Clever spammers and hackers are keeping us in contact. Thank you!

Yesterday I got a few emails from friends asking if I had truly given up using my Apple Mac in order to buy a cheap Chinese laptop... (in truth, the Apple is a cheap Chinese laptop with a huge markup... But let's not talk about that now ;-)

The reason for all of these emails was that everyone in my address book had received the following email from me:

Dear,

How are you?

I'm so happy today because just received my laptop from {insert URL for cheap Chinese electronics reseller here}  the with such low price of the quality goods , you can have a look if

God bless you !

The subject was either 'Good News!' or 'Whit is new today?'

So, I logged onto my gmail account to discover that the clever little hackers had managed to gain access, send out the email above to my whole contact list... But here's the clever bit!  They also set my 'vacation message' to autoreply to everyone who sends me an email with the above message.

2 points for the spammers!  I love ingenuity, and I'm impressed by creativity that leads to innovation and unconventional productivity...

I just wish it wasn't the spammers who were so clever!

Why can't a few of these clever women and men apply their superior intellect to solving complex conflicts, or resolving the world's energy crisis!?

Anyway, if you received an email from me, I'm glad we 'touched base' in some way - and no, I'm still using my Macbook White.  I promise to email you personally if I should every decide to buy a cheap Chinese laptop.  Deal!?

Needless to say I have changed my passwords - I encourage you to do the same!