No its been documented that nutty geeks and people who steal passwords
etc are targeting these areas.
It pays to not use your real email address and the people who just gave
me the "works" just now
have the vested interest.
You can find all about it using google and wikipedia.

under scamming phishing passwords key loggers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing dont go here unless you feel
safe, but it is the kind of thing they do.
This is a naked link Others are hidden Dont click on those
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_...puter_security)

One search found
Anti-virus firm Sophos reports that hackers have posted messages on some
30,000 Internet message boards and usenet newsgroups declaring that
photographs of the hanging suicide of Osama bin Laden could be found on
certain Web sites. The links lead users to a Trojan horse.

Virus writers have come up with another social-engineering tactic to
dupe computer users into clicking onto an infected Web site.

According to the anti-virus firm Sophos, hackers have posted messages on
some 30,000 Internet message boards and usenet newsgroups declaring that
photographs of the hanging suicide of Osama bin Laden could be found on
certain Web sites.

"This is a Trojan horse, so it will not replicate as quickly as a virus
does," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, tells
NewsFactor. Nor is it a new Trojan horse, he continues. "It has been
around for months. What is new is the posting of messages and use of bin
Laden as a ploy to get people to click on the Web site."