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Be Careful: Hackers Using Bin Laden's Death To Target Victims !

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The death of Osama bin Laden has been a magnet for online scammers and spammers, with malicious links to pictures of a deceased bin Laden popping up to fool Facebook and Google users. Even after his death, Osama bin Laden's terror seems to be haunting the world, this time online! No official photos or videos of bin Laden's body have been released. Experts say 'be careful' if you are searching for pictures or videos. You see it on TV, newspapers and it’s all over   Twitter ,   Facebook   other social networks, mainstream news websites, etc. Journalists and bloggers aren’t the only ones taking advantage of the  popularity of this event, but also HACKER's. When I logged on to   Facebook   yesterday, I noticed that several of my friends were all posting a similar link which was supposedly an exclusive video  of the death    of Osama Bin Laden with the headline – “ EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF Osama DEAD. WOW ” and below it was a link that y...