A hoax claiming that Charlie Sheen has died is being used to spread a virus on Facebook and Twitter, it has been revealed.
Huffington Post reports that messages titled "Exclusive Video", "RIP!" and "Breaking News" have appeared on the social network sites, saying: "Charlie Sheen found Dead at his House (sic)" or something similar.
Business website ZDNet's Twitter account was targeted, prompting the company to issue an explanation of the scam.
"Just like the previous 'likejacking' scams (a play on the term clickjacking, which means prompting a victim to click something while a different action is taken behind the scenes), any of the above will lead you to a fake YouTube page such as TouTube or FbTube," the article explained.
"Clicking on play prompts you with the following message, 'Please complete a 30-second survey to verify that you are human'."
Sheen is yet to comment on the hoax.
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Huffington Post reports that messages titled "Exclusive Video", "RIP!" and "Breaking News" have appeared on the social network sites, saying: "Charlie Sheen found Dead at his House (sic)" or something similar.
Business website ZDNet's Twitter account was targeted, prompting the company to issue an explanation of the scam.
"Just like the previous 'likejacking' scams (a play on the term clickjacking, which means prompting a victim to click something while a different action is taken behind the scenes), any of the above will lead you to a fake YouTube page such as TouTube or FbTube," the article explained.
"Clicking on play prompts you with the following message, 'Please complete a 30-second survey to verify that you are human'."
Sheen is yet to comment on the hoax.
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