AMERICANS have a final chance to claim up to $1,000 for a massive “robocall” settlement payout.
Claimants don’t even need to provide any documents in order to cash in on the money pot.
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A whopping $2.5million is being handed out by United Healthcare to settle claims that it broke federal telephone laws.
A class action lawsuit alleges it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) with unwanted robocalls.
United Healthcare is an American multinational, specialising in health insurance and health care services.
It is not admitting any wrongdoing through the process, choosing instead to settle with a financial sum.
The settlement will benefit anyone who received a non-emergency telephone call from the company.
There is a four year window in which the call must have been made, from January 9 2015 to January 9 2019.
The calls may have come from a range of team, including the Medicare and Retirement Non-Licensed Retention Team, the Community and State National Retention Team or the Medicare and Retirement Collections Team.
And the dialling system could have been either Avaya Pro Contact or LiveVox IVR.
The TCPA states that customers must give their consent in order for a company to make robocalls.
It is alleged that United Healthcare failed to do this.
Call recipients also claim they were not United Healthcare members – and therefore there was no reason for them getting the call.
Under the terms of the settlement, class members can receive an equal share of the overall pot.
According to the website, payments could be between $350 and $1,000.
The exact sum will depend on the total number of class members.
The final approval hearing for the lawsuit is June 20.
But they key date to remember is April 15, because that’s the deadline for submitting a valid claim form.
Meanwhile, sine Americans could soon get one-time checks worth thousands, and all that’s required is their phone number.
The direct payment opportunity comes as part of a class action lawsuit involving Wells Fargo.
Plaintiffs in the suit claim The Credit Wholesale Company broke privacy laws in California by recording phone conversations without customer consent.
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