Thursday, January 10, 2008

CCF settlement

A lot of people have been getting postal mails from this group called CCF Settlement. It looked like a sure scam to me, since it seemed like free money for nothing in return. After some extensive googling and cross verifying between various webpages, I came to the conclusion that IT IS NOT A SCAM. The website for this is http://www.ccfsettlement.com. In any case, all they need from you is your address, which they already have in case you received a postal mail and the estimated number of days you spent outside the US between 1996 and 2006. So, you don't have much to lose and possibly atleast $25 to make. They have 3 options, Refund Option 1 for a flat $25, which is for people who have traveled abroad for less than 1 week, and this seems like the best option. Refund Option 2 is where you declare the number of days you traveled, where you could make more, but finally might be less than $25. Refund Option 3 is for corporate travelers, who have official documents to support their claims. In any case, for options 2 and 3, your claims can be audited, while option 1 seems like the safest.
Some links discussing this issue are:
Arizona Tribune
LA Times
Hattiesburg American
The last link has some nice tips to be aware of potential scams riding on this legitimate law suit.

3 comments:

Ashbrahma said...

neelu boy...wanted to let you know...you have a reader:)..good stuff on the credit card...already mailed it in..waiting for the check:D

Filarial said...

interesting post da..

Neela said...

Thanks guys. Hope you keep reading. Do give me ideas for new posts. I'm open to putting up anything that might be of general interest