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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 would like to be added to any class action lawsuit. Mylife.com has connected me to my husband’s criminal ex wife and my deceased mother. I have never been bankrupt. I asked them to remove my name a few years back but they wanted me to pay. Ignoring it as a scam does not work. However too many people are using it to verify business credibility.
I went looking for info about myself for multiple reasons .I used the trial version .Only to discover a fake warrant supposedly out of Colorado .I have never lived there, but my ex husband did at one point [we were already divorced].He also had multiple pieces of my ID when we split up years ago .
In addition to multiple people that weren’t trying to contact me[scam].Not only that they had my neighbors wrong .They expect to use social crediting like they do in China .Improve your and your neighbors scores .Every time you ask for a check on someone it was another charge .I cancelled and got a confirmation .I got another email stating that I had signed up for three months.Every piece of this is a sham scam and has some of the most blatant extortion tactics I have seen for what appears to be a somewhat large company. Please file suit.I will be more than happy to testify.
Please add me to the class action lawsuit. I paid for a full year. I am receiving emails stating people have searched my name and info. They want me to pay for this.
I would like to be added to this class action
Yeah I’ve had my fair share of run-ins with mylife.com they posted people that I was kin to that I didn’t even know several things throughout it that I didn’t like and then they would send me emails saying that my reputation was at stake and things like that when it was then that was making my reputation be at stake I asked him to remove things to correct things they would totally ignore it so I just block them from everything because I would tell me the fir feh they could fix it I wasn’t paying them anything to correct their mistakes that they made
I am a victim of Grand Corruption Extortion Mortgage Equity fraud that initiated in Chicago using militarized softwares and International inheritance fraud
This defamation and extortion is criminal and needs to be stopped. I would like to be notified of any class action lawsuit so I can join into it.
I reported my life to the BBB last week, they responded and said my info had been removed. Then tonight I get another message saying 8 people have viewed my info. Please feel free to contact me to participate in a class action.
I set up a LinkedIn account and Mylife.com popped up and it downloaded my information via LinkedIn. I have been trying to contact LinkedIn about it but they are very hard to contact. The information they have about me is totally wrong but have my address. I want to be a part of this law suit! Please add me.
The owner and CEO of my life.com seems to be very clear example of white collar crime paying off at the expense of others. An obviously unsavory human being who shows that crime, once again, pays off. I am former law enforcement and military and I have asked numerous times to have my information removed. I receive the generic copy and pasted response from various associates saying that it was removed and yet search engine responses keep popping up. What blatant and clear violations of integrity and character. This sad bozo clearly has millions of dollars from people that have been manipulated into paying him. Again the system supports those that have money to afford good attorneys that have no souls. Those that do not care where the money comes from as long as it comes. Look up the owner. Look at his face. Get a sense of his energy. Look at the crap he owns because he takes a d takes and takes. Very clearly crime pays. Just as long as it appears legal. Jeffrey Tinsley and his companies should be put of business. I really hope there is karma here. There are so many people like him and businesses like his. I am sad and sorry that anyone has to put forth their time, precious time, in such a thing as this. It is so sad and pathetic that the judicial system is so lacking against those that have capital. Bless you all, the victims of such idiocy and those that suffer because of it! Be well, be safe and be happy (whenever and wherever possible) ~J
I would like to be added to this class action lawsuit.
Please let me know I have tried contacting them to delete my info . Mine is for a ticket 13 years ago