Yahoo! takes on spammers

Category: Security

May 28th 08, 08:39

Internet company Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit against a group of spammers alleged to have deceived customers into thinking they have won a lottery.

The lawsuit says that the unidentified defendants purposefully sent emails pretending to be from Yahoo! claiming that the recipient had won a prize in a draw.

Yahoo! said that the spam messages were designed to trick web users into handing over information such as credit card details, passwords and social security numbers as part of a phishing security scam.

"The unauthorised use of Yahoo!'s trademarks is misleading, fraudulent and has actually confused, misled and deceived the public," remarked Joe Siino, senior vice president of global IP and business strategy for Yahoo!.

"Yahoo! will vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights and will not tolerate lottery hoax emails."

Meanwhile, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has contacted the top ten worst registrars for spam with enforcement notices, it was announced last week.

This news story was brought to you by Bluhalo, a leading UK digital agency.

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