Okay, this one is strange.

I received an email the other day, like so many emails I get:
Quote:
D@D Media Italia wrote:

>> > We're a company based in Milan, Italy and we've seen your work on
>> > freshmeat.
>> >
>> > We would like to get in touch with you about a project we're working on
>> > with University of Milan
>> > (www.cefriel.it <http://www.cefriel.it>)
>> >
>> > Developement has to be done onsite, in italy, for at least one month. If
>> > you decide to accept this
>> > task we'll provide you travel and accomodation expenses.
>> >
>> > Feel free to give us your icq# or messenger mail to talk with us by chat
>> >
>> >
>> > D@D <mailto:D@D> Media Italia
>> > www.ddmedia.net <http://www.ddmedia.net>
>> > +39 0362 327 922


It really looks legit, and really sounds like the beginnings of a scam of some kind. I asked for more info (via email), and their reply was this:

Quote:

Hello,
We're developing a multithread c/c++ program focused on connecting to a list
of internet websites,
exctracting various informations about multimedia files (with different
codec) and save all the
retrieved informations to a db.

For privacy and security reason we cannot give you more details here and the
project has to be
developed onsite; if you're interested and you can give us your phone
number, we can contact you to
discuss further the details.


D@D Media Italia
www.ddmedia.net
+39 0362 327 922


I wonder what the heck they're doing emailing me about this, rather than somebody closer to home for them.

Scam? How?