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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
Called them, emailed them, they replied that the request would take some time to remove and one week to be removed from other cached sites like google.
Been two weeks, information is still there. They wont budge and state that the information was gathered via third party applications.
Sent message to the attorney generals office, waiting for response.
Information needs to be removed because of personal reasons for Armed forces
Anyone can do illegals thing due to having a name and a birthdate, LEO can use the name and birthdate to run through NCIC under phonetics. Identify theft starts with a name and a birthdate.
I cannot believe all this people having the same problem as I do and the judge dismiss the case! How could we stop them?
I found that mylife posted false information with my name and were I lived saying I have been
arrested witch I never had this appeares on googles first page.
when I googled My email I had to pay them 50.00 to remove it but it still appears.. This has cost me many jobs for over 17 years
Can you give me information on lawyers to contact.
Thank you
Mylife.com is absolutely DISGUSTING. They not only have inaccurate information about me, but I have requested my info to be removed numerous times due to stalking. They confirmed it was removed ago only to have my niece show me all the info she found on me. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SERIOUS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS POS COMPANY!
I am currently seeking legal representation for the trauma and anxiety MyLife has brought into MY LIFE pun intended
my email is just my name lydian.miller@gmail.com I’m open to anyone contacting me directly with advice on how to go about this as quickly as possible
My Life had posted makes and models of my cars. I know for a fact that I’ve never put that information anywhere online. They’ve posted my address, which puts me at risk of stalking. They’re also claiming that I have criminal records, which is false.
When I was a teenager 25 years ago I got into some minor trouble, went to court, and the charges were dropped. Those records we’re supposed to be sealed. I was a minor.
I have more than paid for what I did.
I shouldn’t have to constantly worry about people stumbling on this information 25 years later and it costing me a job or another opportunity. These background companies have illegally harassed me with this information my entire adult life. I have contacted them countless times to have this information removed from companies extorting this information.
They keep selling it to the next company etc. I’m not sure if MyLife is using the same info or not. They are claiming that I have a criminal record on their site, but I have to join and pay money to see that information. I didn’t sign up for an account, but they need to be shut down and this needs to be made illegal and prosecutable. These companies must stop extortion. I have a major stress disorder. It is beyond stressful to worry about strangers posting inaccurate and slandering information about me all over the internet. There doesn’t seem to be anything that I can do about it.
It was great to get an email on Thanksgiving morning telling me, AGAIN, that I can pay to *LOCK* my account and prevent people from seeing my “criminal history”. I have lost clients who searched my name, came across unfavorable info, and decided to step in a different direction. I am a long time anti big pharm advocate and cannabis user, long before it was the hip thing to do. I have issues with authority, I liked to drive fast when I was young, and once you know the cops, the cops know you, and they torment you and target you every chance they get. Am I a criminal? Maybe. I’m an animal, just like everyone else, and I’ve made mistakes. I’ve pled guilty to marijuana possession at several points in my life, mainly because I just owned it, I didn’t fight it or deny it, yeah it’s mine, here’s some money, that’s all you really want anyway. I unfortunately had to plead guilty to possession of LSD…long story short, it was 2 hits in a package I mailed my friend that got caught by a sniffer dog (slave) at a postal facility…I did 90 days in county jail because I refused to set up a buy for the cops. It changed my life. Forever. Life is very different now. I can’t go certain countries. I can’t be approved for things. I can’t live many places. I can’t use AirBnB now. I moved across the country to start over and now it’s making life difficult here too. I get multiple emails a wk. It’s a little reminder, with everything else going on, it’s really debilitating…the fact that they’ve been sued over and over and are still up and operating is kind of enraging…we need better judges…what judges ruled in favor of these clowns? I want to know….
I have an issue as well with them smearing my reputation.
I was so shocked to find my information on Mylife.com. I called Mylife to remove my record. The lady told me that my records were on 35 sites already, they could remove all if I pay them. I insisted to get my record removed from their site. The lady gave me a confirmation number and told me to wait for 3-5 days to get my record removed. It was three days ago. I am still waiting for getting my record removed with feeling anxiety, humiliation, and anger. They need to be shut down!
They have false criminal records of me and they are extorting me to pay for their service to remove it. This is a clear case of libel and digital extortion. I would more than happily join a case.
I would like to join in a class action law suit with this company, too. I didn’t even sign-up with this company but they have bogus information on me. They are Predators and malicious. Also, they asked me to pay them for any removable negative information.
This company deserves to wither away; meaning, sue the bastards for as much money as possible.
Susan
How can they get away with this, I have been trying to rebuild my credit and just the other day someone has my information and. Opened a account and put I was in school, I mean if we didn’t give them our information or sign up to the site how can they post personal information without our permission. I would love to start a lawsuit for invading my privacy, or fraudulent information. I have went threw hell trying to rebuild my credit and it because of shady companies like MY LIFE that WE GET SCREWED.
They need to be shut down. My profile shows that I requested removal of 18 year old judgment and tax liens. The judgment was discharged by Chap. 7 18 years ago and the tax liens were paid off 21 years ago. The FTC has a case against them that states they are liable under the FCRA to comply and this behavior is no compliant.
Also my “reputation score” on their site is singed dur to the court findings of neighbors I do not even know! I also received their extortion, bait $ switchgrass emails that my reputation is being hurt so I need to lock my site which requires joining to see the information alluded to. I own a business and have no idea how bad this has or is hurting my business reputation. They should have to release the identities of those who review the garbage they post about you. They apparently also sell this data!