Comments on: Spammers target IM accounts

As new applications take up instant messaging to deliver junk messages, some people worry that chat services will see the deluge that has long flooded e-mail in-boxes.

Spammers

I hate them...

[GGhoney]

This is the 2nd time i have received...Thought it was a family member..Yes the dummy (me) clicked on the link...Just how concerned should I be???? What can I do?????


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[Margaret Monteleone]

I have been getting messages on my Win Messenger from someone saying they are on my list (my sister) and it is not her! The message will say something "visit me at:www.xxx.com Usually it is related to some kind of porn. How can they do this and what can I do to stop it? I have now blocked ALL of my contacts on Win Messenger and no longer use it. BUT, what a mess if you try to delete it. So I leave it and use another messenger service. She (my sister) and her husband also get these kinds of messeges, saying they are from each other. At first it raised hackles ..until they realized it was ficticious. Can anything be done?
Margret