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Fortnite Players To Receive $126 Million Worth Of Refunds Over "Unwanted Purchases" Made Due To The Game's "Dark Practices"

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The FTC has issued $126 million worth of refunds across 969,173 payments to Fortnite players who were charged 🀅for "unwanted items". If your claim was approved, you'll receive your refund either via check or PayPal in the coming days.

Those who are refunded won't lose any cosmetics🅠 they bought.

For context, in 2022, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Epic Games settled with the FTC over allegations that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, paying $520 million in penalties. $245 million of that pot was setဣ aside to refund consumers who were affected by Fortnite's "dark patterns and billing practices".

The first round of payme𝐆nts was sent out last year, with $72 million distributed across 629,000 claimants, but don't wꦰorry if you missed out.

Fortnite Refund Applications Are Still Open

As explained on , you can still until the July 9 deadline, so long as you're based in the US🥂. You must also be over 18 yeaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrs old; otherwise, a parent or guardian will have to file the claim on your behalf.

To be eligible for a refund, any of the followi🌜ng statements must be true:

You were charged in-game currency for items you didn’t want between January 2017 and September 2022.
Your child made charges to your credit card without your knowledge between January 2017 and November 2018.
Your account was locked between January 2017 and September 2022 after you complained to your credit card company about wrongful charges.

When making your application, you will need to provide your 🅺claim number or Epic Account ♎ID.

If approved, the amount you receive will "d𒈔epend on several factors, including how many people file a claim". Some allege to have been paid $20, while others say they've received as🔯 much as $250.

If you filed a claim after February 14, 2025, you don’t need to do a🤪nything else right now. The FTC is still reviewing claims filed after that date and will provide more information soon.

The FTC 'expect' t❀o send out the next r🔯ound of payments in 2026 after it has "reviewed and validated all claims", so refunds won't be immediate. But as we're seeing on Reddit, applicants are waking up to a nice surprise in their inbox as hundreds of dollars pour into their PayPal wallets.