[pchelpers] News:Yahoo Sues Anonymous Spammers In 'Lottery" Scam
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PC-Helpers <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:47:55 +1200
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb
2:34 PM EDT Wed. May. 28, 2008
Yahoo (NSDQ:YHOO) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against numerous anonymous
"Yahoo Lottery Spammers" for illegally sending phishing messages that
enticed users into revealing personal information by tricking them into
believing that they won a lottery or received a prize offered by Yahoo.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York in New York City for violation of the Federal
Trademark Act and the Federal CAN-SPAM Act, as well as other related
state laws.
While so far the defendants remain unknown, Yahoo hopes that they will
be able to apprehend the perpetrators by tracking their e-mail
addresses.
More here:
http://www.crn.com/security/208400657;jsessionid=V2AKSTIP1B0LOQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN
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