Sentence examples for being tricked over from inspiring English sources

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British officials also have memories of being tricked over opt-outs: in the mid-1990s they secured an exemption from the social chapter, a shopping list of labour and social-policy measures.

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Consumers are increasingly being tricked into handing over bank account details, as a result of so-called "vishing" attacks.

Was I being tricked?

In 2013, Harper Lee was forced to press a lawsuit against her then literary agent, Samuel Pinkus, to regain the copyright over To Kill a Mockingbird, which she had allegedly been tricked into signing over to him.

His bank, Santander, has refused to refund him – as it has other victims– on the basis that he was tricked into handing over security codes.

Luís Martins de Oliveira, the prosecutor behind the case, claimed followers were tricked into handing over money to the church through "false promises and threats that spiritual and economic assistance would only be bestowed upon those who made financial sacrifices for the church".

Some people are tricked into handing over their credentials after clicking on links in direct messages on Twitter or downloading attachments in emails.

Generally these exercises are what are known as "penetration tests", and they are conducted by outside companies which know the many ways computer technology can be compromised or people can be tricked into handing over information that can be used to get at corporate networks.

Startups should absolutely see the debunking of the myth that consumers are happy to trade privacy for free services as a fresh opportunity for disruption — to build services that stand out because they aren't predicated on the assumption that consumers can and should be tricked into handing over data and having their privacy undermined on the sly.

They blanket thousands of email addresses with invitations, and the occasional gullible victim is tricked into forking over private banking information.

She said that she was the rightful owner of the business, but had been tricked into signing it over to Mr. Kristal, who then sold the company for $3.5 million and left most of his estate to their daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman.

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