International Business Times reported on the latest scam to go viral on the social network, in which a photo of a shark devouring a man — which is likely a screen shot from 1987 film Jaws: The Revenge — with a video play button appears atop the headline, “[SHOCKING VIDEO] SHARK EATS SWIMMING MAN IN INDIAN OCEAN.”
However, those who fall victim — to the scam, not the shark — are asked to click like, and then complete surveys, which earn money for the spammers who host the pages. Of course, the potential for phishing and malware also lurks.
Read more : http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/facebook-users-scammed-by-fake-shark-video-1431071
Screenshot courtesy of International Business Times.
Readers: Have you seen this hoax in your News Feeds?
