My colleague got the message via sms. I rarely get spam these days and when I do, I just delete it. If it's a Nigerian scam or UK lottery, sometimes I will go and create a new hotmail account and lead them on for a few months. I've been around long enough to pick a scam email, like UK lotteries, dead royalty in African countries etc. If I get a suspect looking email from eBay or PayPal, I either look in my eBay messages or check the headers to see whether it's fake or not.
I've spent many years educating myself on scams and hoaxes. It surprises me how many really old hoaxes are still doing the rounds. I guess the message says "send to everyone you know", so people do it because they were told to. They never bother to check the validity of what they are sending. Virus warnings being a prime example.
