Facebook Scam: Missing Malaysian Plane Found in Bermuda Triangle

snoopy · Mar 14, 2014

Facebook Scam: Missing Malaysian Plane Found in Bermuda Triangle
Scammers try to trick users into completing surveys

The disappearance of flight MH370 of the Malaysian Airlines has made a lot of headlines lately. As expected, scammers are also trying to profit from the mystery story.
The airplane in question disappeared on Saturday somewhere above the Gulf of Thailand, between Malaysia and Vietnam. The flight was heading to Beijing and had 239 people on board. 12 nations are involved in the search, but so far the plane is nowhere to be found.

Since many people are wondering where the plane might have ended up and if the passengers are still alive, scammers came up with the “answer.” The plain is in the famous Bermuda Triangle and all passengers are alive.

“Video of Malaysia MH370 Plane found in Bermuda Triangle! Passengers alive! Breaking news video footage of this miracle just released on CNN!” the scam posts spotted by Hoax Slayer read.

Of course, this isn’t true. The links from the post don’t point to a video of the MH370 plane, but to a website that appears to host several shocking videos.

The site in question, insidevideo.net, appears to be offline at the time of writing. However, Google caches reveal that the “viral videos portal” is actually designed to trick users into sharing the scam posts with their Facebook friends.

Then, victims are instructed to complete various online surveys that are presumably part of a “security check.”
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Details & screenshot here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Face...-Plane-Found-in-Bermuda-Triangle-431945.shtml

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