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A favourite scammer ruse is to pose as a high profile celebrity who is supposedly giving away cash and prizes to selected fans.

According to this email, high-profile billionaire Warren Buffett is giving you three million dollars as part of a charity project.

Messages currently appearing on Facebook are claiming that US actor Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith have died in a car crash. 

According to posts that are currently circulating via social media websites American reality TV star Duane Chapman (Dog the Bounty Hunter) has died.

According to a post that is circulating rapidly via social media, popular singer Celine Dion has died in a plane crash. The claim is untrue.

According to a post currently being shared on social media, American actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood has died of a heart attack.

In late May 2019, posts mourning the death of former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya began circulating via Twitter and Facebook.

According to a Facebook Page that calls itself “Oprah W”, the US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is giving away gift cards, cash, cars, and even homes to fans who like, share, and comment. 

Circulating report claims that when Jamaican authorities conducted DNA tests on the body of a homeless man found behind a fast food restaurant, they discovered that the man was actually reggae star Bob Marley.

Dozens of fraudulent Facebook Pages that falsely claim to be associated with popular TV show host Ellen DeGeneres are currently being published and promoted on the network.