I am also skeptical, but I had exactly the same thing happen to me with proxicom. A supposed rumor and then a bidding war. I made out like a bandit on that one.
I thought it was coolio that replied to that first message?
"I guess they are in talks to buy out shareholding for 8 cents or something but Stacy wants more. It might cause the stock to run up anyway. Haven't even looked at these guys since I got burned in '08 on the way down."