Halloween suicide scam spreads on Facebook
As millions of kids and their parents satisfy a post-Halloween sweet tooth, Facebook scammers are spreading an especially nasty campaign to revive last night's fright and lure people into compromising their computer security.
The Facebook message, which began spreading Tuesday, shows a picture of a bloodied woman and reads, "Girl Killed Herself on Halloween After Dad Posted This on Her Wall."
Beneath a link, it reads, "This is unbelievable .. shocking.." To see what supposedly caused the girl to take her own life, Facebook users are prompted to click on the link, the security firm Sophos reported. The image of the bloody woman is bad enough, but clicking on the link redirects users to a Web page that reads, "After a long day at basketball tryouts, this girl came home to this disturbing message. Nobody knows for now why or what made her dad do it, but he posted this on her wall … R.I.P."
