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terminalshortlast Thursday at 7:35 AM3 repliesview on HN

It's technically fraud, but there aren't any damages.


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YmiYugylast Thursday at 8:32 AM

This seems analogous to the following. A company asks users to fill out an online survey in exchange for participation in some raffle, except the company never pays out any prize. As with the job application there was never a guaranteed reward, but it's still easy to see the damage. The company induced to you to provide them with an economically valuable asset (filled out survey/application) for which you expected a fair chance at a reward. It seems plausible that you could claim damages at least up to the expected value.

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darreninthenetlast Thursday at 8:22 AM

In the UK at least Fraud doesn't require any damages, just an intent to gain something of value on the criminals side.

moralestapialast Thursday at 9:06 AM

Your time might be worthless but mine isn't.

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