The FTC is alerting 37 million people that they may qualify for a refund under a federal settlement with Fortnite-maker Epic Games.
Your claim number is included in an email sent by the FTC, which said it began sending millions of emails to Fortnite gamers on September 19 and plans to continue sending the emails for one month.
Consumers have until January 17, 2024, to submit a claim. Anyone with questions can call the FTC at 915-0880 or email at The per-person refund amount isn't yet known as the FTC said that the claim amount will depend on several factors, including how many people file a claim. After settling the case in December, Epic vowed to implement additional measures to prevent unintended purchases. In an updated statement Tuesday, it referred people to the FTC's page.
"The video game industry is a place of fast-moving innovation, where player expectations are high and new ideas are paramount," the company said last year."Statutes written decades ago don't specify how gaming ecosystems should operate. The laws have not changed, but their application has evolved and long-standing industry practices are no longer enough."
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