Giant snake swallows a zookeeper? More Facebook spam.

Suspicious links showing a giant snake next to a man are popping up on Facebook. The link claims to show footage of a zookeeper being swallowed by the snake.

Those familiar with this type of scam will be able to instantly dismiss this as nothing more than your typical Facebook con, which it is.

Like many other scams that spread on Facebook, upon clicking the link users are first requested to share the video to their Facebook newsfeed first.

[SHOCKING VIDEO] A Giant Snake Swallows Up A Zookeeper !!!
 

After that users are told they must download a video player to watch the video. And just like previous, very similar scams, the video player is actually nothing more than malware.

Scammers often use the ploy of video players, updates or plugins to fool users into downloading malware, and it is a ploy that can often be very successful, thus its popularity.

As always, we advise our readers to be extremely sceptical of links on Facebook claiming to show this kind of dramatic footage, as well as websites asking you to download software to watch videos.

As for the video of a snake attacking a zookeeper, it does not exist, because the image used in the scam has been "Photoshopped"!