Online spammers using counterfeit videos and photos of Osama Bin Laden's demise have seen their phishing fraud go viral.
Since the al-Qaeda personality was shot and killed by American special forces there's been conjecture about precisely how he died.
This has meant the fraud has rapidly expansion around the world, frequently by email and Facebook accounts.
In America the FBI has already warned internet users about the dangers of these scams.
Agents says viruses that are downloaded are frequently automatic to rob personal data similar to email addresses, passwords and dates of birth.
In a not similar sort of fraud people are moreover being duped in to handing over their personal details.
Another, well known as clickjacking, functions when people click on a counterfeit video couple and unwittingly give spammers access to their accounts.
Rik Ferguson is executive of safety investigate at Trend Micro and told Newsbeat: "The best result for a plant is of course going to be identity theft.
"That can have major financial implications partial term, longer tenure if your identity is sole on then it could start your credit rating."
It's not the initial time headlines events have since hackers the chance to expansion malware attacks around the world.
Similar campaigns were launched to coexist with the Royal Wedding, the World Cup and Japanese Tsunami.
Ferguson added: "The fact that this is connected to Osama Bin Laden is roughly academic.
"Whenever anything newsworthy happens, anything at all, that is taken value of by criminals to be able to make their assault more interesting, more credible."
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