Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - NewsChannel 9 has received dozens of calls and emails regarding an unsolicited check in the mail and they want to know whether or not it’s a scam.
Jerome Stanitis is one of many who’ve contacted us saying he has received a check for about $18 from the Foreign Currency Fee Litigation Settlement Fund. In fact, Stanitis is one of more than 10 million credit card holders who has received one of the checks.
The checks are being sent as a result of a class-action lawsuit over the setting and disclosure of foreign-currency-conversion fees.
Millions of consumers with Visa, Mastercard, or Diners Club-branded credit cards filed for the claim four years ago – and likely forgot about it.
In this case, the check is not part of any scam and the money can be safely deposited.
If you filed a claim in 2008 and have since moved, you should write to Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation, Settlement Administrator, PO Box 290, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105-0290.
More information is available at
CCFSettlement.com.
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YourStories@9wsyr.com.
