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Google has no duty to refund gift card scam victims, judge finds
FTC has estimated that a large chunk of gift card scams target Google Play users.
The lawsuit was filed by Judy May, who lost $1,000 in 2021 when scammers tricked her into buying Google Play gift cards by claiming she was eligible for a government grant. May was told she could send codes from the gift cards to cover "certain costs upfront to receive same-day delivery of the grant money." But Freeman ruled that "May suffered economic harm because of third-party scammers’ fraudulent inducement, not Google’s omission or misrepresentation."
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