Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/04/13
By: Jeffrey Wu and Lilian Wu

Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Yahoo Kimo apologized on Thursday after a glitch in its online shopping system was discovered to have potentially resulted in patrons who won prizes on the uniform invoice lottery over the past few months not being notified.

Yahoo Kimo said it will start to notify invoice winners and those unable to claim the cash in time will be fully compensated.

The uniform invoice lottery system, which draws winning numbers every two months, was created to encourage consumers to collect sales invoices as part of a national efforts to prevent tax evasion by retailers.

Yahoo Kimo online buyers receive an e-invoice lottery receipt and the company is obliged to notify the winners.    [FULL  STORY]