
http://urlxray.com/
From there you can check whether if the link is malicious by submitting the URL to VirusTotal.
https://virustotal.com/en/
The link may still be malicious though, as VirusTotal may not be 100% accurate.
