Don't know if you guys have seen this but thought it was interesting. Not that I read it all... fucking long. It starts out talking about internet scams and how they are disguised as IM but then it paints the whole IM field with the same brush.
Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster | The Verge
Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster | The Verge