Law enforcement officials are well aware of it ; after speaking with Kessler , I checked with FBI headquarters in Washington . Bob Greene gets an urgent e - mail from an old woman writing , ` ` With tears in my eyes ... ` ` The desperate plea for money turns out to be an e - mail robbery . Greene says sensors placed on computers when a user clicks on a link can capture keystrokes . Thieves take over e - mail accounts and seek money from contacts in the phone book .
Bob Greene gets an urgent e - mail from an old woman writing , ` ` With tears in my eyes ... ` ` The desperate plea for money turns out to be an e - mail robbery . Greene says sensors placed on computers when a user clicks on a link can capture keystrokes . Thieves take over e - mail accounts and seek money from contacts in the phone book .