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He duped one woman into handing over thousands of pounds thinking she was investing in the much sought-after luxury handbag, when in fact she was paying his bills at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

“One of two things happened. The city got duped and then has basically decided not to do anything ... Or they knew all along that this was going to happen.”

And just how much has she duped herself?

The agency, which protects consumers from unfair business practices, accused Amazon of duping people into automatically renewing their Amazon Prime subscriptions through “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs.”

“Imagine the terror and horror these victims felt after being duped into believing they were meeting for one reason, only to face inexplicable violence,” Dist.