A New Phishing Scam

IT Security has published a story on its blog about the latest twist on phishing scams – a threatening e-mail message. While Phishing Gets More Sophisticated, So Does Security explains that "a new group of spammers, posing as professional hit-men, claim that recipients have been targeted for assassination and ask for up to $80,000 to drop the contract on their lives." You can read the actual e-mail message here.