WARNING: ‘Girl Killed Herself Video’ Scam Returns To Facebook

It’s not quite Throwback Thursday, but a throwback Facebook scam is back for another go-around, as Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported that the “girl killed herself video” bait-and-switch scam is worming its way around the social network for the fifth consecutive year.

GirlKilledHerselfVideo650It’s not quite Throwback Thursday, but a throwback Facebook scam is back for another go-around, as Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported that the “girl killed herself video” bait-and-switch scam is worming its way around the social network for the fifth consecutive year.

Naked Security said the scam has been around since 2010, and the basic premise is using a nonexistent video of a teenage girl who killed herself after being shamed for inappropriate online activity, and the blog added that it usually works as follows:

  1. One of your friends shares a link along the lines of, “Girl killed herself live on cam.”
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