So, against my better judgment, I included an e-mail address with a rental listing for a friend renting her condo. Last time I did this all I got were long stories from Nigeria about their uncle in the Air Force and blah blah blah send me your bank account number...

Anyway, last night a got a curious e-mail, but I couldn't say for sure it was a scammer. So I just replied "call me".

About 45 min later I got an e-mail from hotmail saying I had requested a password change and to confirm or cancel.

Can anyone explain how this scam works? Even if I confirm (which of course I won't) I would think that it would just take me to a page where I would set a new password. The e-mail looks legitimate.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra