Claim Your $125 Settlement from the 2017 Equifax Breach
In September of 2017, Equifax announced that it had experienced a data breach, which impacted the personal information of a staggering 147 million people! As the US Population was estimated to be 325 million in 2017, this represents almost half (45%) of the US!
Claim Your Equifax 2017 Data Breach $125 Cash Settlement
A federal court is considering a proposed class action settlement, that, if approved by the Court, would resolve lawsuits brought by consumers after the data breach.
If your personal data was impacted by the brief, you may be eligible for a cash payment of $125. You may also be eligible for:
- free credit monitoring
- other cash payments depending on
- your time spent
- your losses
- cost of credit / identity monitoring services
- free identity restoration services for 7 years
Equifax Data Breach Settlement Options including $125 Cash Payment
It only takes 30 seconds to check your eligibility and see if your data was affected. The quick online search only requires 2 items (your last name and the last 6 digits of your Social Security number).
If you were affected, you can easily File a Claim online to request either:
- Free Credit Monitoring
- a $125 Cash Payment (either paid by check or prepaid card)
NOTE that this program is available to every person in your household who was affected — make sure to check the eligibility of each family member!!
The initial claims period deadline is 1/22/2020, so make sure to file a claim by the deadline in order to receive your settlement!
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Note that Equifax denies any wrongdoing, and no judgment or finding of wrongdoing has been made.
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As this affected over 147 million people, please share with friends, family, and associates so that they may also receive their Equifax settlement benefits!
Hi Alyce! Thank you for your very useful post. I’m glad we have plenty of time to claim and receive our settlement. January 22nd; 2020 is still a few months away and reading about all this now has been very convenient. I like they’re open to the option of paying by check and not only limited to the prepaid card.
Hi Henry, It is nice that there are still months left in signup window, but I’d recommend that you go ahead and file your claim right away. If you aren’t requesting additional compension past the $125 cash settlement, then it really is a short process with no documentation required. You don’t want to wait and accidentally miss the signup window!
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Hi JW, Thanks for visiting and joining the conversation!
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Thanks for this information – the links lead me to where they were intended and the process was quick!
You are providing a service that is important not only by those affected but by those who will be protected now that this is out and Equifax pays, which will drive some change with all three credit reporting agencies.
Thank you
Cheers, and take care of yourself!
John
Hi John, I agree that a bit of punishment for these agencies is necessary in order to incentivize them to take better care of our personal information.
Wow! This is a great article with precise and concise information. The 2017 Equifax breach affected me as I found my details to be after I checked through the link provided here and I would never have known that there is a lawsuit that would help in staking a claim to a cash reward. This could really go viral if helped to project and I would share this post to all my social media platforms to get as many as possible sensitized over this opportunity. Cheers
Rodger
Hi Rodger, With any luck, all of the people who were affected by the Equifax data breach will at least get a cash settlement for the trouble. It’s such a hassle to deal with identity theft, but at least the Equifax claim process is quick and easy!
Thank you, this is a great article. I found out that I was affected by the Equifax breach and applied for the $125 cash settlement.
Most people know about the breach but don’t know there is a class action lawsuit.
This is a very short and sweet article that if it could go viral would help a lot of people.
On the other hand the potential for these things happening should open our eyes to the possibility of ongoing cyber crimes. Thanks for keeping your readers apprised of rewards they may not have been aware they were eligible for.
Doug
Thanks Doug, the settlement was just proposed this week, and I do believe having this knowledge could help a lot of people. I’m sorry to hear that you were affected by the data breach, but happy to hear that you were able to apply for the cash settlement.