After Bill B. read my entry about my trouble with GTC telecom, he sent me his own horror story:
I had an experience close to yours. I received a letter from ATT Wireless (with whom I have NEVER had an account) saying I owed around $45 . I called and was told it had been passed to a collection agency. Never mind I hadn't had an account with TT&T Wireless.If I had I still never would have received a bill because during the time I was supposedly billed I WORKED for AT&T and got free AT&T calls!) I called the collection agency and I told them the story-they didn't care. They wanted their money. I ended up checking my credit report and they had reported it on my report! I was livid. So I researched the BBB (http://www.atlanta.bbb.org/) and found that the collection agency was a scam outfit that was doing this to everyone they contacted (they had over 350 bad entries in the database). I demanded the credit reporting agency remove the entry (after telling them the story ).I then contacted the Attorney General for Georgia and told an legal aid what had happened. The credit reporting agency removed the entry and the Attorney General is investigating the collection agency.
I have been noticing more instances of red tape than ever before. Technology doesn't seem to be helping.
