You may be prompted to complete an online survey before finding out that there is no related footage or picture. It’s similar to a Facebook scam which circulated when Osama Bin Laden was killed with a link claiming to take you to a picture of the terrorist’s dead body.

In the cases of Amy Winehouse and the Norway attacks, dodgy links claiming to contain video footage were sent out via Facebook. The deaths of singer Amy Winehouse and Apple founder Steve Jobs as well as the Norway terror attacks are three examples of recent events jumped on by internet scammers, looking to either infect our computers with viruses or cash in on our personal information. We need to tread very carefully at times like this otherwise it could be a case of curiosity killed the computer!

While the passing of celebrities or other breaking news stories prompt most of us to turn on the TV, search the internet and text or call friends, scammers swing into action to take advantage of our thirst for information. Breaking news scams (via Facebook) Online scam spreading virus

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