Previous Data Breach Settlement notice

Where's my money my account was breached twice.

I've had my info breached twice because of Blue Cross health ins. and once thanks to one of the credit reporting agencies, Equifax or Experian, I don't remember which one, and that's all I know of, they may be more.  I think it's safe to assume most peoples financial and personal info is "out there".  My original SS card says right on the card that it is not to be used as identification, but that ship has sailed now.  I suggest people just freeze their credit files at the three bureaus, it's easy to do, easy to lift a freeze and then add a freeze back after the credit is run.  I just did it to get a t mobile account and plan a few days ago.  My credit was thawed for about 3 hours while t mobile accessed my reports.  With your files frozen it's almost, if not impossible for a thief to open any accounts in your name, even with all of your personal information.  Creditors can't run a credit check, so no credit for the bad guy. It's free to do.

Spoontocal wrote:

I received this text 10 minutes ago but didn't click on the link. 

 

Congratulations! Milberg has settled your individual claim regarding the T-Mobile Data Breach that occurred in August 2021.  You are eligible to receive certain monetary and non-monetary benefits.  Por favor haz clic aquí to visit the settlement website and select one (1) of the following benefit options:

 

Option 1:  Alternative Cash Payment + Financial Shield Service.  As an alternative to making a claim for reimbursement for out-of-pocket losses and lost time, you can receive a $200 payment + 5-year subscription to Aura’s Financial Shield Service plan ($1,000 total value).

Payment can be made by check, Paypal, Venmo, Prepaid Mastercard or Zelle.  

To learn more about the excellent benefits provided through Aura’s Financial Shield Service plan, scroll to the bottom of this email.

 

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Option 2:  Reimbursement for Money You Spent (Out-of-Pocket Losses) + Lost Time.  If you spent unreimbursed money in an effort to avoid or recover from fraud or identity theft that you believe is fairly traceable to the T-Mobile Data Breach (out-of-pocket losses), you can be reimbursed up to $25,000 (including any claim for lost time).  You must submit documents supporting your claim.  If you also spent time trying to avoid or recover from fraud or identity theft that you believe is fairly traceable to the T-Mobile Data Breach, you can get the greater of $25 per hour or, if you took time off work, your documented hourly wage for up to 5 total hours, or up to 15 total hours if you provide supporting documents demonstrating a valid claim for out-of-pocket losses.

 

To receive your benefits, you must make your selection by February 22, 2023.  After the deadline, we will assess the claimed and unclaimed benefits.  If there are unclaimed benefits, higher payments may be issued to those clients who made their benefit selections by the deadline.  In the event that an excessive number of claims are filed, it may be necessary to reduce each individual claim by an equal amount to ensure that clients receive their benefits on a pro rata basis.

 

Aura’s Financial Shield product offers monitoring and protection services not typically available through other credit monitoring or identity theft services and includes the following:

 

• Transaction Monitoring of all registered financial accounts, including spending, deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and transfer requests;

• Bank & Financial Account Monitoring around any changes requested, including new username and password, new signatory added or deleted, change of address of principal signatory, wire transfer requests to third parties, new accounts being set up using your SSN and DOB;

• Home Title & Property Title Monitoring to ensure that your family’s largest asset is not hijacked and resold or mortgaged by a criminal third party;

• Security Freeze Capability to let you take control of your credit data not only at the 3 major credit bureaus, but also at 7 other bureaus that can provide early warning for fraud events;

• Monthly Spending Graphs that provide detailed views of all spending and highlight any changes from month to month;

• Dark Web Monitoring on 17 different data points that will allow the service to give you early warning that your PII is in play in the criminal arena;

• Authentication Alerts when your SSN is used as part of an Identity Verification Event;

• Fictitious Identity Monitoring Alerts when your SSN is used in association with someone else’s name;

• High Risk Transaction Monitoring that looks for your PII included in transactions like Payday Loans, new credit account openings and the like to verify that these are legitimate events;

• Online Income Tax Alerts if you file an income tax return using the Turbo Tax service.  You are notified when a tax return is filed using your SSN and name to verify that it is your return and not a fraudulent event;

• Identity and Financial Fraud restoration services from the longest tenured and most experienced customer support team in the industry; and

• $1 million in Insurance provided by AIG to replace any funds lost via fraud or identity theft and the reimbursement of any personal expenses including professional fees, lost wages, postage, messenger services, and much more.

 

I received this same email back on 1/24/2023 and received a payment today of $200.00

I actually received a $200 payment today from T-Mobile Arbitration.

T-Mobile has been having data breaches we pay them but they don't pay us back in security Google T-Mobile lawsuit data breach we should all get compensation we were all at risk even sensitive information can be used to get the information that is valuable to you and me go to T-Mobile data breach.com

I received this text 10 minutes ago but didn't click on the link. 

Congratulations! Milberg has settled your individual claim regarding the T-Mobile Data Breach that occurred in August 2021.  You are eligible to receive certain monetary and non-monetary benefits.  Por favor haz clic aquí to visit the settlement website and select one (1) of the following benefit options:

Option 1:  Alternative Cash Payment + Financial Shield Service.  As an alternative to making a claim for reimbursement for out-of-pocket losses and lost time, you can receive a $200 payment + 5-year subscription to Aura’s Financial Shield Service plan ($1,000 total value).

