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San Francisco - Yahoo said it has filed a complaint in the US district court in New York against "Yahoo Lottery Spammers" who use the company's name to fool users into divulging personal information that are then used in identity scams.

"This type of lottery scam is a hoax designed to trick unsuspecting e-mail users into revealing valuable data like passwords, credit-card information and Social Security numbers," Yahoo said in a statement.

Yahoo Mail is one of the most popular internet e-mail services. The company says the service is used by more than 260m people worldwide, citing data from comScore Media Metrix.

Yahoo said it blocks more than 1bn spam and fraudulent e-mails a day.

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