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- │ The Phone Losers Of America Present │
- │ Letters From The Phone Company - by RedBoxChiliPepper │
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- │ Written On February 2, 1995 Last Revision on February 2, 1995 │
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- Over the years I've gotten a lot of nasty letters from various phone companies,
- most of which I've kept for sovineers. So here are a selected few for you to
- laugh at or turn me in or whatever.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- The following is a letter that I received after allowing everyone in the world
- that I knew to start third number billing all their long distance calls to my
- home phone that I wasn't going to pay. Keep in mind, people were billing calls
- all over the WORLD from about ten different states and a couple of friends
- from Australia were doing the same. About a week after I got this letter, a
- representative from GTE Security North called me and said that since my social
- security number was invalid, she was shutting my phone off and the next morning
- it was dead forever.
-
- February 25, 1994
-
- RedBoxChiliPepper
- xxx W. Fayette Street #3
- Celina, OH 45822
-
- RE: (419) 586-xxxx
-
- Dear Mr. ChiliPepper
-
- AT&T has identified a pattern of suspected fraudulent third party calls being
- billing to your telephone number, which raises the suspicion that fraud may be
- occurring. Accordingly, in order to protect both you and AT&T from potential
- fraud, AT&T (reserves the right to set restrictions as outlined in FCC Tariff
- No. 1 pg 43.1, section 2.9.4) has restricted the ability to have AT&T third
- party calls billed to your number until this matter can be resolved.
-
- If these calls are determined to be fraudulent, every effort will be made to
- attempt to identify the responsible parties. Cases meeting the requirements of
- either State or Federal statutes may be referred to law enforcement officials.
-
- If you wish to discuss this restriction, you may do so in writing to AT&T
- Corporate Security Control Center, P.O.Box 6735, Department 18, Bridgewater,
- N.J. 08807-9998 or call 1-800-922-0479.
-
- (A REAL hand signature!)
- Ellie Tunis
- AT&T Security Associate
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- November 23, 1992
-
- Dear Customer,
-
- Our records as of Nevember 22, 1992 indicate that you have made no payments on
- your Sprint long-distance account. Your account has an outstanding balance of
- $1,195.41.
-
- Unless we receive your full payment by December 8, 1992, we will disconnect
- your Sprint long-distance service. Do not delay. Mail payment of $1,195.41
- today in the envelope provided. Representatives are available at 1-800-877-4646
- to take your credit card payment or answer any questions.
-
- Please disregard this notice if payment has been sent.
-
- Sincerely,
- Sprint Collection Department
-
- [After adding this letter to my collection, I used the enclosed envelope to
- mail a letter to my friend in Chicago.]
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- The following letter was also included in PLA006. I received this letter after
- collecting several hundred dollars of AT&T refunds in the mail.
-
- Mr. RedBoxChiliPepper
- P.O.Box 44xxxx 10/01/93
- Indianapolis, IN 46244
-
- Dear RedBoxChiliPepper:
-
- Our records indicate a large number of coin refund requests. In light of this
- history, we cannot provide a refund until AT&T investigates and verifies this
- claim. As part of this investigation, please provide us with the written
- detail of the call and circumstances in which you lost your money. Please mail
- your explanation to:
- Coin Refund Investigation Unit
- P.O.Box 561615
- Charlotte, NC 28256-1615
-
- [I swear, those AT&T guys must just make up those huge department names as
- they go along because they have nothing better to do. Coin Refund Investigation
- Unit? Sheesh.]
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- The was this guy who we ordered a calling card for and we were also receiving
- all of his phone bills and stuff. Here's a letter we got for his one day.
-
- RE: Calling Card Number: 504-xxx-xxxx-xxxx
-
- Unusually high attempted usage has been detected on your BellSouth calling
- card. As a precautionary measure to protect your account, BellSouth has taken
- steps to prevent further use of your card.
-
- From a Southern Bell number our office can be reached by dialing our toll free
- 780-2792 number. If you are calling from a South Central Bell number, we can
- be reached at the 557-6492 toll free number. You also may reach us by dialing
- 1-800-831-4323 from any location.
-
- Our office is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We apologize for any
- inconvenience this may have caused you.
-
- Account representative
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- This one isn't from the phone company, but from the collection agency that the
- phone company uses to collect unpaid debts.
-
- 5/30/94
- RedBoxChiliPepper Owed to: General Telephone Co.
- xxx W Fayette St. #3 Account#: 419586xxxx 90385135
- Celina, Ohio 45822 Amount Due: $15,599.29
-
- Dear RedBoxChiliPepper;
-
- We have been advised by General Telephone Company that your account has not
- been paid. They have asked us to contact you and urge you to meet your
- obligation. You past due account has been placed for collection and is
- immediately due. Direct all questions, information and payments to this
- office. Prompt payment means good credit.
-
- Sincerely,
- Account Representative
-
- This is an attempts to collect a debt and any information obtained will be
- used for that purpose.
-
- Detach and Enclose with Payment
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- RedBoxChiliPepper Owed to: General Telephone Co.
- xxx W Fayette St. #3 Account#: 419586xxxx 90385135
- Celina, Ohio 45822 Amount Due: $15,599.29
-
- [Yeah, right, like I have $15,000 here in my pocket to send away. The collection
- agency decided to call Zak periodically because he was the person that I
- called "The Most!" but Zak just insulted the poor lady all the time.]
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Dear Mr. ChiliPepper 1/2/95
-
- After several corporate meetings we've determined that during the last five
- years we've lost an average of $400,000 a year as a result of your calling
- card fraud, international refund checks, 900 abuse, theft of Alliance
- Teleconferencing services, red boxing, physical damage to our public phones,
- manipulation of other people's phone service, etc, etc, etc.
-
- In light of this history we've come to the decision to pay you just to leave
- us the hell alone. Please accept the enclosed check for $350 and the enclosed
- calling card that has unlimited use on the condition that you stop all
- illigitimate activities against us. You will recieve a check every month for
- this amount for as long as you can stop fucking with us.
-
- Sincerely,
- Robert Allen (You can call me Bob)
- Chairman & CEO of AT&T
-
- [Well, okay, that didn't happen but a guy can dream, can't he?]
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- RE: AT&T Calling Card Account: P0554592482532
-
- Dear RedBoxChiliPepper
-
- According to our records, payment for final charges on your former AT&T
- Calling Card account has not been received. We are writing to remind you that
- payment of $217.78 is presently required to avoid further collection action.
-
- Please mail your payment today to:
- AT&T
- P.O.Box 8209
- Fox Valley, IL 60572
-
- Be sure to include your AT&T account number on your check or money order to
- assure proper handling. If for any reason you are unable to make this payment
- or if you need to discuss your account further, please call one of our
- representatives at 1-800-634-8078.
-
- If you have already mailed your payment, please disregard this notice.
-
- Charles E. Moore
- AT&T
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- If you have any interesting letters from phone company related sources, mail
- them to me and maybe they'll become a part of this file.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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