New hoax on Facebook. A Facebook publication claims to present a picture that a young woman has been assaulted and died immediately after the incident. The image shows a video button that is supposed to allow users to view the video.
The message as reported by Hoax-Slayer is a typical “shocking video” hoax. Of course there is no video. The post is designed to trick users into promoting it scam on Facebook and participate in fake online surveys and offers. This particular hoax has no malicious intent, such as distribution maliciousy software, except that it will make those who created it richer.
The Facebook message features a disturbing image of a young woman being violently attacked while others stand over her and hold her down. The message claims that the girl died soon after the incident. The image is presented as one teaser video.
Those who click on the image to watch the video will be taken to a site that is designed to look like a Facebook page. However, when users try to watch the video, their scams urge them to publish it first on Facebook. So fraud spreads as more and more people are curious to see what happened.
The scammers who create these campaigns make a lot of money from the commissions of sneaky marketing programs every time a user joins.pays a survey and provides his personal information.
If one of these scam messages comes your way, do not be tempted to click on links or images that it contains.
