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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by tmikaeld on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:26AM (#36918733)
Is this real? Looks like a good old scam, enter your payment method so that you can receive the money, we just have to charge you 20$ to verify your account.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by walrus on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:46AM (#36918877)
This was my first thought as well. It is linked to from a .gov website, though: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/notices/facebook-privacy-settl...
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by mike_hock on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:24AM (#36919127)
Give Facebook even more of your personal information to get $35. Lol no thanks.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by shadowgovt on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:58PM (#36927370)
Yeah, it turns out anonymity starts to go out the window when one interfaces with the legal system.

"Right to face your accuser" and all that.

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by chrischen on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:33AM (#36919194)
Scams via credit card are very hard to sustain due to chargebacks.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by germinalphrase on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:01AM (#36919878)
Pretty confident you can request a paper cheque.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by gymbeaux on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:54AM (#36920880)
Yeah I’ve done a few of these over the years and they always look like that/say that.
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