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Google Ordered To Pay Advertisers 3,5 Mil!

by jan roos
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I got this email from Google today..



Google is sending you this notice of a proposed class action settlement that may affect your legal rights as a creator of an AdWords campaign between October 2007 and July 2009. This notice is being sent to you by Court Order so that you may understand your rights and remedies before the Court considers final approval of the proposed settlement on March 11, 2011.

This is not an advertisement or attorney solicitation.

A settlement agreement has been reached by the parties and is pending approval by the Court. Under the proposed settlement, Google will pay a total of $3,500,000 to the settlement class, including attorneys' fees and costs, for charges accrued by AdWords users who left the "CPC Content bid" input blank upon creating an AdWords campaign, and were charged for content ads appearing on Google's Content Network.

IMPORTANT. If the settlement is approved, your legal rights may be affected whether or not you act. You should therefore carefully read the documents filed with the Court concerning the settlement, the reimbursement of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses, and the litigation generally.

Please go to http://www.largocargosettlement.com for full details on the settlement and further instructions on what to do to submit a claim, opt out of, object to, or otherwise comment upon the proposed settlement.

Please do not reply to this email.

Please note that Google will never ask you for password information or other personal credentials when sending you notices. If you suspect someone is improperly using Google's name or products to obtain your personal information, please report the message as phishing. See Messages asking for personal information (phishing) - Gmail Help.

This mandatory announcement was sent to certain AdWords users in the U.S. as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.


Google Inc. | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, CA 94043


Your thoughts?

Cheers

Jan
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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    That'll amount to about 8 cents a person.
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  • Profile picture of the author rome9t9
    I wonder why they linked to largocargosettlement... seems fake to me... considering that the site was created on 10th Nov 2010.. may be it was created for this(fake) purpose...
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  • Profile picture of the author profitsforall
    I suspect this is another example of Phishing.

    Why on earth would google link you to a site not owned by them then put in the crap about google never asking for your username/password.

    Don't go there.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vogin
      My thoughts are that I'd hit the "reply" button to see what adress did the email come from. Any other option than some believable official Google address is an obvious phishing...
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  • Profile picture of the author profitsforall
    I've sent emails to colleagues before as a joke, faking the reply to address pretending to be their boss. I once had to run in and out of the bosses office to make sure my colleague hadn't sent a reply to tell him to shove his job. I won't ever be doing that again , but i digress.

    Basic point was reply to address could be faked - and a no reply one would be perfect as they aren't monitored. Gmail normally points out if the email is dodgy in some way, but if you aren't looking at that see if you can take a look at the email header to see where it came from.
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    • Profile picture of the author theentry
      Originally Posted by profitsforall View Post

      I've sent emails to colleagues before as a joke, faking the reply to address pretending to be their boss. I once had to run in and out of the bosses office to make sure my colleague hadn't sent a reply to tell him to shove his job. I won't ever be doing that again , but i digress.

      Basic point was reply to address could be faked - and a no reply one would be perfect as they aren't monitored. Gmail normally points out if the email is dodgy in some way, but if you aren't looking at that see if you can take a look at the email header to see where it came from.
      Yes it can be easily faked... there was even an online site where you could enter from which address you want to send a message
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  • Profile picture of the author Nightowl
    A quick search will show you that Largo Cargo is a real company, and they did indeed sue Google. It's much better to check these things than to just throw out an opinion not based on facts.

    And did anyone bother to check on who registered the domain?

    - Nightowl
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    • Profile picture of the author Bcrewse1
      Yep, it's a real lawsuit and Google has agreed to pay but the real question is why only 3.5M? They make that much every hr. and being penalized by that much won't make a dent in either their bank account or attitude toward what they did. Something a little stiffer "might" make them wake up a little...or maybe not...=)
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  • Profile picture of the author trishworks4u
    Yes - I plan to spend hours of my time to get my piece of this pie - so that it will potentially pay for a postage stamp. :rolleyes:
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