Whitney Houston autopsy scam video on Facebook

Scammers again exploited the death of superstar singer Whitney Houston, this time with a supposed video of her autopsy on social networking service Facebook.

 

Computer security firm Sophos warned Facebook users Thursday against clicking on the links on the post, saying it may lead to a survey scam —or, worse, malware.

 

"Clicking on the link will take your browser which appears to show a YouTube video embedded on what looks like a Facebook webpage. However, a message on the page says that the video cannot be played as your version of Adobe Flash needs to be updated," it said in a blog post.

 

"Of course, you should only ever download an update for your installation of Flash from the *real* Adobe website, so my recommendation would be very wary about downloading any software that this bogus webpage might serve up to you, or any scam survey pages that it might direct you towards," it added.

 

The world is still mourning the death of Houston, 48, who was found dead in a hotel in California last weekend.

 

Sophos said the latest scam related to her death had been "shared" on Facebook.

 

According to the messages, the video of Whitney Houston's autopsy "reveals a shocking secret that explains her death."

 

The messages also claim the autopsy reports would reveal "a dark past and secret life which tragically led to Whitney Houstons death." — TJD, GMA News