Stock Promotion Spam - You Lose, They Win

The Uneasysilence blog reported an Oxford University study that said that the email spammers who promote stocks with their spam (and of course bought the stock first before spamming) generally make a 5% to 6% return. However, those who followed the advice of the spammers lose about 8%. You can read the blog here:

http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/08/7407/