Facebook scam: Guy that lives in my street killed his girlfriend today

It’s hard enough for us to keep the Naked Security site up-to-date with the latest scams spreading virally on Facebook – no wonder Facebook Security finds it so hard to kill them off.

This one has been spreading for a couple of days, posing as a news story from one of your Facebook friends that someone who lives in their street has killed his girlfriend.

DAMN!!!! A guy that lives in my street killed his girlfriend today!! Take a look it’s in the news : [LINK]

Variants of the scam read:

A young man killed his girlfriend after he found this secret message in her inbox : [LINK]

or

SHOCKING : He killed his girlfriend after he found a message in her inbox

As regular readers of Naked Security will know by now, clicking on such links isn’t a good idea as they invariably lead to rogue Facebook applications. These trick you into “allow”ing them access to your Facebook profile, which…

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