Posted AT 9:36 PM EDT on 08/08/07
Inbox hell: Half a billion stock spam e-mails
Have you received a hot stock tip, perhaps from a friendly e-mail address, recommending you get in on the ground floor of a little U.S. convenience store company that is expanding into Puerto Rico? You're not the only one. Not even close.
Over the past two days, more than a half a billion e-mails have landed in inboxes around the world touting obscure little Prime Time Group Inc. of Branson, Mo.
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