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Survey Scam - "Age Verification - To Watch Video Please Confirm Your are Old Enough"

If you are asked the following: "Age Verification - To watch this video, please confirm you are old enough by completing one simple test," please do not follow the instructions. This is a video survey scam, created by cyber-criminals to trick persons into completing surveys by promising to show them a video after completing the surveys. But there is no video, regardless of how many surveys you complete.

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The Scam: Age Verification - To Watch this Video, Please Confirm you are Old Enough

This age verification process is only a scam designed to trick you into completing online surveys that the cyber-ciminals behind it will make money from. They also make money from the advertisements on the website.

If you are asked to complete surveys in order to view a video, picture or other content, it is the first sign that you are being tricked or scammed. You do not need to do any of these things in order to view any content on Facebook and the rest of the internet.

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