How FTC refund programs work
The Federal Trade Commission sues, the company pays, and the money goes back to customers, usually without a claim form. The sequence, who administers it, and the deadlines attached.
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FTC refunds
Money returned to consumers by the Federal Trade Commission.
When the Federal Trade Commission settles a case, the money often goes back to the people who lost it. The agency or a refund administrator sends payments directly, usually by check, PayPal or Zelle, and in most cases the recipient does not have to do anything at all.
That is the detail worth knowing, because it is what separates a real refund from a scam. The FTC never asks for a fee, a bank login or a payment to release a refund, and anyone who does is not the FTC.
Checks usually expire, commonly after 90 days, and an unclaimed payment can be redistributed. The pages here carry the programs paying out now, the amounts and the method, and how to check whether a payment you have received is genuine.
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AT&T throttling refunds: $5.6 million
Customers on unlimited plans had their speeds cut after a monthly threshold. The FTC is now paying people who never cashed the first check.
Amazon Flex tips: $60.6 million returned
A third round of payments is going to drivers whose tips Amazon kept between 2016 and 2019, this time to people who never cashed the first check.
Ring refunds: $5.4 million over privacy
The FTC says Ring let employees see customer videos and left accounts open to attackers. Payments are automatic for eligible account holders.
Grubhub refunds: 640,038 payments
Drivers who were misled about earnings and diners locked out of their accounts are being paid automatically. Checks must be cashed within 90 days.
University of Phoenix refunds pass $49M
The FTC said the university advertised job opportunities with employers it did not work with. A fourth round of payments is going to people who never cashed the first check.
Handy gig workers get $2.7 million
The FTC and the New York Attorney General said the Angi-owned platform overstated earnings and charged workers fees and fines it did not properly explain.
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