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Suit says online marketer ran scam

Shoppers allegedly tricked into paying fee

By Sacha Pfeiffer
Globe Staff / September 12, 2006

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Customers of several popular online retailers, including Fandango.com, Priceline.com , and Staples.com, were victims of an alleged Internet scheme in which their credit cards were charged a monthly fee for a ``discount club" membership they had never requested, according to a class action lawsuit filed yesterday in US District Court in Massachusetts. (Full article: 492 words)

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