{"id":1101,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1101"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Brad-Pitt-is-NOT-Dead---Clicking-Death-Post-Opens-Scam-Websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1101","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt is NOT Dead &#8211; Clicking Death Post Opens Scam Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Breaking news&#8221; post circulating via social media claims that popular \u00a0US actor Brad Pitt has been found dead. The post purports to be from Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBrad Pitt is not dead. The post is not from Fox News and does not link to a genuine \u00a0news report. Clicking \u00a0the post opens a clickbait website that tries to trick you into installing rogue Facebook apps, paying for rogue antivirus scanners,  \u00a0downloading malware, or \u00a0divulging your personal information on suspect survey and get rich quick websites.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/brad-pitt-is-not-dead-clicking-death-post-opens-scam-websites\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,608\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1-300x228.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2361\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Pitt Dead Scam Post\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brad-pitt-dead-scam-post-1-263x200.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to a &#8220;breaking news&#8221; post that is currently circulating rapidly via Facebook and other \u00a0social media sites, famous US actor Brad Pitt has been found dead. The post, which purports to be from Fox News and features a picture of the star along with Fox News logos, claims that the \u00a0actor \u00a0hanged himself.<\/p>\n<p>However, the claims in the post are untrue. Brad Pitt is not dead and he has not attempted suicide. The post is not associated with Fox News in any way. And, there are no credible \u00a0news \u00a0reports that support the death claims.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the post is a callous and reprehensible attempt to drive traffic to a scam website. If you click on the post, you will be taken to a website that appears to host a number of &#8220;news&#8221; videos. A popup post will urge you to like the page and then install a Facebook app. Once enabled, the app may post further scam messages via your account.<\/p>\n<p>You will then be automatically redirected to one of a large number of suspect websites.<\/p>\n<p>You may see a message that falsely \u00a0claims that a virus has \u00a0been detected on your computer and you must immediately deal with the issue by clicking a link. The link opens a phoney virus scanner that will claim that it has \u00a0found a number of dangerous viruses on your computer. It will then claim that you must pay a fee to get \u00a0the \u00a0software required to remove the viruses.  \u00a0In reality, the scanner is completely fake and it did not find any viruses at all.  \u00a0The warnings are just a trick to get you to divulge your credit card details to scammers.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you may be told that you must update a video player plugin to view the supposed news content. However, the &#8220;plugin&#8221; is actually malware that can hijack your browser, redirect you to scam websites, and display malicious advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Or, \u00a0 \u00a0you may be redirected to sites that invite \u00a0you to join a program that will supposedly  \u00a0make you very large amounts of money for very little effort. These sites will try to entice you to buy utterly useless software that they claim you will need \u00a0to make the &#8220;get rich&#8221; system work.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you may be taken to &#8220;prize offer&#8221; websites that claim that you can win prizes in exchange for providing your name and contact details and filling in surveys.  \u00a0But, alas, the information you provide will be shared with third-party marketing companies, so you will be subsequently inundated with promotional phone calls, text messages, emails, and surface letters.<\/p>\n<p>Bogus \u00a0reports that claim that a famous person \u00a0has committed suicide are especially reprehensible and the people who perpetrate them are beneath contempt. Mental health experts have found an <a title=\"Changes in suicide rates following media reports on celebrity suicide: a meta-analysis.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22523342\">increase in suicide rates<\/a> after media reports about celebrity suicides. Thus, a heinous scam like this one could have deadly consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity death <a title=\"Sylvester Stallone Is NOT Dead \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Death Posts Link To Scam Websites\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/sylvester-stallone-is-not-dead-death-posts-link-to-scam-websites\/\">scams like this one<\/a> are <a title=\"Don't Get Caught by Celebrity Death Hoaxes and Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/guide-to-celebrity-death-hoaxes-scams.shtml\">very common<\/a>. Be wary of any social media message that claims that a celebrity has died. It is <a title=\"Don't Get Caught by Celebrity Death Hoaxes and Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/guide-to-celebrity-death-hoaxes-scams.shtml\">wise \u00a0to verify<\/a> the claims in such \u00a0posts before \u00a0you click \u00a0on them or share them. If a high-profile celebrity does die, then the news is always extensively covered by the mainstream news media. Thus, searching a news portal such as Google News, should quickly reveal if a circulating celebrity death report is true.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: September 22, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: September 22, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. 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The post purports to be from Fox News. Brief Analysis: Brad Pitt is not dead. The post is not from Fox News and does not link to a genuine \u00a0news report. Clicking \u00a0the post opens a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}