Skype chat spam evolves

I previously mentioned my scam chats from Skype. These seem to be getting more sophisticated as Jeremy Wagstaff in the Loose Wire Blog found in his chat with sexy Veronica.

Skype don't seem to be too concerned about this. They darned well should be. Nothing will kill a service's reputation quicker than than spammers and scammers infesting it.

I'm wondering if Jeremy's chat was related to this project. I imagine having a real live crook posing as Veronica is a quite labour intensive for our scammer friends.

The number one warning sign

If you are worried someone close to you has a computer or Internet problem, the number one indicator is them spending too long on the machine.

In a previous post, I mentioned in my experience it's mainly older people that get in trouble. This is bourne out in a recent Wall Street Journal story about Ric Hoogestraat, his wife Sue and his Second Life wife, Tenaj Jackalope, or Janet Spielman.

The sad thing's Ric is a comparative success in Second Life and he actually has people "working" for him.

You wonder how much good Ric could do or money he could make if he'd spend that long on real life pursuits.

In the meantime, his new marriage (the real one) goes down the drain............