![]() With a profile photograph accompanying message, the note may appear to be legitimately authored by a Facebook friend of the recipient, according to DataProt. For example, we found one Twitter post from January 2023 and a TikTok post from October 2022 about the scam. ![]() While many screenshots documenting the message were posted on social media in March or April 2023, we found evidence of the message on platforms like Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and TikTok prior to those months, as well. If you receive this message, we recommend you delete the text without clicking the link.Īccording to screenshots posted by social media users, the messages read, "Look who died, in an accident I think you know him so sorry.," with the link. No further details about the allegedly deceased person, as well as the purported accident, were included in the message. ![]() The message is a phishing scam, according to DataProt, which tracks cybersecurity threats. ![]() Several social media users have reportedly received a scam message via Facebook's messaging application, Facebook Messenger, claiming that an unnamed individual whom the recipient apparently knows has died "in an accident" and a link supposedly has more information about the death. ![]()
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