SCAM? Class Action Notice: In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation

This is very real. I entered in my Apple ID and it found a serial for my iPhone 6. Apple probably made a database with all serials from affected iPhones and attached them to Apple IDs. It would be a more likely scam if they asked for a password. There's real court documents attached to this case as well. Submitted mine after receiving the email, and it's legit.

It is not a scam. It is a website created by a FEDERAL district court. The federal district court that is adjudicating the class action suit.

Sadly all your effort was for naught and a total waste of time because the system was alerting you to your own use of your Apple ID!

The next time that you see that and before you make such a time consuming blunder, check which devices are signed in to your Apple ID!

Use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see where you're signed in

1. Tap Settings > [your name], then scroll down. 
2. Tap any device name to view that device's information, such as the device model, serial number, OS version, and whether the device is trusted and can be used to receive Apple ID verification codes. The information might vary depending on the device type. You might need to answer your security questions to see device details. 

Use your Mac to see where you're signed in

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences. 
2. Click Apple ID.
3. Click any device name to view that device's information, such as the device model, serial number, and OS version. The information might vary depending on the device type. You might need to answer your security questions to see device details.

Nope, not a scam and you don't need your apple ID, just the serial#. https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-batterygate-class-action-lawsuit-you-could-be-eligible-for-25-dollar-settlement-iphone-6-6s-se-7/#:~:text=You'll%20need%20to%20know,7%20to%20submit%20a%20claim.&text=If%20you%20have%20an%20older,from%20a%20class%2Daction%20lawsuit.

As of today, 07.25.2020, the online form requires both serial # and Apple ID. It will find your iPhone using one or the other (serial or Apple ID), but in the next step when it asks for your name, address, and email, it will require your Apple ID for sure. I've tried twice. You can't perform the final submission without it. The red error message is unambiguous in this regard, and an email reply from the administrator confirms it. I would guess the mail-in form would also require it, but I don't know. I would really like to be wrong about this. Hope it's just a problem with the e-form today.

I sent the below, got the usual "receive will respond soon" email return. I will post their response when/if I get it:

I had 4 affected phones on my account. How do I claim them all?

I don’t know that I am excited about giving away my family Apple IDs or my Bank Account & Routing. Seems a law firm would know to state that the protection of one’s Bank Account & Routing, let alone username IDs.

Can you provide me assurances?

I reread my words above, and I failed to mention the notice I received stated a new iPhone/iPad was using my FaceTime. Not just my Apple ID. At any rate, I signed out of all devices and changed my ID and password. Btw, there were four devices listed. I only own and use two.

jammin67 Said:

"[...]Btw, there were four devices listed. I only own and use two."

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Be a Bit More Safe - Modify Credentials:

If nothing is of a duplicate Serial Number, and does not pertain to you, then see if you can remove them. Catch is, you have an annual wait to remove the device from your Apple Account. And modify your credentials, if not duplicates, and neither of the other two items, are your own. Perform the Following:

• Modifying: your login credentials (using both a New eMail and a New Password) for Apple and each and all sites
• Associating: a different method of payment to your account
• Enabling: Two-Factor Authentication for Apple ID and for all other accounts that have such an applicable option

Has anyone been able to submit a claim? I have 3 eligible phones, and neither serials go through. Also, when I log into my Apple ID, the system tries to autocorrect my address to an entirely different state. (And now, I’m not entering the serial #’s wrong. I’m pulling them from my Apple account)

The email I received had two options. Enter the device serial number, OR enter my AppleID, name address to allow the law firm to look it up with Apple.

If you know the serial number, that’s all you need enter on the claim form.

That isn't a scam, it's the official website for attaching a claim to the class action that Apple recently settled.

It is the website to which all of the tech articles regarding the settlement are directing the public.

The legal team may consider the need for providing an Apple ID pertinent to weeding out false claims to the class action.

YMMV

ASC - Late 2012 Mac mini, macOS 10.14.6; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 6.2; iPad Air 2, ipadOS 13.5.1; iPhone 8+, iOS 13.5.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 13.4.6;  HomePods, audioOS 13.4.6 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

WRONG.

The article points out that you need to have the serial number of the phone(s) in question for which you are claiming the money. But when you follow that article's link (to the same website I've already provided) to the website set up by the US District Court for the Northern District of CA (a big hint that it isn't a scam) to establish the "class" in the class action, if you don't know the serial number(s), it requires your Apple ID as an alternative way to possibly get the serial numbers.

I received an email regarding the Settlement. My issue is I trade my phone frequently and have no clue what the serial number was of my phone or my husband's. Any idea how I locate that?

Thank you,

Joann

That is one of the reasons that the page set up by the court has an option to provide your Apple ID for them to do research for your serial numbers.

Otherwise, if you bought the phones through your cellular service provider, do they have records of your purchases?

up to you but I would not submit my Apple ID. not sure what you folks are finding however I just filed a claim for my husband and I DID NOT NEED my Apple ID, I did need his serial number. if you have your phone it is simple to get the serial number. if not might been your records online or other wise ( I keep everything) . ....Just Say'n. here is the site that took the information and signed my hub's phone up. https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com

So, I received the email about this claim and filled out the information online eighteen hours ago. I've spent the last hour changing my Apple ID, passwords, recovery email, etc. BECAUSE my phone alerted me that my Apple ID was being used on a new iPad/iPhone. I say this is a SCAM!