I've noticed it's becoming more and more of a problem, the old, and what I thought to be, easy to avoid MSN scams. So I'll post here as well as several blogs about this problem.

If someone messages you with some link without prior notice, it's more than likely they didn't intend to. The link is a link to a site, usually posing as some kind of picture gallery or download site, that asks you to log in with your MSN email to 'validate your a contact of [whoever sent the invite]'. Whatever you do DO NOT give your password out. I'm not sure why people thought to do it but the grimy nature of this scam is that if you do give out your password, you yourself start inadvertently giving out the same scam links with your MSN. The best way to stop this is to change your password, copy your contacts, and delete the email account! They can access your email now and browse through for personal information used in identity theft and frauds! Creating a fresh, new MSN and having your contacts block and remove your old one will save them and you a lot of hassle/danger.

I've seen this spread through now 8 of my 140 or so contacts, don't let it happen to you!