This Article is From Aug 07, 2011

Facebook scam says Lady Gaga's dead!

Facebook scam says Lady Gaga's dead!

Highlights

  • A scam doing the rounds on social networking website Facebook claims that singer Lady Gaga has been found dead in a hotel room.
  • To warn people about the scam, computer security firm Sophos has released a statement, reports msnbc.msn.com.
  • "If you are tricked into clicking on the link, you are taken ultimately (via a website which sloppily allows an open redirect) to a webpage that pretends to contain a BBC News video report," senior technology consultant Graham Cluley said in a blog post.
London: A scam doing the rounds on social networking website Facebook claims that singer Lady Gaga has been found dead in a hotel room.

To warn people about the scam, computer security firm Sophos has released a statement, reports msnbc.msn.com.

"If you are tricked into clicking on the link, you are taken ultimately (via a website which sloppily allows an open redirect) to a webpage that pretends to contain a BBC News video report," senior technology consultant Graham Cluley said in a blog post.

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