Payment can be made by check, Paypal, Venmo, Prepaid Mastercard or Zelle.  

To learn more about the excellent benefits provided through Aura’s Financial Shield Service plan, scroll to the bottom of this email.

O

Option 2:  Reimbursement for Money You Spent (Out-of-Pocket Losses) + Lost Time.  If you spent unreimbursed money in an effort to avoid or recover from fraud or identity theft that you believe is fairly traceable to the T-Mobile Data Breach (out-of-pocket losses), you can be reimbursed up to $25,000 (including any claim for lost time).  You must submit documents supporting your claim.  If you also spent time trying to avoid or recover from fraud or identity theft that you believe is fairly traceable to the T-Mobile Data Breach, you can get the greater of $25 per hour or, if you took time off work, your documented hourly wage for up to 5 total hours, or up to 15 total hours if you provide supporting documents demonstrating a valid claim for out-of-pocket losses.

To receive your benefits, you must make your selection by 22 de febrero de 2023.  After the deadline, we will assess the claimed and unclaimed benefits.  If there are unclaimed benefits, higher payments may be issued to those clients who made their benefit selections by the deadline.  In the event that an excessive number of claims are filed, it may be necessary to reduce each individual claim by an equal amount to ensure that clients receive their benefits on a pro rata basis.

Aura’s Financial Shield product offers monitoring and protection services not typically available through other credit monitoring or identity theft services and includes the following:

• Transaction Monitoring of all registered financial accounts, including spending, deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and transfer requests;

• Bank & Financial Account Monitoring around any changes requested, including new username and password, new signatory added or deleted, change of address of principal signatory, wire transfer requests to third parties, new accounts being set up using your SSN and DOB;

• Home Title & Property Title Monitoring to ensure that your family’s largest asset is not hijacked and resold or mortgaged by a criminal third party;

• Security Freeze Capability to let you take control of your credit data not only at the 3 major credit bureaus, but also at 7 other bureaus that can provide early warning for fraud events;

• Monthly Spending Graphs that provide detailed views of all spending and highlight any changes from month to month;

• Dark Web Monitoring on 17 different data points that will allow the service to give you early warning that your PII is in play in the criminal arena;

• Authentication Alerts when your SSN is used as part of an Identity Verification Event;

• Fictitious Identity Monitoring Alerts when your SSN is used in association with someone else’s name;

• High Risk Transaction Monitoring that looks for your PII included in transactions like Payday Loans, new credit account openings and the like to verify that these are legitimate events;

• Online Income Tax Alerts if you file an income tax return using the Turbo Tax service.  You are notified when a tax return is filed using your SSN and name to verify that it is your return and not a fraudulent event;

• Identity and Financial Fraud restoration services from the longest tenured and most experienced customer support team in the industry; and

• $1 million in Insurance provided by AIG to replace any funds lost via fraud or identity theft and the reimbursement of any personal expenses including professional fees, lost wages, postage, messenger services, and much more.

I selected Paypal as my form of payment.  Then I received this email.  There was no link to enter verification code once I submitted.   Where would this info be entered?  Anyone else receive this email?

Your payment verification code is: xxxxxx

Our records indicate that you have attempted to verify your payment method for T-Mobile Data Breach Settlement. To complete this process and confirm your email address, please enter the code above on the verification page.

If you have not attempted to verify your payment method, please disregard this email.
 

Davis_1377 wrote:

For the past 20 years never had this problem when it used to be Sprint lol

Thats like saying you lived for 59 years without a heart attack. Has no bearing on anything.  Maybe sprint never said anything? Maybe advances in technology have allowed hackers to attack from many different ways and maybe this is why sprint no longer exists? 

Dacarla1 wrote:

JMiracles wrote:

I noticed that text message yesterday and decided to call T-Mobile today because it seemed suspicious. I looked at the FAQ section on their site and found the following strange…

https://www.t-mobilesettlement.com/home/faqs2/

22. Where can I get more information?, at the very end of stating who you can contact, it states, “Please do not contact the Court, its Clerk, or T-Mobile.” 

Hmmm…

Well, I called them (T-Mobile) and the representative told me I did the right thing because they don’t know anything about it, and they would have sent me a letter in the mail, and not a text message.

 
maybe they dnt know but it’s real!

Like I said in previous posts, I know the data breach happened last year due to being informed by T-Mobile. What I'm wary of is the form of communication that the settlement group chose. Sending a text message seems…eh…

JMiracles wrote:

I noticed that text message yesterday and decided to call T-Mobile today because it seemed suspicious. I looked at the FAQ section on their site and found the following strange…

https://www.t-mobilesettlement.com/home/faqs2/

22. Where can I get more information?, at the very end of stating who you can contact, it states, “Please do not contact the Court, its Clerk, or T-Mobile.” 

Hmmm…

Well, I called them (T-Mobile) and the representative told me I did the right thing because they don’t know anything about it, and they would have sent me a letter in the mail, and not a text message.

 
maybe they dnt know but it’s real!