AT&T
Ripoff on bogus international entertainment phone calls

Just got a bill from AT&T for some $71, for as _single_, 10 minute phone call to some place called "Comoros". The alleged call was made back in Nov, but it took 5 months to get the bill out. NOTE: I do _not_ have AT&T as my long distance provider.

I called AT&T customer service and was told this was for an "internet entertainment site", that I must have initiated the call thru my computer. Funny, I have broadband cable, and my modem is not connected to the computer, so how the call was made is beyond me.

The AT&T rep finally agreed to wipe out the bill, then proceeded to try to get me to change LD service, saying that AT&T can block future such calls. I like my present LD service (Quest),

I then called Quest and asked them about it. Seems it is possible for for a (scumbag) Webv site to read your cookies and get your phone humber while you are connected to their site. If so, that seems like invasion of privacy, to say the least.

Apparently AT&T only got involved because they had the lines going out to this place Comoros. At the time of the alleged call, I had MCI as my LD provider.

I searched the Internet for "entertainment phone calls" ands "Comoros", but only came up with ads for LD calling cards for Comoros-it is somewhere in Africa, I think.

I think it is pretty scummy of anyone to read your computer and charge you for time without your express consent. AT&T may just be an "innocent bystander" in this case, but their reps should be better versed in this scam, and there should be more info on protecting yourself from it.

Company: AT&T
Country: USA
State: New Jersey
City: Newark
Phone: 8002220300

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