Third-Party AT&T Retailer Added Unauthorized Lines to Account
A third-party AT&T store activated 10 phone lines on a customer's account when only 4 were authorized, and added the Next Up upgrade option to extra lines without consent. Resolving the fraud took over 6 weeks across multiple contacts, and the billing impact persisted into subsequent billing cycles. The incident highlights gaps in third-party retailer accountability for telecom account changes.
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