"Robin Williams' Last Phone Call" is a Facebook Scam

In the wake of Robin Williams’ suicide, several touching tributes have gone viral on social media. This is not one of them.

You may have seen one of your Facebook friends share the so-called “Robin Williams’ Last Phone Call” on their timelines; it claims to be a recording of the comedian’s final phone call before taking his own life.

According to ESET, a prominent computer security company, when you click on the link you are taken to an outside website and forced to share the recording on your timeline and also forced to complete a survey. This is where the scammers make their money.

The scammers are looking to make affiliate cash-they earn a very small amount of money for each person who takes the surveys on their site. By forcing the “Last Phone Call” recording on to more and more peoples’ Facebook timelines, the pool of potential survey takers increases exponentially, and so does their income.

Remember, never like or share anything on Facebook before you have personally seen it and made sure it is not dangerous or malicious.