Email from Facebook, is it a scam? (Beacon Law Settlement)?

[Zack C]

I just got the e-mail too and like all of you guys was extremely critical. I happened to click on the link and I browsed around, and this is what I came up with:

You have three choices:
1) Opt out (which requires you to mail something to the courthouse with your name and address requesting your name be removed)
2) Voice opinions (why would we do that?)
3) Do nothing. A Class Member has been defined as follows:

However, when they say you can do nothing, they do mention that you will be legally bound to whatever the settlement is (which scares me slightly, I am only a college student), and you can't sue Facebook in the future regarding this or any other issue.

I asked someone with some law experience, and she said that unless the court physically serves you papers (mails them to your house), that the e-mail shouldn't be taken seriously. Honestly I'm quite torn over whether or not this is legitimate, there are some good sources that do talk about this lawsuit, yet my source also said that if you do decide to opt out and mail the request in, you could be charged an amount for the lawyer's services, and that is not what we want to hear.

In my opinion I'm gonna say keep the e-mail but don't do anything. Try to ask around and see if any action on your part should be done. My best bet would be to ask a lawyer with hopes he'll give you some free advice.