Latest Facebook Scam: Coca Cola Viral Video

Sophos is warning Facebook users about a new viral video-related scam which is fast spreading through the social networking website. The 'Never gonna drink Coca Cola again' scam lures users to click on it by pretending to be a 'horrific' video about why you should never drink Coca Cola.

According to Sophos, this is how the scam message looks like: "I am part of the 98.0% of people that are NEVER gonna drink Coca Cola again after this HORRIFIC video --> [poisoned link]". This viral video scam differs from recent Facebook clickjacking attacks related to the 'Like' button.

Sophos claims the message prompts users to share the poisoned link and polls them in order to watch the video. However, regardless of sharing the link multiple times, the video remains out of reach, and users are instead asked to take a survey requesting their personal information.

"It amazes me that people will go to such great lengths to see a video from a source that they know nothing about," said Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos. "The users who try and watch this video have no way of knowing how their personal information may be used; the only people who will benefit are the scammers behind the attack. Facebook users need to wise up to the risk of outside threats in order to control the spread of attacks like this on social networking sites," continued Cluley.

In case you have faced this Coca Cola video scam on Facebook, do this: view the recent activity on your news feed and delete entries related to the offending links.  Also view your profile, click on the Info tab and remove any of the offending pages from the ‘Likes and interests’ section.

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