Justin Bieber Stabbed by a Crazed Fan in LA? It’s a Facebook Scam!
Facebook scammers are claiming that Justin Bieber has been stabbed in an attempt to trick fans into clicking on a link that will earn them money. The messages, which include a thumbnail image of a young man's back badly slashed with a knife, say that Justin was stabbed by a crazed fan outside a nightclub in Los Angeles.
A typical message spreading on Facebook looks as follows:
Other versions claim that Bieber was stabbed (again by a crazed fan) outside a nightclub in New York:
Justin Bieber STABBED By CRAZED Fan Outside N.Y.C. NightClub!
The truth is, that no such stabbing took place, in either city. If it had, then it would be making headlines on CNN. But Bieber's young fans are unlikely to check their facts before clicking on the link to discover more about the alleged injury. And if users do make the mistake of clicking on the link they are taken to a webpage with what appears to be a YouTube video, presumably of the fictional stabbing.
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 friends. 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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