Soon after The killing of Osama Bin Laden by a US special operations team on Monday attracted a lot of attention from Internet users. Scammers now use Osama bin Ladens death to trick users and make them participate in rogue surveys.
The message, posed on Facebook users walls, assert to point to banned video footage of Osama Bin Ladens death:
SHOCKING NEW video of OSAMA BIN LADENS DEATH! !
Exclusive BANNED VDEIO footage of Osama Bin Laden being killed! ! !
SHOCKING NEW video of OSAMA BIN LADENS DEATH Osama Bin Laden Death Video Scam Spreads Virally on Facebook
When you click on it, the link takes to a Facebook page which urges the user to like and share the link with your Facebook friends, before you can watch the shocking footage. By doing so the link spreads throughout the social network, and instead of a shocking video you are taken to rogue survey which you are told you will have to complete before you can go any farther.
The scammers earn money every time a survey is finished, and thats why they want you to share the link with others.
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