OMG – I just hate Rihanna video Facebook scam spreading

RihannaMessages are spreading between Facebook users, claiming that members of the social network have lost all respect for popular songstress Rihanna after watching a video.

However, if you’re careless enough to click on the link you will find yourself lured into a survey scam that attempts to earn affiliate cash for fraudsters.

A typical message trying to tempt users into falling for the scam looks like this:

Rihanna Facebook scam

OMG – I just hate RIHANNA after watching this video
[LINK] you will lost your all respect for RIHANNA after watching this

However, if you click on the link you are immediately asked to share the link with your online Facebook friends (thus spreading it virally) *before* you get to see any video.

Rihanna Facebook scam

Sadly, some people seem to be all too prepared to pass a link to their social network of mates without knowing what the point is.

Because if you do share the link, you will next be duped into taking an online survey. The scammers earn commission for every survey completed.

Rihanna Facebook scam

It’s people’s natural curiousity and desire to read (and view!) a sleazy celebrity story that gives scams like this life.

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If you were fooled into participating in this scam remove the message from your newsfeed, and delete any messages you may have inadvertently shared with your friends. That way at least you are no longer spreading it with your online chums. You can also report the link as spam – hopefully if enough people do it, Facebook will begin to stop the scam from spreading.

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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and is the co-host of the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.

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