How to tell an official case site from a scam
Last checked August 30, 2026
An official settlement site or law-firm intake never charges you to file. That single test catches almost every fake. Administrators are paid from the settlement fund under a court order, and contingency firms are paid from a recovery, so neither has a reason to take money from you up front.
Lookalike pages copy the case name, the fund size, and the deadline from real notices, then add a processing fee or a form that harvests your Social Security number with no case behind it. The checks below take about two minutes.
Six checks before you type anything
- The site asks for a fee. Close it. Filing is free with every administrator and every firm listed here, and Payout's rule is the same: filing is never a fee, through any channel.
- The domain matches the notice. Court-approved sites use plain names like allinapixelsettlement.com or suntrustoverdraftclassaction.com. A misspelling or an extra word is a red flag.
- The page names a court and a case. Real settlements cite a docket, like Bradberry v. Equifax, 1:22-cv-04754 in the Northern District of Georgia. Real intakes name the firm, like Labaton Keller Sucharow or ClaimsHero, with a bar disclaimer.
- It wants a Notice ID or PIN, or offers a way to get one. Administrators mail credentials, and a real site lets you request them if you lost the letter.
- The form asks only for what the case needs. A $50 breach payment needs your name, address, and a payment method, never a photo of your card.
- A phone number and mailing address appear on the page. Labcorp's administrator publishes 1-833-447-6786. Scam pages publish nothing you can call.
What a real intake asks for
A law-firm intake collects more than a claim form, and that is normal. Labaton's Adobe intake depends on your state of residence, because the statutory damages it cites differ by state. ClaimsHero's Mercor form asks you to share the breach notification email you received. Injury intakes ask about your diagnosis and the dates involved. Every one of those firms states on the page that submitting is free, creates no attorney-client relationship, and leads to a review before any agreement is signed.
If an intake skips the disclaimer, promises a specific dollar amount, or says you have been approved before anyone has read your answers, treat it as advertising at best.
Where this site fits
Every listing here links to the administrator's site for settled cases and to the firm or partner intake for open ones, and that link is the place you file. This site is run by the team behind Payout, a settlement-discovery app that lists the same cases and is also free. Nothing on either surface is required to file, and neither takes a cut of anything you recover.
If a page anywhere tells you otherwise, go back to the settlement notice you received, type the address printed on it by hand, and file there.