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Yahoo, MSN Get Slapped With FTC Restraining Order

A federal court issued a restraining order against Yahoo, MSN, AllTheWeb and Altavista to prevent the search engines from allowing mortgage finance scammers to use a government URL in sponsored search results, according to Jason Lee Miller.

Miller points to a link that redirects homeowners who seek information on President Obama's Making Home Affordable program. The sponsored links in search result pages appear to lead to the United States government's makinghomeafforable.gov, but really take redirect searchers to sites that offer paid loan modification services.

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