Scammers announced the popular comedian and actor Tracy Morgan dead on Facebook. The fake video tricks users into sharing it that are spreading throughout the social network, with the Title, “Death Video” The fake news spread like fire on the internet. Malwarebytes warned about the Morgan video scam, saying that the fake video trick users into posting it. The scam leads users to download a file, which could be anything from a PPUP to a malicious software that could steal users’ sensitive or financial information from the infected system.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/06/tracy-morgan-dead-facebook-scam.html