I was approved for a Facebook $725 million Settlement Payment!

How Payouts Are Determined

The "$725 Million" Fund: This is the total amount Meta (Facebook's parent company) agreed to pay to settle the class-action lawsuit over user privacy violations.

Net Settlement Fund: After administrative costs, lawyer fees, and any service awards to the lead plaintiffs are deducted, the remaining amount becomes the net settlement fund.

Point System: Each eligible claimant receives one "point" for each month their Facebook account was active during the class period (May 24, 2007, to December 22, 2022).

Distribution: The net settlement fund is then divided by the total number of points assigned to all eligible claimants to determine the value of each point. Your final payment is based on your total points multiplied by this value.

Examples of Payouts

Smallest Payment: $4.89, awarded to claimants with approximately 24 months of activity during the class period.

Largest Payment: $38.36, for users who had an active account for the entire 188-month class period.

Average Payment: Approximately $29.43.

Key Details

Payment Start: Payouts officially started in early September 2025 and will be issued over a 10-week period.

Notification: You should receive an email notification 3-4 days before your payment is issued.

Methods: Payments are sent via the method chosen during the claims process, including PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, direct deposit, prepaid Mastercard, or a paper check.

I was approved for a payout in the Blue Cross/Blue Shield settlement in July of 2021, still waiting for my $38 some dollars today.

I am trying to decide whether to bother filing for the ATT settlement, but not sure if I will live that long to collect.

OP, you should think about forming an LLC with the poster who recently won $5 in a Powerball drawing.

It was $8.

Disgusting. The only ones who profit are the lawyers.

BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY!!

What a Waste of Time !

Why, you lucky bitch, OP! I could just tear your hair out.. but I guess I'd better suck up to you instead since you're now rolling in the $$$$!

I'm entered into some Blue Cross/Blue Shield thingy that I'm sure I'll never hear about again. Or was it Verizon? I kicked those assholes to the curb back in 2017 and never looked back.

I fill out a claim and submit it via the online portal for every single one of these types of settlement email announcements. I once got over $300 for a Capital One settlement. I think it was for a hacked info situation. That was years ago. Usually I get around $15-20. At the very least, it's the price of a cheap drink!

Late in 2024 I got a check for $160 from the Capital One settlement. I was really surprised. For that one, they let you send in your stories of being victimized by their data breach. I had several, and I still had evidence of some of the events. The stories were really boring but aggravating. The very short version is that I was cut off from my USAA bank accounts and the Capital One CC account for a couple days at a time on at least 3 occasions.

Then in mid 2024, they sent me another check for $720. Shocking.

^^scored!

No one likes a braggart R11.

That's nothing OP. I've got a check for $22 million on the way from a Nigerian Prince.

Denied… denied…. APPROVED

The only people who make money off of class actions are the lawyers.

R2 so am I. My amount is supposed to be four figures. Every once in while I check the website and it is still “in review”.

I got $88 for some sort of One Medical settlement. I don't even recall filling out the claim on that one.

That must be the same one I was part of R11. I got another small amount after the $380 (or whatever the amount was), probably around $90, if my memory is correct. I was surprised I got a second installment. Maybe not enough people submitted claims, so they doubled up the payouts?

Dude, buy an island. Get some migrant slaves, build a palace on the sweat of their backs.

Dubai chocolate, dude. All you want.

You won the lottery

I've been going over each claim meticulously.

My concern with doing this class action claim type-stuff is that it precludes further litigation. If Meta misused my information in damages more than $38.36 I can't seek further recompense, as I am "made whole" in the class action.

r21 that got a giggle out of me

If you have this money coming to you, you can contact JG Wentworth and get cash now.

Can we have your stuff?

I'll settle for your old stuff.

Maybe I'm paranoid, but my concern is that you'll get $40 for leaked information by signing up online and setting yourself up for more identity theft.

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I started summer 2007 so I assume I'll get near the top amount.

I’m going to Bonanza! 🥩 🍺

Don’t spend it all in one place.

[quote] The only people who make money off of class actions are the lawyers.

They are also the only ones who put much effort into holding corporations accountable and while we the consumers don't individually get much, still slightly better than nothing, the corporations are made to pay and that is a deterrent to their bad actions, somewhat.

I got email that payment is on its way for Facebook. I’m hoping it’s enough to cover lunch one day.

