dupe
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Large language models are used to write convincing emails to dupe people out of their money, causing an eight-fold increase in complaints from older Americans as they lost $4.9 billion in online fraud in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
"If you're buying a single-ingredient product then you're probably going to be okay in using a dupe or something which is quite low cost because there's very little that can go wrong," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
They couldn’t use a dupe or someone of questionable reliability for an operation of this magnitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
There was no doubt about it, the foxes were trying to dupe the Warlord.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Analyst Michaels says no international stakeholders have been "duped" by Myanmar's electoral process.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The co-founder of Apollo said he was duped by the man he hired as a financial adviser, according to remarks prepared for Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many victims say they were duped by scammers who had professional-looking photos, wore immigration uniforms and staged realistic virtual hearings.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
A couple are facing being evicted from their home after being duped by a serial fraudster who ran a scam impersonating dead people.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
If they both fill their bags with shredded newspaper, neither will get what she wants, but neither will be duped.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Last month, the foreign minister told the BBC the Kenyan authorities had closed more than 600 recruitment agencies suspected of duping Kenyans with promises of jobs overseas.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
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.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Prosecutors accused him of duping investors after he failed to disclose that he was being paid by tech startup Servergy to recruit them.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024
The agency, led by Big Tech critic Lina Khan, is also challenging the company’s business practices in separate lawsuit that accuses Amazon of duping consumers into enrolling in the Prime subscription program.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
She told me she couldn’t stand the thought of Marcus duping more people into following him, and I didn’t argue with her.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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