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A class action lawsuit claiming that MyLife.com is a scam can move ahead, a federal judge ruled last week.
Top Class Actions first told you about the MyLife.com class action lawsuit in February, which accuses the company behind Classmates.com of preying on new victims by rebranding itself as MyLife.com after losing a class action lawsuit last year.
Classmates.com was sued in 2008 for defrauding consumers out of money by using spam emails that falsely stated past acquaintances were trying to contact them, and then charging subscribers a fee to discover no one was trying to contact them at all.
Classmates.com settled the class action lawsuit last year for $9.5 million, but the people behind Classmates.com have continued the scam under the name MyLife.com, says the class action lawsuit.
According to the MyLife class action lawsuit, MyLife attracts subscribers by sending mass email solicitations saying that “someone” is searching for them, and then charging subscribers a fee to show an ultimately bogus list of names.
Sound familiar? That’s exactly what Classmates.com was accused of in its 2008 class action lawsuit.
The MyLife scam class action lawsuit also accuses the social networking site of hacking into subscribers’ computers and spamming contacts in their email address books with more solicitations.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken upheld the claim the MyLife’s initial email solicitations violated the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, saying “The plaintiffs have adequately pleaded that they were wold fake names and useless information, and that they were billed for a different subscription than the one they selected.”
Judge Wilken did, however, let Oak Venture Capital — the firm that provided MyLife with a $25 million bankroll — and six individual defendants off the hook because the “complaint does not explain what these defendants did to participate in the alleged scheme,” according to last week’s decision.
On Nov. 15, 2012, this particular MyLife.com lawsuit was dismissed. However, numerous other MyLife lawsuits have been filed since.
MyLife Lawsuit Alleges Cyber Extortion Scheme
Minnesota nail technician Allyson C. says a quick internet search brought her to MyLife.com where it states that she has been arrested and has criminal record. Both of which, the MyLife.com lawsuit claims, are untrue.
When the plaintiff contacted MyLife to dispute the criminal record, her requests were allegedly ignored and the false information stayed visible on the site.
According to the MyLife.com lawsuit, the true business behind MyLife appears to be a “classic extortion scheme whereby the company posts negative information online in the hope that individuals will ‘claim’ the page with the negative information by enrolling in a monthly plan costing between $13.95 and $16.95 per month.”
Allyson says the false information has damaged her reputation and her in-home business as many potential clients will do an internet search before scheduling an appointment for nail services and see a false criminal report.
The MyLife lawsuit further claims that the company intentionally posts inaccurate information to elicit payments from users who want to correct the false information on their page.
Allyson says MyLife.com’s conduct has caused her anxiety, anger and humiliation.
Do you have a story similar to what Allyson experienced? Leave a comment below to share.
The MyLife Lawsuit is Allyson C. v. MyLife.com, Case No. 0:19-cv-02056, in the Fourth District Court in the State of Minnesota.
UPDATE: The MyLife Lawsuit was dismissed on October 11, 2019.
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458 thoughts onMyLife.com Scam Class Action Lawsuit Moves Ahead
I was charged 4 times for going thru that rabbit hole! New screens pop up and you think its a continuation of what you were doing. Instead they charge you again on a new screen. What a scam!
I was warned in an email from Mylife that my reputation score has dropped and that three men and one woman (with a recognizable county where the woman in suspect resides) had posted negative comments about me. As a victim of narcissistic vengeful lying to destroy me and my family in the past occurred, I simply could not bear the thought of reading what they may have posted, as all narcissists are now out of my life and have been for years!! There was no option available to remove my name, profile, but if I joined, I could view the comments and post a counter point (I don’t recall any option of being able to remove their posts!). I sent a request to have my profile removed, no way of knowing of it went through. Being skeptical over the integrity of a company that would profit over creating a platform for enemies who lie, or stalkers to stalk, and purposely discredit me to interfere with MY LIFE, I did not trust nor could I condone paying a monthly membership to “mop up after them”, I opted against joining! I am not sitprisrd the monthly fee of $14.95 I think it was would be taken in a lump sum for annual dues!! I’m glad I didn’t join, but have just cause to believe these cruel and unjust gossipers found a platform to continue to prey on me as a life long friendship was mysteriously ended without explanation. The deep hurt from that as well as suspecting this act (for profit)?whether real or fabricated, continues as I am reluctant to date. It’s been 12 years since I divorced an abusive alcoholic who lies like a dog and spread falsehoods to my family out of pure vengeance. I lost two brothers and one sister due to his lies, and many more besides. They must’ve salivated at the mouth finding this platform, being wolves!! I hate this company!! I’ve been left to eonder what was said and how much more damage might it cause!? It is in direct violation of my rights!! Paid to slander, deprive my peace and pursuit of happiness with this hanging over my head!, for anyone to profit from this is incorrigible. MyLife needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law!!
I have been charged 155..40 in Dec 2023 and January 2024. It appears on my bank statement as a POS payment. I never authorized this nor do I know how they got my info. I have gotten no response from my questions to them
They posted that I have a criminal record, my net value worth and something about my reliability as an employee. None of this is applicable. Then charge people to further look at a profile which is not true. I want these people to pay. Making money off of my good name and accusing me of a crime or crimes. I want them to go down! Out of business forever!!! Feel free to look at what they said about me, and look at a google search of me.
They posted that I have a criminal record. My net value worth and something about my reliability as an employee. None of this is applicable. Then charge people to further look at a profile which is not true. I want these people to pay. Making money off of my good name and accusing me of a crime or crimes. I want them to go down! Out of business forever!!!
I was charged $9.95 twice a month for over three months. I’ve tried reaching out to MyLife get no where by phone, and MyLife email is a joke! Try looking MyLife up,!
People work hard for their money and to have low life July take advantage of you, I say put them all in prison!!!
I never signed up for MyLife MC, but scammers sure took me:
I’d like my money back with interest!!!!!!!
mylife.com needs to be sued, shutdown and the owner needs to be imprisoned for scamming people out of money. I paid a one time 9.95 charge to see why they were saying I had a criminal background and they never provided the info, only saying that the information was not available and to contact them. I called the number they provided and that only tells you to send an email to them. I need to contact my credit card company now to cancel my card so they don’t steal more money from me. SOMEONE please do something about this!
I was guided to search my name and when I did I found that mylife.com has so much personal and so much false information about me that it made me sick as people have committed fraud in my name, using my picture to make fake accounts, purchase things in my name on sites I’ve never been to or even known about. The information is so false I have never lived in some of the places, I’m not related to any of the people that are on there, and the reports of criminal are so wrong I have never been charged for anything of them crimes nor the judgements they are claiming. I am devasted by the false information that is up and I never gave permission for the picture they stole off of facebook of me. This information needs to come down immediately as it is false. I am not related to any of the people on there that is listed and don’t even know who they are. They have falsified the income and everything. I have a police report of identity theft and have been trying to dispute these false claims as me on my report. I have never lived in some of these places that are on here and had the same number for 23 years.
My credit karma card account was charged 3 different times with a total of around 380.00. and continue to charge my card repeatedly and I have called every number and emailed the support team long ago about cancelling and currently the refund of all charges. Would like to know if there is a person I can actually contact about getting those funds reimbursed