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U.S. consumers who were “tricked” into purchases they didn't want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Back in ...
How Fortnite players receive their refunds The FTC said it is in the process of sending a first round of payments, with additional refunds expected at a later date. So far, there are a total of ...
Fortnite players who were “tricked” into making unwanted purchases can now file refund claims with the Federal Trade Commission. The average payment is $114 per player. The average payment is ...
The payout is just the first round of refunds following a 2022 settlement in which Epic Games agreed to pay $245 million to Fortnite players who fell victim to its "unlawful billing practices ...
In March 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission fined Fortnite developer Epic Games $245 million for use of "dark patterns to trick users into making purchases." The $245 million will be used to refund affected customers and is the largest refund amount ever issued by the FTC in a gaming case. [41]
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.
Epic Games's founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. Since 2015, Epic Games's founder and CEO Tim Sweeney had questioned the need for digital storefronts like Valve's Steam, Apple's App Store for iOS devices, and Google Play, to take a 30% revenue sharing cut, and argued that when accounting for current rates of content distribution and other factors needed, a revenue cut of 8% should be sufficient to ...
The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that it is sending more than $72 million to impacted players in the U.S., with additional refunds to be distributed at a later date. The average ...