Peaches Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Fake Casey Anthony Confession Video Used as Lure in Facebook Scam Facebook scammers are at work again, this time luring users with an alleged video of Casey Anthony confessing to her lawyer that she murdered her daughter.At the beginning of the month a jury found 25-year-old Casey Anthony non guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse.Casey was accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee Marie Anthony in a highly publicized case that lasted three years. Media coverage of the case and trial drew very high ratings suggesting that there was a lot of public interest into Casey's Anthony verdict.Cyber criminals have jumped at the occasion to monetize this interest by launching one of their Facebook survey scams.The messages spammed from the accounts of users who fell for the scam read: "BREAKING NEWS - Leaked Video of Casey Anthony CONFESSION to Lawyer! Click To See - She can't be re-tried, double jeopordy.. OJ all over again!"The included link takes users to a YouTube-like page which displays a video thumbnail. A dialog pops-up asking them to confirm that they are older than 13 by pressing on "Jaa." http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-Casey-Anthony-Confession-Video-Used-as-Lure-in-Facebook-Scam-210870.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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