Three months ago I signed up for basic residential phone service with AT&T. My first bill had a $7.14 charge from ILD Telecommunications for directory assistance. I have never used or even heard of this company nor have I used any directory assistance. My second bill had 185 long distance charges on it and a bill totaling $96.40. I have never made any long distance calls from this phone. I use my cell phone and Skype for my long distance calls. I spoke with two representatives from AT&T who both put a $97.00 claim on my account. The second representative named "June" said that she had opened the history of my number and found that these charges are identical to ones that were unpaid by the previous people who had this number and that she was forwarding this on to another department. I never heard anything else and after two follow up calls, I was told not to worry. This month, my third bill had a total of 239 long distance charges and another cramming charge from a company called travelersvmail.com for $12.95. I have never used this service or heard of them either! I did get AT&T to remove long distance from my line. I never even asked for long distance in the first place — especially not at. 33/minute! They also put another claim on my account for the amount of $109.63. One woman that I spoke to yesterday named, "Erin" left me a message on my answering machine telling me that I would have to pay these outlandish charges that now total $225.38. My bill should only be $6.40. I feel that hey are bullying me into paying this bill when it is obvious that something is going on. I have never had such horrible service anywhere.
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