Yahoo Spammers Face $610 Million Judgment

Nigerian and Thai scammers who spammed Yahoo! customers about a fake lottery must act now on a $610 million default judgment against them, a federal judge ruled. For several years, the spammers flooded inboxes with millions of emails about a Yahoo! lottery, which a fraud, promising large cash awards for sweepstakes the email customers had not entered.

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