I received a very valid LOOKING letter in the mail today, with reference numbers and creditor account numbers, etc. The letter was detailed in explaining that I owed $14.38 to Sprint LD, and that if I felt this charge was made in error, I needed to notify the office within 30 days.
Well, I called and explained to three different people (as soon as I explained my situation, they transferred me three times, with no explaination as to why they were transferring me... Again and again) that I felt this charge was in error; I had paid my last Sprint bill 10-15 years ago! The third lady got snippy with me and said I had to prove that I had already paid the $14.38 with some sort of VALID documentation... WHAT?!?!? I told her that I was sorry but I don't keep 'paid in full' bills for more than a couple years in my files, much less 10-15 years! I asked her what kind of documentation I needed to send in, in order to prove I had paid my Spint bill in full. She kept on asking me how I was going to pay the $14.38, and I kept telling her that I was just calling to dispute it because I know I have payed Sprint everything I ever owed them.
It just seemed fishy to me, and when I asked her if this was a scam to scare and swindle people out of their money, she hung up on me! I guess that was my answer... Scammers. They have invented a way to phish people's info through snail mail now... It's just awful what people will do these days. Who knows how many people are paying them $14.38?
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