Good news for those who receive spam text messages. Timberland is the company this time that will pay for settlements for sending spam text messages to the mobile phone users. Facebook did text message settlements in 2007 when a similar settlement is filed by a victim that she received text messages with explicit comments and other upsetting content and had to pay 10 cents each time. Most of cell phone users don't have data plans and a text message when received is charged as per the rates set by cell phone carriers like says Verizon charges few cents per message.

This should be a good lesson to all "test message spammers" who are targeting cell phone users with these marketing tactics.

Settlement Details

> Deadline for Mobile users to fill out a claim form is Feb. 2, 2009.
> Enter how many text messages from Timberland was received each month between Jan. 1, 2003, and Aug. 1, 2008
> $150 reimbursement
> Here is the website link to register the claim

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Did you buy a Diamond between January 1, 1994 to March 31, 2006 ? If yes then you may be eligible to participate in diamond class action suit.To receive any money from the Settlement Fund, your Claim Form must be completed online By May 19, 2008 or if you are mailing it to the Diamonds Claims Administrator, postmarked no later than May 19, 2008.The Settlement provides that the Defendants will pay a total of $295 million for the benefit of Class Members. out of $295 million it is $135,432,500 for the Consumer Subclass and $137,067,500 for the Reseller Subclass.

Commonly Asked Questions

Common question that was asked in each class action suit is "Do I need to pay any lawyer fees ?" . NO, The lawyers rake in huge amounts from settlement funds. In this case it seems the lawyers get 25% of the settlement funds if they win the case.

Main Site : Click me for Diamonds Class Action

FAQ: Click me for FAQ


Payment Details:Click me for pay details

Big question : Is this a scam ?

May not be as you can see it is "https" and also covered in

1) 9 News

2) Reseller's (Tiffany's, etc.)plaintiff's attorney's website : link

The consumers attorneys firms:

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Zelle Hofmann & Mason, LLP
Cooper & Kirkham, PC and
Korein Tillery, LLP

If you still have doubts you should call above consumer attorneys firms to clarify if this is a scam or not.

I participated in previous class action suite from Verizon and got new Motorola phone for free so I personally participate in these claims as there is highly likely we can get some thing in return.

If you feel you are eligible for this settlement I feel why loose some money so file a claim by May 19'2008

Labels: class action lawsuit

I just received a mail notice from U.S District Court settlement administrator approved refund notice regarding the foreign transaction fees class action suit and settlement.If you have used your Visa or Mastercard or a Diners Club credit cards in another country in the past decade, you can fill out a claim for refund that you got in mail or online at http://www.ccfsettlement.com/

Several major credit card companies were successfully and recently class-actioned for charging unnecessary fees for overseas transactions. The class action law suit claim form specifically states that since our Card Company did not adequately notify card holders of the fee charged between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006, we are now entitled to get that fee returned to us.Consumers will share in a $336 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing several banks and credit card groups of conspiring to charge excessive fees on foreign currency transactions.This is a wonderful news for tens of thousands of cardholders, including companies whose employees travel internationally, may recover money.

The first option is a flat $25 payment in trade for forgiving all the card companies from any other claims.My case I'll probably go for this option and I wonder why don’t the credit card companies use their computer records to compute the amount of my foreign charges and relieve me and compensate the excessive fees ? Anyway good that this is unexpected extra cash in our pockets.

Like me many of you should start receiving claim forms in the mail, but if you can’t wait for yours to come, you can download a claim form at http://www.ccfsettlement.com/

Updates :
1] Is this a scam ?

There has been too many rumours that this is a scam.This is NOT a scam.Please check this link.

The settlement, signed off on by U.S. District judge William H. Pauley, covers MasterCard, Visa or Diners Club credit card users who held the credit cards between Feb. 1, 1996, and the preliminary approval date. Final approval is set for November 2007.

Even MSNBC covered this on December 7 about this settlement.

Still not convinced I'd go with 25$ option as we have nothing to loose even if its a scam.

2]When will I get my refund?

After receiving the notice from the mail -- Enter the code into the website and you will receive a claim number.

The settlement website FAQ

When will I get my refund?

Refunds will be paid after the Court finally approves the settlement, and approves any award of attorneys' fees, awards to the class representatives, and allocation of the settlement fund among Settlement Damages Class members, and any appeals related to that approval are resolved. It is possible that this could take several months, or, if appeals are filed, several years. You may want to check this website from time to time for updates.

Labels: class action lawsuit, credit cards, foreign transactions, Mastercard, Visa