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

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimwang/2020/07/14/how-to-claim-your-25-from-apples-battery-slowdown-settlement/#79f3cbac5369

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.

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?

It is not a scam. It is an in litigation court case in the USA. And there is no “windfall”. As with most class action suites, the lawyers will make millions, the users will make a few bucks on payout. Whether that is of value to anyone is up to them, but the lawsuit is real, the claim forms and contacts are real. But as with any and all class action lawsuites, the only real winners will always only be the lawyers and their law firms.

Saying it is a scam is simply spreading yet more FUD though. The lawsuit is real, the claims process is real. Whether any user actually gets any payout has yet to be determined by the courts. And if they do, just how much has yet to determined by the courts (although for users, it will never be very much).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimwang/2020/07/14/how-to-claim-your-25-from-apples-battery-slowdown-settlement/#26c3f2a5369a

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/tech/apple-slow-iphone-settlement-payouts/index.html

https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/

etc

I think folks may be misunderstanding the difference between Apple ID and Apple Password. They’re only requiring the ID which they mention is probably your email address. They tell you where to find it (settings, your name, etc.), then it’s right there below your pic/ avatar if you have one. Never give out your Apple ID, true. But they were never asking for that.

ALSO....

It would’ve been extremely helpful if these responses were sorted so that the most recent appeared first! I got all discombobulated thinking I was scammed when I wasn’t. 🤨🙄

I would not give out my Apple ID under any circumstances. here are the case documents https://krcomplexlit.com/currentcases/apple-iphone-litigation/

Over all, yes.

And just one of many major media sources linking to the website.

However, most importantly, the website was established by the court overseeing the class action/

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.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jimwang/2020/07/14/how-to-claim-your-25-from-apples-battery-slowdown-settlement/amp/

i think it is totally legit as I look and read the same notice in Forbes, CNN , and other news. Check the link and find out for yourself

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!

But the question would be when did you replace them. Yes, they were updated/upgraded while you had them but they still may have never been running the suspect versions of iOS. Apple's records know what versions the phones ran under your Apple ID.

ran iOS 10.2.1 or later or, in the case of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices, that ran iOS 11.2 or later before December 21, 2017

Sounds legit as CNN has a post on it. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/tech/apple-slow-iphone-settlement-payouts/index.html

Lol it’s not a scam look up batterygate