Steve Jobs passed away, and while many parts of the world are mourning the tech industry’s lost, there are a few who would want to take advantage of this event by scamming unwary Internet users.

Such is the case when Michael Jackson, Osama bin Laden and Amy Winehouse died. Hours after the reported death of these people, links offering the video, picture or so-called proofs of their cadaver sprung social media websites including Facebook and Twitter.

True enough, just couple of hours after the death of Steve Jobs is announced, scammers were already able to set up a campaign tricking people into clicking malicious links. Sophos Naked Security Blog noted that a link circulating on Facebook claimed that Apple is giving away 50 iPads in memory of its former CEO Steve Jobs. The link then will take you to a website where you will have to answer a survey so you will be able to join the event, of course this is a scam and no contest or giveaway promo exists.


The same stunt was scene just recently, after Amy Winehouse a Facebook post about a website claiming to have a video of her death

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