That email from a friend may not be real at all

You may have recently received an email from someone you know, telling them to send you money because of an emergency, or to tell you about a new shopping site.

Well, people�s email accounts get hacked, and then their whole address book is spammed with various junk.

Here�s one I received today from a friend, whose hotmail account was hacked:

Worse, here�s one I received from a friend, who forwarded it from a friend, thinking it was a really his personal message about a great new shopping site:

And here�s an email I received from someone whose hotmail account was hacked, requesting money.

Always feel free to ask� �did you send this email to me?�

Alex Eckelberry