AT&T adds unauthorized devices to accounts and deflects fraud claims in loops
AT&T added an unknown device to a customer's account after a store visit and billed for it for multiple months. Three formal fraud claims were filed and each routed between the store and call center with neither having authority to resolve. The circular accountability structure means the customer must absorb charges from unauthorized additions with no resolution path.
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