Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report 

Video Credit: AsiaWire/@sabiyusof

This is the moment this six-year-old screams in fear after being pranked by his aunt wearing a white beauty mask.

The prank was filmed by the youngster’s aunt Ain Sabrina Yusof in Malaysia and the video was received over 347,000 views online since being posted onto social media.

Yusof explained that her nephew Ahmad Izz Shafiy Ahmad Fikri, known as Izz, had been knocking on the door of the room she shares with her sister as they were going to sleep with face masks on.

She said that they decided to play a prank on the six-year-old and she pulled her phone out before inviting the youngster into the room.

In the video, the boy walks into speaking to his relatives when he sees one his aunt’s with a white face mask on and a torch shining on her face.

The boy stops mid-sentence and screams in fear as he scuttles backwards away from his aunt.

Yusuf said Izz did not cry after the shock and added he is a bit “naughty” and likes to mess around with his aunts. She says he often scares them by coming up behind them.

The video has proved popular with over 27,000 comments.

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