In this article the FBI is warning users that bad guys are cracking email (web-based) usernames and passwords and spamming the user's contact list with a sob story about being stuck in a foreign country with no money. This is similar to an attack on an Iowa Senator's email account earlier this week.
I'm sure it goes without saying for most of us that if you get an unsolicited email from anyone requesting money, it's most likely a phishing scheme. But these scammers are obviously on to something because it seems to keep working for them. Otherwise, they would have quit long ago. Warn your friends, warn your parents, who may not be Intarwebs savvy. Do not, under any circumstances, send money to anyone, without knowing who you are sending it to.
