Scam : Justin Bieber died in a car crash.

As usual the pirates released a new map. This time we talk about Justin Bieber.
Therefore let's us read the report from Nakedsecurity. 

''Chances are, these days, that you might have Googled for an appropriate phrase like "bieber dies in car crash". And look
what the very first search result is:
Google search result
If you were to click on that link you would be taken to what appears, at first glance, to be a legitimate news website:
Fake news story
However, if you are a long term reader of Naked Security there should be enough here to ring some alarm bells. Doesn't it remind you of the Global Associated "news" story from earlier this year about the death in a car crash of Pet Shop Boys star Neil Tennant?
Funnily enough that appears to have happened on entirely the same stretch of road - "Route 80 between Morristown and Roswell".
Past bogus death reports have involved the likes of deaths of Adam Ant, Jim Carrey, Christian Slater, Vanilla Ice, Tom Cruise amongst many others...
The truth is that somewhat tasteless websites exist which allow anyone to automagically generate a fake news story about a death in a car crash. Simply changing the link changes the name of the victim.
Before you know it, internet users are unwittingly forwarding the message without checking their facts, and the tasteless website is earning itself some cash from all of the new traffic seeing its adverts.
Sadly, careless Facebook users are re-sharing this bogus story of Justin Bieber's death to all and sundry, keeping the hoax alive and helping drive traffic to a website that thinks it is clever to play such sick pranks.
Fake news spread on Facebook
Get your real news from real news websites. Don't trust Google or your Facebook friends, as they may be sharing links and stories that simply aren't true.''

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