The previous year was famous for several celeb's Internet death hoaxes. Many stars have been reportedly killed in the past few months. After stars like Celine Dion, Lil Wayne, Cher, Justin Bieber and many others, singer Rihanna is currently the victim of such a hoax or scam.

A post widely being circulated on social media Web site Facebook claimed pop diva Rihanna was found dead after being brutally raped. The post is captioned with a message that makes the users believe that it will take them to the details of the breaking news. But recent reports noted the video was a survey scam on the Internet. The truth is songstress Rihanna was not dead and she was never attacked or raped unlike the viral Facebook post cited.

The post showed a brutally beaten up face of a woman and captioned "R.I.P- SINGER RIHANNA FOUND DEAD AFTER BEING RAPED! 2014." The viral Facebook post has been widely shared and searched by the people to find out the truth.

According to the reports, people who fall prey to the trick and click on the page were taken to a fake Facebook page which supposedly consisted of the videos of singer star Rihanna. But as users clicked on the "Play" button of the video claiming to show the visuals, detailing the supposed death of the singer, users were asked to share the post to view it.

Since there was no video attached to the post, the viral scam post takes the curious users to a fake survey page. Scammers then can obtain information which helps them in spamming the users with text messages and emails.

Graham Cluley, expert and security researcher, unveiled the truth about the scamming viral Facebook post claiming singer star Rihanna's death after being raped. While writing about the malicious intention of the scammers using "Rihanna found dead, after being raped" post, he issued a warning and explained the mechanism behind the scam message.

He wrote: "Clicking on the link is not a good idea, however, as it takes you (via a number of redirects) to a third-party site that pretends half-heartedly to be YouTube. The real YouTube, of course, doesn't ask you to take online surveys for "age verification". If you do take any of these online surveys you are both putting affiliate cash in the bank accounts of the scammers and potentially handing over personal information that could be exploited later." Read the full post HERE.

"Pour It Up" singer Rihanna has not yet responded to her death hoax or Internet scam with a viral Facebook post claiming "Rihanna found dead, after being raped." But she has been quite active via Instagram. She has been posting her sexy photos from the shoot on Brazilian beaches and islands. The photos showed her topless, baring it all and enjoying her sexy photoshoot. Click HERE to take a look at her recent racy photoshoot which denies the death hoax and shows that she is doing fine.