3/31/17
by News Department on 03/31/17SCAM/Virus Alert...
A Facebook post about Schuylkill County, titled "Deadly Crash" has been spreading a virus.
The Facebook post is reportedly about a horrific crash that killed “2 moms and 5 kids” and states that the “fathers had to be held back from the flames.” Within the post, it stated that the crash happened on a "freeway" within Schuylkill County.
The story was posted by a relatively unknown Facebook page but by Thursday morning, it had already been shared hundreds of times. Within the comments of the post, people had said their computers reported the site was trying to infect them with a virus.
An internet search shows the same story has been posted multiple times with different counties across the country. All of them have “NEWSROOMS.INFO” or "COUNTYNEWSROOM.INFO" at the bottom of the share text.
Users are reminded to be cautious on links to stories from pages you may not be familiar with.
