
So if you were ever with T-Mobile or AT&T within the past 5 years? You might be owed a check. The n
The FCC negotiated settlements with both of them to reimburse customers over a practice known as mobile cramming. The settlement is done, T-Mobile agreed to pay $90 million to settle the FCC investigation into mobile cramming on its network. AT&T agreed to pay $105 million to settle the allegations against it. The FCC called that the "largest enforcement action in FCC history."
Yahoo Finance explains that; While some of that money will be paid as fines to the government, a lot of it was put into a kitty to reimburse consumers.
But reimbursement won't be automatic. Consumers have to contact the carriers, fill out forms, ask for the money back.
The deadline to apply for a T-mobile refund is April 30, 2015. The T-mobile website is http://t-mobilerefund.com/billing. The deadline to apply for an AT&T refund is May 1, 2015. The AT&T site for that is https://www.ftcsettlementatt.com/en/Claim.