Yahoo files suit against
Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against "Yahoo Lottery" spammers.
The Sunnyvale-based company said the spammers send out e-mail messages trying to make people believe they’ve won a lottery or prize offered by Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO).
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City under the Federal Trademark Act, the Federal CAN-SPAM Act and related state laws.
Yahoo said it does not offer any such awards and has no affiliation or any connection with the spammers or their e-mail communications same day payday loans.
"This type of lottery scam is a hoax designed to trick unsuspecting e-mail users into revealing valuable personal data like passwords, credit card information, and social security numbers," the company said.