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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement that accused Wells Fargo Bank NA of placing unwanted calls and texts to cell phones in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
According to reader comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page,Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Wells Fargo class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $37.90 on May 1, 2017.
If you filed a claim for the Wells Fargo TCPA settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way!
The Wells Fargo class action settlement resolves allegations that the bank used an automatic telephone dialing system to place either calls or texts to consumers regarding a home equity loan or residential mortgage loan.
The plaintiffs accused Wells Fargo of violating federal law by not obtaining the recipient’s express consent prior to placing the calls. Unsolicited calls and texts are covered under the TCPA. Companies found in violation may be required to pay between $500 and $1,500 per violation.
Wells Fargo denied any wrongdoing but agreed to pay $16.3 million to settle the claims.
Class Members included all U.S. residents who received at least one call or text from Wells Fargo in connection to a Residential Mortgage Loan between Nov. 17, 2011 and Feb. 29, 2016 or received at least one call or text from Wells Fargo regarding a Home Equity Loan between April 14, 2011 and Feb. 29, 2016.
The deadline to file a claim for the Wells Fargo settlement passed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Congratulations to our Top Class Actions readers who submitted a valid claim and got PAID! If you missed out, sign up for our free newsletter to receive updates on new class action lawsuits and settlements. You can also check out which class action settlements are still accepting claims in our Open Class Action Settlements section.
The Class is represented by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Burke Law Offices LLC, Meyer Wilson Co. LPA, Skaar & Feagle LLP, Greenwald Davidson Radbil PLLC, Keogh Law Ltd., Kazerouni Law Group APC, Law Offices of Douglas J. Campion APC and Hyde & Swigart.
The Wells Fargo TCPA Class Action Settlement is Markos v. Wells Fargo Bank NA, Case No. 1:15-cv-01156, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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79 thoughts onWells Fargo TCPA Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed
My check was damaged how do i receive a replacement check
My check was made out to my old business that does not exist anymore two banks will not cash it and I cannot contact anyone what do I do
Cross should be ashamed of themselves and maybe even sued themselves.
They knew exactly what they were doing when they sent those checks out and gave us 180 days to cash it.
Who in their right mind would cash a check with no watermark or no endorsement line to sign on the back?
This was done so once those 180 days are up, the firm or lawyer will pocket all those uncashed checks. The only way to cash these checks are through Huntington bank.
Wells Fargo doesn’t cash these checks.
I received my mini check Mon but tossed it to the side bc its not a real check. I worked for Regions Bank in college for 2yrs. There are all kinds of red flags going off with this. 1st the size of the check (too small yo run through a check scanner), 2nd no signature line on back, 3rd no water mark or stamp visible when you hold it in the light, & 4th an most telling the contact information doesn’t get you to a live representative. Just a terrible pre-recorded general recording. So there is no way for any repectubal bank or check cashing establishment to call for verification of funds. Its a scam if you try an deposit it into your personal account they will have access your checking account information once the check is ran through their system by your bank. In the end youll be a whole lot more than the $41 they sent out. It happened to a friend & family member.
I agree with you Katrina Moore… I have worked in banking for almost 18 years. I to believe this is not a real check. There is too many red flags. My daughter received a check from Wells Fargo last year. That check was real. It was a larger check with a signature line on the back of the check. Wells Fargo Bank in Mobile banking did Cash her check. The mini check they sent me is not like the one my daughter received.
It’s a real check if it’s for $42.19 WF will cash it no fee , just did it after calling the 1800#
We have been 3 different places trying to cash the stupid looking check, no luck and do not have a bank account, what am I supposed to do with it???
WF will cash it, I called, they have a protocal & there is no fee
I lost my check.. Is there a number I can call to get it reissued.
U can’t cash them the check look not real we all need to sue cross well they use people to get rich and u can’t cash the check let’s sue them fake checks u can’t sign it or nothing than got a postage in the back than 42 dollars a slap on the risk they got rich
sign the so called fake check on the back and send it to me, ill send you a $10 bill.
Its real.. You poor people have been taking advantage of the system for so long you think everyone is out to get you. You cant lose,, I will send you the $10 in cash back. Just sign it and send it on to me,,all of you poor welfare recipients who seem to be such experts. I will take all you can send me at $10 each. CASH—Just sign it.
This is Unreal. And it is not a live check why would you send a check out with someone’s name and address along with an area for a stamp to be mailed and expect this foolishness to be live tener
Really People……YOU CAN DO BETTER
THAN THIS FOOLISHNESS
This is not a real honorable check could you please send the real check thank you
I cashed one of the checks at my bank not Wells and had no issues.
I emailed them and they said the checks were real. But I cannot cash it anywhere
Take it to WF, I literally am sitting in the parking lot, cashed it no problem
It’s a real check, take it to WF , if it’s for $42.19 WF will cash it for no fee
you are a poor person aren’t you Betty? You file on every case that comes along I’m sure. I have a way to check, now tell the truth or I’ll out you and embarrass you.
Really how do you cash these tiny checks with no siganture line? Can we cash them at a lical welss fargo?
Typo *local
Nope just dame from there and they said it’s not a wells fargo check having the same problem
Try again, I just cashed mine they have a protocal
damn poor people.==== cash it with your welfare check
I just received them to. Would going to wells Fargo itself work? They should honor them or not?
Yes , WF just cashed mine for no fee
I got a check too haven’t gone to the bank only because it looks fake, there’s no signature in the back. It’s for $42 and some change. Not sure if I want to go. Anyway, I closed my bank account with Wells Fargo, will they look for my account even if I no longer have an account with them or will they just issue the money to me?