Users of Facebook may feel that familiar feeling dawning upon seeing a post, such as the one below, that is quite reminiscent of a viral hoax that hit the Internet late last year. It's as vanilla-sounding as it gets this time, however.
A sample of the post one may see on Facebook
The frvideoss(dot)com/serp/ website containing the fake video
Sharing the video and/or closing the popup loads the page, videolafr(dot)com/eng/, which shows a YouTube clip on the background about a now infamous tale of a drunk man in India who was swallowed by a python—an event Snopes said never really happened. Overlaying this is a small window where users can pick a survey they should answer before they are allowed to finally view the video.
The survey, of course, will depend on the region of the user who access the site. Here's a sample:
You really shouldn't want this.
Dear Reader, if you see video clips being shared around in your Facebook that promotes sensational headlines, never click, Like, or re-share it.
Online social networks are prone to scams and other web threats, like phishing and malware.
As such, what we see in those sites, good news or bad, must be taken with a grain of salt. Best to just steer clear, warn others, and inform affected account owners that they have been scammed.
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