Consumer & Lifestyle · Telecom & UtilitiesstructuralBillingB2C

Telecom Employee Data Entry Error Blacklists Customer's Active Phone

An AT&T store employee entered the wrong IMEI number during a trade-in, causing the customer's current Samsung S24 Ultra to be blacklisted with no cellular service. Weeks of calls, cases, and store visits produced no fix, and the device lock prevents switching to another carrier.

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