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8 mar 2012 · A US court has ordered conmen who ran a fake lottery using Yahoo's name to pay the net firm $610m (£388m). The scam involved emailing people telling them they had won a prize in Yahoo lottery.
8 gru 2011 · Yahoo was awarded $610 million by a federal district court judge in New York earlier this week in a judgment against spammers who operated a fake Yahoo lottery email scheme.
27 gru 2007 · Have you received an email from "Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Martins" at "Yahoo Awards Center" telling you that "your email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to contact "Mr. George Miller or Stella Beamer (admin)" to collect your winnings? It is a scam.
7 gru 2011 · Yahoo was awarded $610 million by a federal district court judge in New York earlier this week in a judgment against spammers who operated a fake Yahoo lottery email scheme.
Sweepstakes, prize, and lottery frauds are among the top scams people report to the FTC. These scams usually start with a call or message that says you’re a winner. (A lie.) They say to get the so-called prize you have to send money or click somewhere to give your information.
Below is another example of a fake lottery; this email claims to be from the "YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE". Although the most important clue is that no legitimate lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud.
8 gru 2011 · A federal judge has awarded Yahoo $610 million in a case regarding e-mail spam that told recipients they had won a fake Yahoo lottery.
