# What the... Microsoft Claim form **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 31, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917 "2004-07-31T19:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/1 "2004-07-31T19:50:45Z")
Hey! i just got a letter from the settlement administrator or something like that. With the letter it came with a microsoft massacushetts class action settlemet. It talks about finding proof of purchase identifying numbers, Product information and abunch of other jibberish. Has anyone else got this, i am way to confused about this right now. ---
**Author:** ![ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@ahmed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/2 "2004-07-31T19:59:56Z")
Uh-oh, you’re in trouble 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/3 "2004-07-31T20:02:32Z")
i talked to some of my friends, they all got it to i didnt do anything wrong lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/4 "2004-07-31T20:05:44Z")
No - that means you could be getting money back for buying MS products provided you bought X product and paid more than Y dollars for it during a certain period of time 🙂 EDIT: Or it could be some guy trying to fill out mail-order rebates using your proof of purchases haha. ---
**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/5 "2004-07-31T20:10:43Z")
EDIT: Or you could be in big trouble. Microsoft will send aliens after you. Be scared. Be very scared. ---
**Author:** ![Coppertop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Coppertop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Coppertop)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/6 "2004-07-31T20:26:52Z")
_sniff sniff_ I my scam sense is tingling. I would disregard the email. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/7 "2004-07-31T20:32:03Z")
> [@Coppertop](#): > > _sniff sniff_ I my scam sense is tingling. I would disregard the email. I figure, what’s the worst that could happen to you? Some group of sketchy con-artists could find out where you live, steal your car, etc. Be a rebel alex. Live life on the edge. Rage against the Machine. Mail…in… your…proof of purchase slips :rap: ---
**Author:** ![aegis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@aegis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aegis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/8 "2004-07-31T22:35:17Z")
Microsoft is not the a-morale company many people think it is. They would never used that kind of manipulative consumer-based fraud or do any kind of subliminal advertisement to it customer base. [buy microsoft] I’m appaled that you would even THINK such a thing. [give us your money] Why don’t the moderators step in and close this topic? [more money, we can never have enough] Or better yet, why don’t they just delete it? [we break thumbs, give us more money] Lets change the subject, this is causing me a lot of distress. [without your money, we’ll only be able to afford 34 gold-plated back-scratchers] Thank you. [ok, they’re not back scratchers, but hey, butts itch too, you know] _paid for by the Microsoft Global Responsibility Team_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/9 "2004-07-31T22:44:17Z")
Seriously though Alex, I think MS was forced to pay a certain amount because they over charged consumers in Massachusetts. Therefore, if you send your receipts in, you could get some money back as part of their settlement 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/10 "2004-08-01T05:02:56Z")
ohhh ok, thanks for the feedback guys:) ---
**Author:** ![ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@ahmed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahmed)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-microsoft-claim-form/117917/11 "2004-08-01T19:34:02Z")
So I’m going through my July issue of WIRED Magazine, and I find an article on a hoax that promises people money on behalf of Microsoft. Then I’m like, hey, Alex made a post on something simliar to that! Here’s the article, it’s pretty interesting > **[Copy This Article & Win Quick Cash!](https://www.wired.com/2004/07/hoax/?pg=1)** > > Is Bill Gates offering big bucks to track your email? On the trail of the most forwarded hoax in Internet history.