Have you heard about the video game “Second Life” where lots of people and companies have invested their real money into this virtual world?   You can invest money in anything from virtual clothes to virtual land and make money from them and convert the virtual money into the real money.

 Now it happens that the virtual thief can make real money.  If you get near the land where the virtual thief is, you will get your money stolen. 

 Here it is the real story and how to prevent it if you are in the virtual world as well.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=713&tag=nl.e540