Is this settlement a fraud from FB?

[AquaKimi]

NOTICE OF PENDING CLASS ACTION AND NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT



ANGEL FRALEY V. FACEBOOK, INC.



You are receiving this e-mail because you may have been featured in a "Sponsored Story" on Facebook prior to December 3, 2012.



A federal court authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.



Why did I get this notice? This Notice relates to a proposed settlement ("Settlement") of a class action lawsuit ("Action") filed against Facebook relating to a particular Facebook feature called "Sponsored Stories." According to available records, you may be a "Class Member."



What is the Action about? The Action claims that Facebook unlawfully used the names, profile pictures, photographs, likenesses, and identities of Facebook users in the United States to advertise or sell products and services through Sponsored Stories without obtaining those users' consent. Facebook denies any wrongdoing and any liability whatsoever. No court or other entity has made any judgment or other determination of any liability.



What is a Sponsored Story? Sponsored Stories are a form of advertising that typically contains posts which appeared on facebook.com about or from a Facebook user or entity that a business, organization, or individual has paid to promote so there is a better chance that the posts will be seen by the user or entity's chosen audience. Sponsored Stories may be displayed, for example, when a Facebook user interacts with the Facebook service (including sub-domains, international versions, widgets, plug-ins, platform applications or games, and mobile applications) in certain ways, such as by clicking on the Facebook "Like" button on a business's, organization's, or individual's Facebook page. Sponsored Stories typically include a display of a Facebook user's Facebook name (i.e., the name the user has associated with his or her Facebook account) and/or profile picture (if the user has uploaded one) with a statement describing the user's interaction with the Facebook service, such as "John Smith likes UNICEF," "John Smith played Farmville," or "John Smith shared a link."



What relief does the Settlement provide? Facebook will pay $20 million into a fund that can be used, in part, to pay claims of Class Members (including Minor Class Members) who appeared in a Sponsored Story. Each participating Class Member who submits a valid and timely claim form may be eligible to receive up to $10. The amount, if any, paid to each claimant depends upon the number of claims made and other factors detailed in the Settlement. No one knows in advance how much each claimant will receive, or whether any money will be paid directly to claimants. If the number of claims made renders it economically infeasible to pay money to persons who make a timely and valid claim, payment will be made to the not-for-profit organizations identified on the Settlement website at http://www.fraleyfacebooksettlement.com (if clicking on the link does not work, copy and paste the website address into a web browser). These organizations are involved in educational outreach that teaches adults and children how to use social media technologies safely, or are involved in research of social media, with a focus on critical thinking around advertising and commercialization, and particularly with protecting the interests of children.

[kyle]

This is definitely fake, Facebook representatives would not contact you through email, they explicitly say so on their site. I am not doubting whether this court case may exist, but I can tell you.. This letter is not authentic.

[abraXus]

if you want to give up your personal information like your address and phone number to facebook just to get $10, then go for it

personally, i would just ignore it - it's real, but it's not worth the hassle

[Lenny]

This is spam. Facebook would never send these kind of things to you. Disregard it and mark it as spam

[Sandy]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/classaction/facebook.asp

[Blah]

IT'S REAL, THESE PEOPLE ARE STUPID.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/yes--that-...43914.html

this situation has been going on awhile ago.

[Lin]

This is actually Real. Facebook attaches pictures to ads on the side of your newsfeed to make users click on it so Facebook gets paid per click.
Facebook does not have the right to use your pic to sell their product nor does the company have the right to use your picture to sell their link on facebook.
Its an automatic thing so public pictures under your settings may have been used.

If you want to go through with this settlement like previous comments mentioned as well as the settlement you will prob end up with $1-$10 dollars.

If the other comment people want to find this out it was all over the news just a few days ago, rather inflating its honestly about the suit, also this is NOT from Facebook it was from the law firms outsource sending out the suit with names that were or may have been used in this suit.