Comments on: Lawsuit Against Classmates.com May Raise Honesty Standards in Digital Ads

By: Josee

Josee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:24:45 +0000

Got scammed too with classmates.com, I’m currently trying to squeeze them with proof from a rep as the gold membership was a temporary one…I’m in Canada and I’m looking for any lawsuit I could join to get back at them, they’ve been charging my credit card since August 2008 and can’t get them to stop! Of course beside the fact that “my best friend from high school was looking for me” message was a 3 year old one…really those guys who work there have no shame to scam people like that…I’d love to bump into one of them….

By: Tom Allen

Tom Allen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:57:45 +0000

I too had a bad experience… I was sent an email from classmates.com saying someone wanted to contact me. So I went in to this free account and they required a credit card to see who it was. I figured what can it hurt. Then after paying it the contacted person was not real and was a scam. I tried calling their phone number with no luck then on 5 repeated attempts emailed them telling them to remove my private information and to remove me entirely from their system. They failed to comply now looking for some legal actions to take against them for not acknowledging my privacy to remove all my info. The damage is my private information is still being displayed in their system and they will not comply to my request to remove my private information. They also scammed me out of $15 which is not really the issue, my issue is my information. They are using my personal information for their gain. This site is a scam and should be looked in to by the FBI.

By: gil

gil — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:21:39 +0000

how do get a phone number for classmates they hit my credit card without permission

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:44:35 +0000

If nothing else, this lawsuit might deter other online companies from pursuing a deceptive strategy simply because the PR can be bad … really, really bad. Long-term viability in this space will require self-policing high ethical standards … but we can help quash even short-term viability of unethical organizations by being vocal about this kind of abuse. Thanks for the discussion! Nice post!

By: Kendall

Kendall — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:32 +0000

Right on point, John, nice post!