Microsoft, Yahoo Form Alliance to Tackle Lottery Scams - October 30, 2008 By Jeremy Kirk New York Times October 28, 2008 "Microsoft and Yahoo have formed a group with two other partners to give law enforcement a hand in stopping bogus lottery scams and educating Internet surfers. ... Joining those companies is the African Development Bank, whose brand is also abused, and Western Union, whose wire transfer services are frequently used in the scams. ... Interpol will also work with countries to help coordinate the program. "People [victimized by on-line lottery fraud] are encouraged to [report the crimes to local police, and then] send their police report to the following addresses:" African Development Bank E-mail: security@afdb.org or by post to African Development Bank Security Unit BP 323 1002 Tunis Belvedere Tunisia Microsoft E-mail: lotfraud@microsoft.com or by post to Report Lottery Fraud Microsoft Corp One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA Western Union E-mail: spoof@westernunion.com Yahoo http://antispam.yahoo.com/phishingtips To read the full article, click on the Title Line, above. NOTE: To read or download articles from The New York Times you must register as a user. This process is free, and takes a few minutes to complete.