so, how about a post-scam repair special?
seriously, i'd say that anyone who has an email acct will get their addr book snagged and used to send out scam emails like that.
or that their email addr is grabbed from some webpage and then used as the "sender" of scam emails to people who may not even be related to them.
so,
always double and/or triple check any "suspicious" email you receive, even contacting the person by phone to be sure that the email is actually from them.
be safe out there!