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A possible scam msg from 1 400 200 522

I received a text msg from 1 400 200 522 (I didn’t drop a digit) FRM:AT&T SUBJ:Unsuccessful payment Call 8282636664 I have not responded   Anyone aware of a scam.  

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Debt collector calling me for a 7 year old debt!?!

Good Morning, I received a letter from ERC this week claiming a debt owed to AT&T.  While the alleged debt owed is relatively small, $96.70, I am not about to pay a debt that isn't legitimate.  The debt collector said that this was a past due amount from 2012 (over 7 years ago). Since then, not only

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Getting several e mails who say they are ATT/YAHOO telling me to click on the button and update my email info. is this a hack?

Has anyone gotten any e mails supposedly from att/yahoo saying to click on box to update my info by a certain date or mY account will be deleted. I have not done this, but wondering if this is legitimate or a hack. Please advise is anyone else has gotten this or knows anything about it. Thank you

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Enough with the Deceptive Pricing Practices

I have been with ATT for years (more than a decade) but I am biting the bullet and switching to T-Mobile at the end of this month. I have been duped one too many times on promises to provide credits, change plans, etc. In just the last couple of months I have over paid almost $300, promised credit

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Brand new defective device and AT&t will not allow me to exchange

Got a brand new phone today and the battery only lasts for like 4 hours with nothing running. Tried to call AT&t and after 2 hours on the phone hung up without a replacement. They are trying to make me give them more money. Why do we have to contact the attorney general to complete a simple orde

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Data usage Scam

My husband and I are on an older plan. First, there was an attempt to force us to change plans by increasing our payments. Now it appears they are claiming we use more of our data than is feasible. My husband and I have taken to turning off our cellular and roaming and yet miraculously data is still

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SCAMMED by Bj's AT&T Representative

A couple of months ago I was stopped by an AT&T representative at BJ's and I was told that I could get an iPhone XR for $5 a month (for 30 months), and an iPhone 8 for free if I switched to a new plan with unlimited data, talk, text. I agreed to the terms, got my plan changed from 10GB a month to Un

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AT&T email - "Restore and Upgrade"

I received an email from AT&T Support Service <[email scrubbed]> that reads as follows:Dear UserWe recently upgraded our Server to 500 GB inbox space. Please login to your user account to validate mail storage your outgoing mails won't be delivered by our server unless your email account is co

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Contact #’s Changed By??

I already knew my cell # was on the dark web (for years), but within the last 4 to 6 weeks I started to realize my contacts’ phone #’s that have been stored in my phone for 15+ years were somehow different #’s now. Even my husband’s # was changed.  Some of my texts to people were getting rejec

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Are you selling MacBook or other things with a big offer?

I'm from sri lanka. There is a website called ikman.lk which we can create adds to sell something on sri lanka. Yesterday I saw a add which is selling a MacBook with an unbelievable offer. I messaged with that seller. He said he is at&t seller man and sent some photos of your company too. Is the

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Cell rings, caller ID shows my cell # and recording says it is AT&T Security and asks for ss#

On Wed. 6/22/16 my brother called me about something that happened with his cell phone (that is on my account). He said it rang at abut 9:20pm and caller ID showed his number - he answered and heard somethinig along the lines of "this is AT&T Security and the account is flagged we need last four

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DirecTV Job Scam?

I got a text from a guy that he identified himself is HR Manager of DirecTV. He told me that I got into an interview through Wire App. I did the interview and got a phone call on the next day from them to inform me that I got hired. He transferred me to a team leader and she told me to buy an iPhone

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International Call Scam & Spurious AT&T Fees

I've been getting a ton of missed calls from various countries overnight for about the last month and a half. These are numbers in the '+111 1 11 11 11 11' format listed as coming from places like Morocco, Haiti, Serbia, etc. Apparently, it's a scam that involves the scammer calling from another cou

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Email regarding upgrades

I keep getting emails regarding ATT & Yahoo needing to upgrade my email? Is this a legitimate concern and should I click on the link to upgrade my email?

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fraud account under my SSN and email

Someone opened an account under my email address, SSN, and a previous mailing address I resided at. They used a different last name from mine though. This person tried to open a wireless account and purchase an iphone 14. I received an order number, but I cant see the account number in the ATT email

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Unauthorised Autopay Subscription

I bought a prepaid SIM on a trip to the US and explained to the cashier that I don't need or want the Autopay subscription as I would be in the US for less than a month. However, I have apparently been subscribed to this service without my consent as my account is being credited every month. I've

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Direct TV SCAM

I received a very professional sounding call from AT&T Direct TV offering me half off of my Direct TV monthly bill. I returned the call to 866-787-0107 and again a very professional voice led me to an "agent" with an eastern accent who processed my request. Looking back on it, the professional v

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Scam? Call "from AT&T" asking for SS#

I just got a call from a 1-800 number ending in 8804. It was a recorded message saying that my AT&T account had been flagged for security reasons, and to give the last four numbers of the social security of the account holder "after the beep" in order to avoid an interruption in service. It sounded

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Text from 11112023; is it a scam? Or actually AT&T?

I received a text today saying: Hi, it's AT&T. Great news! You've paid off at least 50% of your current phone. If you're interested in learning about our offer on iPhone 14 Pro Max, reply YES to receive details. came from phone number 11112023: not thinking I replied yes.  What did

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Two "AT&T employees" door-to-door legit?

In our growing neighborhood in the past four years, we've had at least three AT&T door visits which hasn't bothered me until yesterday.  Prior "ATT" visits were typically congenial - I'd mention I was satisfied with my current provider in all aspects- reliability, price, bandwidth, etc. Th

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