See if You Qualify for T-Mobile's $350 Million Payout From Data-Breach Class Action Suit

CNet ^ | July 26, 2022 10:08 a.m. PT | Dan Avery

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Less than $5 each, but the class action ambulance chasers get millions.

[dfwgator]

“Pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty...One dollar and nine cents!”

[z3n]

$25 ????

If someone steals my identity, I’m going to be out a hell of a lot more than twenty five freakin dollars.

That’s not even worth the time to fill out paperwork and deal with adminstrators and jump through hoops!

Between T-Mobile, Equifax, Home Depot, and Anthem, I think even a rabbit in Albuquerque could steal my identity.

[Larry Lucido]

No, a coupon for $5.00 off your next purchase. Or 50 free minutes on an unlimited plan.

[entropy12]

Nothing stops me or you from joining the class action suits racket.

[entropy12]

How does identity theft work? If a person steals your identity what can they do with it? Open a bunch of credit cards? They can’t hack into your bank or broker account because they do not have your password to login to your account. Unless you were careless and used the same password with T-Mobil.

OK so if the thief opens a bunch of credit cards, just refuse to pay the phony bill. The worst that will do is downgrade your credit rating. Personally I do not need a good credit rating because I follow the Bohemian plan for purchasing. Save money first, collect interest on savings, and then buy. Why borrow and pay others interest?

[PMAS]

LOL - one of my all time favorite movies

[z3n]

I don’t know many people who have had it happen, and I can’t remember all the ways, but apparently it’s more than just credit. I’m not sure how or what creditors and collectors do, but apparently it can affect your ability to find a job, you can get liens on your property which makes it difficult to sell, and you can even be served with a law suit. I am sure I’m forgetting more. You can usually fix most of these problems with phone calls, but it’s my understanding that they make it difficult. You end up on the phone for a long time, jumping through hoops, and often they till you it’s fixed but it’s ends up still being a problem. Why should you have to deal with all that?

And no! You shouldn’t have to pay lifelok or any other credit racketeers to half-assed help you if you ever have an identity problem. Like insurance companies, all they are really there for is to collect your payments.

[Steve_Seattle]

I’ve received two or three checks from class action lawsuits, and I think the biggest check was for something like $1.29. One was less than a dollar.

[moovova]

I’m a Verizon customer.

But maybe I can identify as a T-Mobile customer.

[Red Badger]

Jut put on a Fuchsia tee shirt and frown a lot.....................

[Fresh Wind]

No luck. I dumped T-Mobile years ago.

[Red Badger]

But they probably still have your personal DATA.......................

[Fresh Wind]

LOL! No doubt!

[mmichaels1970]

Yeah. Somebody check my math. I figured the lawyers would get about 50%. So I took $350mil and divided by 2 to get $175mil left for those who were affected. Divide that by $77mil and you get $2.27 each. Sound about right?

As a purely academic exercise, I wonder what would happen if you capped lawyers so that they receive no more than the amount awarded to the smallest recipient of a class-action. I dunno. Basically, you end up eliminating class-actions entirely right? What if you capped them at $200/manhour. In THIS case, they'd have to log 875,000 manhours to earn the pay. Maybe all of that is very anti-capitalist and such. Would that allow the big guys to stomp all over people with no fear of repercussions? Or would the world be a better place where we're all chewing on our lead-painted cribs and growing up happy? Are lawyers pretty much designated as the disciplinary authority in society where taking the wrong step results in paying THEM millions?

I never really stop to think about it too deeply. But once in a while I see articles like this (or get my OWN $2.27 check) that pops the issue back into my head.

Not meaning this to be a rant. But figured I'd put out some of the scribbles that sometimes go on in my head.

[Harpotoo]

Yes and at the end of the day get your $13.

[suthener]

I have had T Mobile Home Internet (which is great) for about two years. When I first got it I almost balked due the amount of personal information they required. Apparently they want to run a full background check on you to get internet service. I went through with it because AT&T DSL and satellite were my only other options.

[Reno89519]

How about a settlement and refund for their bad cell phone signal/service?

[minnesota_bound]

I have T-Mobile and I get annoying scam calls all the time.