‘Yeahh!! It happens on Live Television!’ Wardrobe malfunction video used in Facebook scam

I must admit I had never heard of Marika Fruscio, when this scam spreading on Facebook was first brought to my attention.

But a quick check on Wikipedia revealed that she is a model and Italian TV hostess, whose biggest contribution to popular culture is that she had something of a wardrobe malfunction on live TV during a soccer show called “Diretta Stadio”.

Clearly, the spammers behind the latest scam spreading quickly across Facebook were better acquainted with Miss Fruscio than me. I think perhaps I would like to keep it that way.

Here’s the message that is appearing on many people’s Facebook newsfeeds:

Yeahh!! It happens on Live Television!
[LINK] Lol Checkout this video its very embracing moment for her

I suspect they meant “embarrassing” rather than “embracing”, but spelling has rarely been scammers’ strong point.

And it doesn’t seem to matter if you recognise Marika Fruscio or not. I suspect she isn’t known…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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