" followed by a tailored bit.ly link ending with "restinpeace-steve-jobs." Clicking the link takes users to one of countless malicious Web pages.

Scammers waste no time in exploiting Steve Jobs' death

As much of the world mourns the passing of Steve Jobs -- one of the technology industry's greatest visionaries -- the bottom feeders of the cyber crime world are greedily exploiting the tragedy through scams promising unwitting users a chance to win a free iPad.

Sophos has reported in its Naked Security blog on one such scam already circulating via Facebook that reads as follows: "In memory of Steve, a company is giving out 50 ipads tonight. R.I.P. Steve Jobs," followed by a tailored bit.ly link ending with "restinpeace-steve-jobs." Clicking the link takes users to one of countless malicious Web pages.