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Yes, even in International Falls, Minnesota, some of us are receivng the following: In yesterday's mail, I received a folded over 8 1/2 X 11 pamphlet type piece of mail with a return address of U.S. District Court Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 290,
Philadelphia, PA 19105-0290. An attached cover letter indicates that I am "eligible for a court-approved refund of fees charged to eligible credit cards". It gives three options for applying for the refund, the
first being an Easy Refund of $25. An enclosed form then asks for personal bank account and credit card info. There is no official logos or solid addresses connecting this to the actual U.S. District Court.
Instead, it refers to coming from and going back to a "Court Settlement Administrator".

I called the U.S. District Court this morning, and they knew nothing about this. I was referred to the Des Moines office of the U.S. Attorney General who also hadn't heard of it yet. The gentleman there took my phone number and called me back in just a very few minutes,advising he had learned that this is a nationwide threat that the U.S.Postal Inspection Service is just learning about. I was then asked to send the phony mailing to a Special Agent of the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service, and also encouraged to tell my friends and relatives about it.

People, please do not fill this form out. It is obviously a fraud. All you would be doing is supplying someone all your information.
I thank my friends who have also done research on this. Please discard as soon as you receive it.


Thanks for the info -- I...

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Thanks for the info -- I received that mailing as well. Looks like the shredder will get fed.


Submitted by BPARS on December 7, 2007 - 3:12pm.

Well here it goes---some of...

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Well here it goes---some of you have talked about fear and boundries, boogiemen and control.Who do you think is to blame for allof this? We the American people who have become so complacent and spoiled.Who do you think voted these people into office? You talk about have to take off your shoes show i.d.'s and whatever else but yet not one of you has brought up the fact that the children in many schools today have to go thro metal decters,have a lock down proceedure and have the drills, locks on the school room doors, random locker checks,cameras watching their evry move. Their innocence has been striped. Is this from terrorists? No this is from a citizen of the U.S. This is ok but God forbid don't have security for people coming into our country who are the terrorists who have been brainwashed, trained to kill who will look like joeblow next door, student in college,businessman or gramma bringing in perogies. Now people are being killed while doing something as simple as shopping. Will we have to have metaldecters to entry a mall and then have armed guards while we shop? This is not going to go away folks. I dare you to stand in front of the families that had a loved one killed on 9 ll and tell them what you have wrote here.


Submitted by six-shooter on December 7, 2007 - 3:43pm.

Don't know how this got on...

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Don't know how this got on this site? I had it on the changes at the border.


Submitted by six-shooter on December 7, 2007 - 4:14pm.
Submitted by Scoobydoolover on December 11, 2007 - 5:27pm.

Mailings regarding a $25...

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Mailings regarding a $25 refund because of a class action lawsuit are not fraud, according to the Minnesota Better Business Bureau.

A representative from the Minnesota Better Business Bureau confirmed today for Journal staff that the refund offer is legitimate.

A nationwide settlement agreement was reached in July in a consolidated federal class action lawsuit about use of certain payment cards for foreign transactions.

The lawsuit concerns the prices that cardholders of Visa and Mastercard brand credit and debit/ATM cards and Diners Club cards have been charged to make transactions denominated in a foreign currency or with a foreign merchant.

Under the settlement, defendants will pay $336 million to create a settlement fund to pay monetary claims by eligible cardholders, the costs of administering the settlement and notice to cardholders and any court-approved fees and expenses to attorneys for the class and awards to the class representatives.

Journal staff also confirmed the information with an anchor/consumer reporter with the WGAL news broadcast in Lancaster, Penn., who said they confirmed the story with two sources.


Submitted by Lisa Kaczke on December 12, 2007 - 4:24pm.

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