My friend got $38 in the FAcebook thing.

Another $38 dollars may be coming your way.

Halleluiah!

[quote] Amazon to pay $2.5 billion for allegedly duping millions to sign up for Prime

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion in fines and reimbursements to Prime subscribers to settle the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that it deceived its customers to generate subscriptions, the FTC said on Thursday.

While a win for consumers and the FTC, the settlement is relatively painless for Amazon: the company takes in around $2.5 billion in sales every 33 hours. Shares of Amazon were nearly unchanged after the news.

Around 35 million Prime customers will be eligible for payout from a $1.5 billion fund, the FTC said. Amazon will pay $1 billion in fines to the FTC. The company did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.

Customers who signed up for Prime between June 23, 2019 and June 23, 2025 through certain offers -- and who used few Prime benefits afterward -- will automatically receive $51, according to court documents.

The settlement also allows customers to submit claims for payment if they tried to cancel Prime and failed during that time.

Amazon said in a statement that the deal allows it to move forward and focus on customers.

"We work incredibly hard to make it clear and simple for customers to both sign up or cancel their Prime membership, and to offer substantial value for our many millions of loyal Prime members around the world," the company said.

As part of the settlement, Amazon has agreed to create a "clear and conspicuous" button to allow customers to decline a Prime subscription, and to make it easier to cancel. Amazon has also agreed to more clearly disclose the terms of a subscription during enrollment and pay an independent supervisor to monitor compliance.

Amazon said the settlement largely requires it to maintain changes that are already in place, rather than make new ones.

The FTC alleged in its case that, between 2017 and 2022, Amazon executives rejected changes that would make its sign-up and cancellation processes clearer. The company later adopted changes in 2022, while it was under investigation by the FTC. The agency sued Amazon the next year.

The settlement is the second-largest restitution amount ever for an FTC action, agency officials said, and represents a major win for the FTC's tough-on-tech agenda, which began during the first Trump administration.

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson called the deal "a record-breaking, monumental win for the millions of Americans who are tired of deceptive subscriptions that feel impossible to cancel."

The FTC announced the settlement days into a trial in Seattle federal court, where the agency argued to a jury that Amazon sought to enroll members whether or not they wanted the service.

The settlement lets Amazon avoid further public airing of the FTC's claims that Amazon executives knew its sign-up and cancellation methods confused customers.

Lina Khan, the former FTC chair who filed the case, called the $2.5 billion settlement "a drop in the bucket for Amazon."

The FTC started probing Amazon's subscription practices during President Donald Trump's first term and the case was filed during Joe Biden's presidency.

Amazon introduced Prime in 2005 for $79 per year and has steadily increased subscription fees, most recently to $139 in 2022. The program helped drive $23.9 billion in subscription revenue in the first half of 2025, making it a key growth driver for the company.

Amazon drove those recruits, the FTC said, by offering free trials on its website using pitches such as: "Get FREE Same-Day Delivery." But the FTC said Amazon had failed to clearly disclose to customers that selecting that option would enroll them in Prime and eventually result in monthly subscription charges.

While Amazon has agreed to change some of its practices as part of the settlement, investors do not believe those changes will dent Prime's appeal.

"Amazon may have made Prime easier to cancel, but the program remains deeply entrenched in most American households," said eMarketer analyst Zak Stambor.

If I recall, the named plaintiffs (8?, 15?, some small number) are to receive a whopping $15,000 each.

My micro-settlement, should it ever arrive, will go to my U.S. PayPal account and be worth considerably less in €.

I got $31 today. Whoohoo!

I got $38

38 bucks is 38 bucks. Got mine today.

Did you have to do anything to opt in the the FB settlement? I would but I was never notified...hmmm

You would have been contacted about a year ago to alert you that this lawsuit was pending - pretty sure you had to reply to the email to be considered as a recipient. Inclusion depended on whether you had/have a Facebook account and the years you were active. I think since it's been settled, you may be out of luck.

Op lets go on a trip to Nigeria and find a big black dick prince.

Woo! Hoo!

I was leery about the email with the Mastercard debit card number... worried it was some scammer who is fabricating fake emails to get peoples private info, so I waited a few days before trying it. I got brave and went to Amazon to treat myself to $31 worth of stuff. The email was legit because my items arrived today!