Hey! I'm interested in your vehicle. Warranty spam scam

We have a car for sale, on Craigslist. I received this in my inbox yesterday. It raised my suspision right away.. the first tip off was that the sender did not mention the make or model of car she was "interested in"... just says a generic "vehicle". Actually when responding to any craigslist ad in the U.S. it automatically places the title of the ad in the subject line. Example: 2006 Buick Park Avenue *Must See.
Below is the email I received.

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From: Tonya Roberts (xxxx@[email protected]) *address was hidden
Subject: Vehicle Still For Sale

Hey!

I'm interested in your vehicle. Would you be interested in adding an extended warranty to close
the deal?

This is the link to the warranty that I am interested in: [u]Warranty[/u]

Let me know how much extra it would cost to add when you put in your vehicle info.

Thanks,
Tonya
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When I hover my cursor over the word "Warranty" a link shows up as:
http://www.mb01.com/Ink.asp?0=5064&c=57966&a=35242

I did not click on the link, however by doing a google search on http://www.mb01 - it came up with a fake job posting spam scam. http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=138909

Has anyone else gotten this? What are they phishing for?

Thanks everyone for sharing the knowledge to protect ourselves!

Welcome to ScamWarners!

Has anyone else gotten this? What are they phishing for?

It looks like an affiliate marketing scheme. Basically, they get paid to lure people to the target website. There is some info about affiliate scams here: http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/1 ... -Scam.html