Fortnite maker to pay $245 million for tricking users

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Players can get refunds in several ways.

Epic says players can get refunds in several ways, including a cancel purchase feature for some items and self-service refunds for others.Fortnite says it will only disable accounts that indicate fraud.

The FTC accused Fortnite of using a confusing button configuration where players would press a single button and incur unwanted charges. When customers disputed the charges with their credit card companies, the FTC says Epic locked their accounts. The agency also accused the game maker of making it easy for children to rack up unauthorized charges without their parents’ consent.

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