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Wed 10 Oct 2008Coalition aims to combat lottery scams
Two of the world’s biggest technology companies have formed an alliance with an African bank and financial-services provider to raise awareness of lottery scam e-mails.
The collaborative move by Microsoft, Yahoo, Western Union and the African Development Bank aims to help web users protect themselves against frauds in which victims are deceived into paying money up front in the hope of receiving non-existent gifts or cash prizes.
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