New scam slithers onto Facebook: "Huge snake eats man alive!"

I am always looking for any bit of information on new scams that are out there for 2 reasons - first and foremost it's my job - secondly, I have click happy parents whom are more than happy to click on a link (no matter how much I warn them not to) for a 87 headed mutant frog that was discovered in the Bangkok sewer system that misses its mommy.

My go to site for getting notification on the newest scams circulating is always Malwarebytes first, they are always on it and this time hopefully I can post it before my mother just "has to see this snake eat a man whole!"

This just another in a long line of viral hoax's that slink around inviting people views of amazing things that are just too good to pass up viewing - all with seem to have fangs of varying degrees of "venom" inside.



Once users attempt to watch the clip, they’re instructed to share it first before they can see it—a tactic typically used by survey scammers.



A popup window lets users log in to the social network if they aren’t yet.

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 is tailored to where ever the user happens to be and it is persistent - if you try to get out of taking part by closing out, the scammers will direct you to another page with another must have prize.

Don't get bit by this newest scam...