1. Phish an hotmail acount.2. Send email from the stolen acount to all the friends listed for the person, saying you are stuck in Nigeria and are in an emergency, asking your friends for money to be wired.http://www.rediff.com///news/2007/jul/16tps.htmHillarious!(thanks Suresh)Gadi Evron,ge@linuxbox.org.
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OK, here’s a new one for the books. You have to admire them though.

Here’s how this retelling of the classic Spanish Prisoner scam works: somebody breaks into your hotmail account, most likely by phishing. They then send an “emergency” email to everybody on your contacts list claiming to be you. The email says that you were attending a conference in Nigeria, and that you’d lost your passport, tickets and money. The letter asks you to wire some emergency money to your friend in Nigeria. Step three, profit!

See this article in Rediff: Nigeria Calling: Indians Beware.
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This is weird: I think I got some spam from Picassa, the popular photo hosting service from Google. via Ask Dave Taylor!
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Last week I nagged you about not messing with your Registry. This week I’m going to ask you to consider becoming more curious about and more tolerant of the spam you receive. via News Press
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