Classmates.com User Sues; Schoolmates Weren't Really Looking for Him

I was expecting an Onion article.

  And in January, Member Source Media agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint about the 
  company's spam messages that promised consumers, "Congratulations. You've won an iPod video player.

only $200K? Those sites make a lot more than that, its probably a drop in the bucket for them

I've got messages like that from Classmates for years.

Always wondered if it was a scam or not, but never really liked anyone in school enough to pony up and check!

While the guy is clearly in the right here, as we were joking about this at my class reunion, suing that company might be like trying to squeeze blood from a stone. Financially they're running on fumes these days.