AT&T Wireless Hit with Class Action Lawsuit

A class action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless was filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court and on behalf of all allegedly defrauded AT&T Wireless customers in California.

The class action alleges, numerous offenses. First, AT&T Wireless has used false and deceptive advertising to bait customers with one plan and then, intentionally, switches customers to other more expensive and intentionally confusing plans without their knowledge or consent. Second, AT&T Wireless is allegedly double billing customers when family shared lines should not be billed at all! Unresponsive customer service representatives allegedly have claimed to fix these problems only to have them show up again and again on subsequent bills. AT&T Wireless then sends these allegedly fraudulent bills which are not owed to collections to ruin their best customers credit.

Attorney Roger Ellis believes any prospective buyer of AT&T Wireless stock or services should be aware of these outrageous and illegal practices which he claims, "will undoubtedly cost AT&T Wireless and their new purchaser countless millions of dollars. And unless these fraudulent billing offenses are corrected immediately AT&T Wireless is finished."

Mr. Ellis also stated, "These actions on the part of AT&T Wireless are a desperate attempt to quickly grab millions of dollars not really owed from loyal customers so a few executives can take the money and run. This is unconscionable and will be stopped."

Mr. Ellis warns any prospective bidder of AT&T Wireless, "Buyer Beware. You may be buying a once great company now desperately trying to sell before a huge wave of lawsuits hit."

Posted to the site on 16th February 2004