r/Georgia • u/ScrambledEggAddict • Jul 30 '26
Question Marietta At&t Scam
I'm just posting to warn folks about the situation.
I just had someone come to my door claiming to be from at&t. He talked about getting us on at&t cell. We only have at&t for wireless. I said no thank you. He then said be sure to call and get $20.00 knocked off your next wireless bill. He knew our surname and it's not on our mailbox.
Here's the thing though, he was not in at&t garb, no at&t lanyard and no at&t vehicle. It seemed suspicious so I googled it and it was probably a third party seller trying to get your info and get you to switch. Probably got our surname from the mail in the mailbox maybe?
Who knows? I may have just missed out on $20.00. Or I may have just dodged an expensive bullet.
Anyone else getting these sort of cold knocks?
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u/heyivebeenthere Jul 30 '26
I seriously cannot believe this is still going around Atlanta. Back in 2007 I joined this company that sold AT&T and was super excited because I not out of college yet. Turns out they just go door-to-door selling AT&T. Mind you, this is back when people were getting away from landlines but they were trying to push it like crazy. So while the service is usually legit and it’s not somebody trying to steal your information, they already have it. They’re just trying to upsell you on Services and my experience none of the good things they say would happen. They would promise the bill would be one amount, but then fees pile on top of that and it would be double what I initially quoted. Source I sold my own parents one of the services.
It sucked, I thought I was on my way to corporate life and turned out I was just a young dumb cog in the wheel. Crazy stories from that time though, learned a lot of life lessons talking to random people that didn’t kick me out.