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That old trick of ordering a pizza or a cab for some unsuspected chump is never quite so funny when you're found out...

That unfunny trick of ordering a delivery pizza for some unsuspecting chump is as old as the hills - or, at least, mopeds. So, you would think that a company would refrain from doing just that s...

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