[IDG] Yahoo has won a lawsuit against spammers, a legal victory that also includes a default judgment of US$610 million.In the lawsuit, filed in May 2008, Yahoo targeted a variety of individuals and companies, accusing them of trying to scam people via a spam campaign that falsely informed email recipients that they had won prizes in a non-existent Yahoo-sponsored lottery.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/409638/yahoo_awarded_610_million_spam_case/
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