You hear about some crazy news online and you would like to see the exclusive footage of that asap. Examples? Osama Bin Laden’s burial at sea, the plane landing on the river in New York, or Michael Jackson being rushed to the hospital before his death.

The title catches your attention and you are required by scammers to either install software in order to see it, or even to give some personal information.

If you download or click the link provided, you will probably install a keystroke logger, software that records everything you type on your keyboard and is then read by the scammer, looking for your passwords and bank accounts. Of course, you can download not only the keystroke logger, but viruses as well.

On the other hand, you might be required to give your phone number, which will register you – without your knowledge – for a monthly membership or premium texting, making you pay a fortune.

How to avoid: in any online offer, if there are extra steps to get to the desired clips (such as requests for your phone number or e-mail address), remember that the offer will always come with a price. Not mentioning that you can wait 5 minutes and you get it for free on YouTube or even live on your national TV station.