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Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it duped customers into signing up for its signature Prime service and made it very difficult for them to cancel.

A jeweller has said AI scammers copied her business name and duped customers into buying cheap items.

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As suspicions bedevil him—has he been duped into this marriage?

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.

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“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.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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