Anxious singer Amy Wine house was establish dead in her North London home today, making headline approximately the world. Within four hours, cold-hearted scammers were taking benefit of her death on Face book.
If you see links like the following in your newsfeed, please don’t click on them.
Amy Winehouse is dead!!
Leaked Video!! Amy Winehouse on Crack hours before death
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Amy Winehouse getting high on crack just hours before she died
Video leaked of Amy Winehouse’s death
Video leaked of amy winehouse’s death!!! Warning: Graphical Content.
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Amy Winehouse OVERDOSE VIDEO LEAKED! – RIP AMY
Scammers are like vultures, feeding off tragedy such as the death of Amy Winehouse or the horrific proceedings in Norway yesterday.
Scams like this usually lead you to online surveys, with the scammers earn themselves commission for each survey that victims complete. But first they trick you into sharing the link with your other Face book friends.
If you got hit by this scam, build sure you have detached the entries from your news feed (to stop them being shared amongst your friends), mark them as spam if you like, and check your profile does not have any unwanted “Likes” under your “Likes and interests”.