Originally Posted by volante

Are you sure your friend told you about them? Part of the scam involved a fake Hotmail login "phishing" form on their site so you could check the email confirmation they sent you when siging up - if you tried signing in to Hotmail using this form they would copy your Hotmail username and password before redirecting you to your Hotmail inbox, log in themselves, copy your contact list, then send everyone on your contact list a fake recommendation email.