However, what looks like a link to a video with the polar bear is just a clickbait trap to trick users into accepting push notifications from a website. These push messages in turn lead to dubious offers!
This post is shared on Facebook:
“[Video] White bear tears woman apart within seconds of her falling” or “White bear tears woman into pieces within seconds of her fall”
In the picture, which shows a play button in the middle and thus suggests that you can watch a video, you can see a polar bear that pounces on a woman in the water, and at the bottom right there is a photo that is supposed to show the supposed woman.
If you click or tap on the article, you will be taken to a page that looks like Facebook and asks you to share the video before you can see it:
Once you have shared the video, which causes the post to appear in your own timeline, you will be taken to a black page with a large play button and the request that you first have to allow yourself to receive notifications from this page:
Not only on the smartphone, but also on the desktop you are asked to allow push notifications.
This allows the site to send news to the desktop or smartphone, even if the site is not open.
If you click or tap the play button expectantly, you will be bitterly disappointed:
An error message appears above the supposed video, saying that the video has apparently not been shared.
What kind of push notifications do you get?
No serious news! In addition to links to dating sites and competitions, you also receive messages that you supposedly have malware on your computer that can only be removed with a very expensive program (so-called “ scareware ”), but this is just advertising.
There is no polar bear video at all!
What you can see there as a supposed video dates back to 2009!
On Good Friday 2009, the suicidal Mandy K. climbed over the barrier of the polar bear enclosure in the Berlin Zoo and jumped into the water.
She was attacked by two polar bears, but was saved in time by the zookeepers with serious injuries. The photo (!) comes from a photographer named “ Radzick” , it is not from a video.
Conclusion
There was and is no video to be seen at any time. It's just a matter of allowing notifications from the site. These push notifications are quite annoying and lead to sex dating sites and dubious competitions run by data collectors!
Notes:
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