Taylor Swift’s Sex Tape Leaked Scam

Story:

A sex tape starring Taylor Swift is exposed over Internet.

Other Versions

Taylor Swift’s iPhone Hacked – Sex Tape Leaked!

The famous singer Taylor Swift had her iPhone hacked Monday and a sex tape between her and former boyfriend Harry Styles has been leaked on the internet. Taylor’s publicists are trying to take down all of the websites hosting it, but we found a working one! Watch the video before it’s taken down! Click here to watch the video. 

Analysis:

These messages claiming that a sex tape of the American singer Taylor Swift has been exposed over internet have been circulating in various forms, through various websites and social networking platforms like Facebook. The Facebook versions of the message claim that Taylor Swift’s iPhone was hacked, and her sex tape with her former boyfriend Harry Styles has been leaked online. The messages come with a link claiming to show the leaked sex tape of Taylor Swift. However, the story is simply a hoax, the messages are marketing and hacking scams in fact.

The people who clicked on such messages never had any sex tape to watch, they were taken to marketing stuff like surveys and offers. Some of these messages lure the users with prizes and attempt to grab their personal information that can be used in unfair ways. Few of these messages on Facebook also tricked the user to download dubious software and rogue applications that can risk their accounts security.

Scammers in general use effective marketing tricks like this for promoting their affiliate products and other adult stuff. There were many celebrities in the past who fell victims to such ‘leaked sex tapes’ hoax. In most of these cases, there will not be any celebrity sex video as such, the video itself will link to other marketing stuff.

People who feel they have compromised their Facebook accounts by clicking any such links are advised to change their passwords. Do not believe in everything that you read, be cautious while clicking unknown links. You can use a real time virus scan for safe browsing.

Hoax or Fact:

Hoax, and a Scam.