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Are you owed Fortnite settlement money? How to apply before the July deadline
- The Federal Trade Commission announced it will distribute over $126 million in reimbursements to nearly one million Fortnite users who were billed for in-game purchases they did not authorize.
- The refunds are part of a 2023 agreement in which Epic Games settled for $245 million following allegations from the FTC that the company employed deceptive design tactics to cause players to make unintended purchases.
- The FTC announced claim deadlines, reopening the process until July 9, 2025, for eligible consumers and parents whose children were wrongly charged between 2017 and 2022.
- Recipients will be sent checks or PayPal payments and must deposit or redeem them within 90 or 30 days respectively; the FTC emphasized that obtaining a refund does not involve any fees or the need to share personal account details.
- The ongoing refund process represents one of the most substantial consumer compensation efforts in the gaming industry and brings the total FTC refunds related to Epic's actions to close to $200 million.
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Are you eligible for Fortnite settlement money? How to apply before the July deadline
The FTC says it's sending more than 969,000 payments amounting to over $126 million this week.
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