Facebook Scams Using Recent Tragedies to Lure Victims
Better Business Bureau warns FB users to beware of scammers that are using tragedies like the Oslo bombing and death of Amy Winehouse as lure.
The Better Business Bureau is warning people that Facebook scammers are using tragedies like the recent terrorist attacks in Norway and the death of Amy Winehouse to scam users. Based on information obtained from Help Net Security and Sophos, BBB is releasing information aimed at preventing consumers from becoming victims of scams from those who would want to profit from recent tragedies. According to a press release from BBB, a bogus post has appeared on that claims to link to a video from an Oslo security camera showing the detonation of a car bomb near a Norwegian government building in which at least 10 people were killed. However, it doesn’t link to a security camera that captured such a video there is no knowledge that such a video …
