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Dell pays up to settle New York fraud case
The New York Office of the Attorney General has announced Dell will pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit the AG filed against it back in 2007. The suit accused Dell of misleading customers by making false promises of cheap financing and refusing to honor rebates and warranties. In May of last year, the New more »
Classmates.com gets sued by user: His friends weren’t really looking for him
Classmates.com is one of the biggest advertisers on the ‘net. It’s been around since before MySpace, Facebook, or Friendster grew to the popularity they have now. They spend wicked amounts of money on their online advertising; $30 million was spent in 2005 to give you an idea. However, now they just may have to answer for some of their “lure the customer in” tactics.
Anthony Michaels had been a free member of the Classmates.com site since last year. Then, Classmates.com informed Michaels that his old school pals were trying to contact him. He got that familiar to many message “Your former classmates are trying to contact you! Upgrade now to see their messages!” sent to him from Classmates.com. So, curious as to whether it was an old grade school buddy or that girl he was always secretly smitten by, Michaels did what many others are suckered into doing with that message.
Keep reading to find out what could happen to Classmates.com.















