Just because a link comes from a friend, it does not mean it's safe to click
The death of Muammar Gadhafi is likely to spur online scammers into action with promises of 'exclusive' video and pictures of the former Libyan leader's death.
According to several reports, Gadhafi died just after 4:00 p.m. (EET) after a violent attack near his hometown of Sirte. His bloodied body was loaded on top of a vehicle and driven to Misrata, where it was surrounded by a crowd chanting, "The blood of the martyrs will not go in vain," The Associated Press reported.
Gruesome video footage on Al Jazeera shows what appears to be Gadhafi's body, either wounded or dead, lying in the street. By all accounts, this video is real, and watching it from Al Jazeera's official website will not harm your computer. But there are sure to be hundreds of fraudulent Web pages popping up that aren't nearly as safe.
Online scammers know that videos and pictures, especially if they're "exclusive," have an amazing power to lure in people desperate for immediate results. Phony Web pages promising never-before-seen videos appeared following the death of Osama Bin Laden, and they are nearly guaranteed to show up now.
2 comments:
Excellent info to put out, thanks!
The UN Human Rights Office has initiated an investigation into MK's death.Personally,I cannot fathom why this is necessary.The near equivalent to Hitler has just been killed & they want to determine the circumstances surrounding his death?.At this point everyone should just be glad he is dead.I realize this comment has nothing to do with the article,but I thought it worthy of mention.
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