Acai Berry Spam Via Msn Messenger

By Author: Will Spencer
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Several people on my MSN Messenger contact list have been unknowingly spamming me with messages about the acai berry. The acai berry is the latest craze for the diet fad scammers.

The spam messages look like this:

* Are you finally ready to lose some weight with no effort, well I am living proof that those acai berry pills everyone is talking about actually work, I lost 22 pounds in two weeks and it only cost me five dollars over at www.hourstrong.com
* I have been taking Acai Berry now for over a month and already lost 36 pounds, it is the same stuff that was on the Oprah show, Mikey and Karine lost so much weight too with no diets or excersise. Get it now, its only five bucks a bottle, we are living proof that it works like magic. Get it over at www.hourstrong.com
* You must have seen all those ads and messages lately about acai berry pills that make you lose weight, well I took the plunge spend five bucks to try them and its been a couple weeks and I dropped 19 pounds already, I am living proof they do work, get them now at www.townstrong.com

The senders never see this spam and ...
... are completely unaware that they are sending it.

Originally we thought this was a piece of malware that had found it’s way into their PC’s. We were convined otherwise after numerous anti-malware programs were unable to find any form of infection, and after complete reinstallation did not resolve the problem.

Instead, it looks now that this is an issue of massive MSN password hacking. We’re not sure how the spammers are finding people’s MSN passwords, but changing the MSN password seems to fix the problem.

The morons perpetrating this spam appear to be operating out of Community China, so I don’t expect any legal action to be taken against them. Microsoft appears unable or unwilling to block this spam. What we can do is not reward the spammers by purchasing acai berry products from them. If there is no money to be made via spamming, people will stop doing it.

It would also be a good idea to change your MSN password. This might also be a good opportunity to switch from MSN Messenger to a more reliable service, such as AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo Messenger.
About Author:
Will Spencer is the author of Acai Berry Spam via MSN Messenger and wants to remind you to change your MSN password regularly.