E*Trade Lawsuit - Were you called? $$$

[ouch my feet]

It may be money time! Haha im sure if its anything it wont be much when its split with everyone. I just got an email from the Greenberg Class Action Suitpeople stating that they have a class action suit against E*Trade and their privacy policy. Is this legit? Has anyone else got this email? It states E*Tradesettled for 7.5 million on the site and it will be split with multiple states.

https://www.greenbergclassactionsettlement.com/

Apparently, you fill out the form and they can look up whether you were called or if you called in. When you put in your ref # it comes up with your registeredinformation but also asks for an SSN...I dont want to continue until I know its a serious suit?

 

[wallyhopp]

you might be only getting $10-15 bucks or less.. that 7.5 mil will be split between hundreds of millions.. meanwhile the other 10 mil will be split between10-12 lawyers.. gotta love it

 

[SUSHI AND GRITS]

Paypal is next. Paypal..

 

[18key]

^ If that ever happens, I can only hope I get all the money back that they took from me in 'fees.'

 

[xdoeboix]

hope paypal goes down... i still have a case with them since like the past 2 years... never paid them, owe like 300

 

[ouch my feet]

Taken from Fatwallet:

Let me help by giving some background to try to establish some credibility with each of you. I work in the Information Security field and have for the past 15years. When I see these e-mails I am VERY sceptical and do research (not google research) prior to clicking any links.

It turns out this one is LEGIT. The criteria for this class are "If you reside in California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire,Pennsylvania, or Washington and (1) received a telephone call from E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation or its related entities ("E*TRADE") during theperiod from September 3, 2003, to May 22, 2009, and/ or (2) you made a call to E*TRADE's Beverly Hills, California branch office on August 15 or 16, 2006,and your telephone call was recorded without notice or consent (hereinafter, the "Settlement Class"), you are a Class Member and a proposed classaction settlement ("Settlement") could affect your legal rights." This is broad and covers just about anyone who had an account during that timeperiod, and lives in the states specified.

My research led me to check on the company who runs the website. According to Internet registration the domain name"greenbergclassactionsettlement.com" is registered to (http://www.networksolutio...h/greenbergclassactio... a company by the name of"Epiq Class Action Claims Solutions Inc". Epiq (http://www.epiqsystems.co...ions.php?EngagementID=9) is a comapny in the Legal industry thatdesigns websites for class action cases. Look at them as an outsourcing company for complex databases of information relating to legal class action cases.

I hope this helps clear up any confusion.

Its def. legit so if youre an etrade user check it out.