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Classmates.com lawsuit. Is this a scam?

• i've recieved an e-mail from classmates.com stating about a lawsuit out in Seattle Washington. I have heard several people talk about recieving this same e-mail and some have said they were never even on classmates.com. Has anyone else recieved this email before, and if so, do you know if it is some sort of scam? here is a little bit of the e-mail. United States District Court For the Western District of Washington In re Classmates.com Consolidated Litigation, Case No. 09-cv-0045-RAJ SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS AND SETTLEMENT SUBCLASS, AS DEFINED IN THIS NOTICE PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY 1. WHY DID I GET THIS SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT? The purpose of this Supplemental Notice is to inform you of a new deadline for objecting to Class Counsel’s request to the Court for an attorneys’ fee award in connection with the proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) that has been reached in the consolidated class action lawsuit entitled In re Classmates.com Consolidated Litigation, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Case No. 09-cv-0045-RAJ (the “Litigation”). Furthermore, this Supplemental Notice is to inform you about the reduction in the attorneys’ fee award sought by Class Counsel from $1.3 million to $1.05 million, and the additional cy pres contribution of $500,000 that will be made by Defendants to a charity to be approved by the Court in addition to all of the other benefits set forth in the Settlement, including the Injunctive Relief Terms that are set forth at the end of this Supplemental Notice. Finally, this Supplemental Notice is to inform you that the Court has rescheduled the Final Approval Hearing for the Settlement from October 27, 2010 to December 16, 2010. DO NOT APPEAR IN COURT ON OCTOBER 27, 2010. 2. WHAT IS THIS LAWSUIT ABOUT? In this Litigation, Plaintiffs assert class action claims against Classmates Online, Inc., Classmates Media Corporation, and United Online, Inc. (“Defendants”). Complaints filed in the action allege, among other things, that Defendants sent e-mail messages to subscribers of www.classmates.com that were in violation of the law and engaged in conduct that had the potential to violate www.classmates.com users' privacy rights. Defendants have denied and continue to deny Plaintiffs’ allegations and maintain that Defendants have not engaged in any wrongful conduct. Defendants also contend that the Litigation is not suitable for class action treatment. Defendants have nevertheless concluded that it is in their best interests that this Litigation be resolved subject to and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Settlement. This Settlement is the result of arm’s-length negotiations between Plaintiffs in the Litigation, individually and on behalf of the Settlement Class and Settlement Subclass, and Defendants. Both sides agree that, in light of the risks and expenses associated with continued litigation, this Settlement is fair and appropriate under the circumstances. Plaintiffs further believe that this Settlement is in the best interests of the Settlement Class and Settlement Subclass. Please be advised that the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has not ruled on the merits of Plaintiffs’ claims or Defendants’ defenses and, therefore, you should not make any assumptions about the strengths or weaknesses of the claims or defenses in the Litigation. 3. WHO IS COVERED BY THE SETTLEMENT? For settlement purposes, the parties have stipulated to the certification of a Settlement Class and a Settlement Subclass, as defined below. “Settlement Class” All Persons, excluding Settlement Subclass members, residing in the United States who were registered with or subscribed to www.classmates.com at any time between October 30, 2004 and April 19, 2010. “Settlement Subclass” All Persons residing in the United States who registered with or subscribed to www.classmates.com between January 1, 2007 and April 19, 2010 and who paid for a Gold Membership subscription to www.classmates.com (and did not previously receive a refund of such payment) as a result of: Upgrading to a Gold Membership through the process on Classmates.com of seeking to see who visited their Guestbook; or Upgrading to a Gold Membership after clicking on a link to Classmates.com in a Guestbook email, or Connections email that included a Guestbook subject line, and upgrading to a Gold Membership within the same session activated by clicking on that link or within the same day of clicking on that link; or Upgrading to a Gold Membership within the same day of receiving a Guestbook email or Connections email that included a Guestbook subject line.

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  No its not a scam. I got the exact same email last night. But really it's not worth your time to go. I googled what others were getting and It really is nothing. They settled on paying members that participate in this lawsuit either $3 check OR $2 off a gold membership. But the lawyers just doing they're job and looking out for the little people managed to pull a cool 1.9 million each lol