WARNING: Tracy Morgan Is Not Dead, Despite Scam Facebook Posts To The Contrary
There is nothing funny about fake Facebook videos proclaiming the death of actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, who was involved in a fatal automobile accident earlier this month. Morgan is alive and well, not to mention reportedly improving. The diagnosis may be different for Facebook users who click on the scam videos.
There is nothing funny about fake Facebook videos proclaiming the death of actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, who was involved in a fatal automobile accident earlier this month. Morgan is alive and well, not to mention reportedly improving. The diagnosis may be different for Facebook users who click on the scam videos.
Malwarebytes reported on the Morgan video scam, saying that posts attempting to bait users into sharing videos are spreading throughout the social network, with the following caption (unedited) as the bait:
[Death Video] R.I.P.
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