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If you were among the unlucky people who provided personal information to a fake government website operated by On Point Global and received no services in return, you may be due financial compensation. But you’ll have to act quickly.
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In April, the Federal Trade Commission was victorious in its lawsuit against On Point Global, which had been operating hundreds of seemingly legitimate state licensing and public benefit websites asking for personal information, email addresses and payment for services such as driver and fishing license renewals and offers to help consumers with housing assistance, food stamps, Medicaid and unemployment benefit government programs.
Upon receipt of a personal information, the fake site would simply return the victim to a landing page or send them a PDF containing general, publicly accessible information. Even if…
