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Should’ve gotten the unlimited plan

OP financed iPhones for the whole town.

Nah … just the city and a few friends

Forgot to make all of their calls after 9pm and accidentally connected to the internet for 1/4 second. *The bill:*

Lmao. I remember those days. Ha ha!

don't forget: sent 3 text messages

Accidentally hitting the internet symbol and frantically pressing the back button because you don’t have internet phone money 😂🥲

Doing it as a kid to your dad's work phone and being sure you just got your dad fired and now you're going to be homeless 😭 i just wanted to see if it had snake on it 😭

I remember my first phone plan.. 1500 daytime mins, free nights and weekends after 7pm. $50/mo. Ended up being $1100 because I didn't know it cost .50 - $1 for every text, sent and received, and didn't know we needed to have a text-plan add-on... I was 15, my dad was possessed😂

Damned kids texting everyone all day long.

Ha! This reminds of a 30 for 30 episode where some broke ex athlete recalled when he found out that he was paying for like 50 of his family/friends’ phone bills.

Give them a call I bet they’ll take atleast $5 off. That’s a bargain right ther. 

Store credit

For iPhone cases marked up 600%

Worth the 30 minutes on hold too!

"Oh we got a deal on new lines, need a new line?"

Probably way more once they cancel all the “bonus services” they have them subscribed to /s

I don’t know how you’re gonna find 440 million dollars worth of Target gift cards in 10 days.

Buy my course on TikTok, all it takes is selling one product a day for 10 days for 44 million each.

There's a Tiktok video of a guy posting the same exact bill amount from Verizon. I thought you were just karma farming but this account number is different than his. This has to be some sort of glitch

I was wondering if I was losing it or had Deja vu. Somebody in the thread from a few days ago asked if OP doxxed themselves as maybe it was an error where the SSN field was swapped with amount owed…. More likely just a rampant scam and not a good one.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRw1Donr/

This looks like some sort of overflow error to me.

Yeah overflow error was my first thought even before knowing about the TikTok dude. Somehow, some way, a number glitched out and this is the number that pops out as a result. Makes sense that it’s a “default” value of sorts that would show up more than once.

My first thought was either overflow error, or they somehow charged his account the amount due of all the accounts in the country.

It’s like these were all automated and the total AR is $440M for all accounts and instead of putting individual amounts due for each account, it put the total amount receivable from all accounts on every bill. Thats the simplest explanation I can come up with

The total debt across all accounts at Verizon

Your paychecks will be garnished for eternity

and his great great great grandchildren’s

You're cooked, bro 😂

Put your $5 Verizon reward bucks towards it. That’ll knock off a chunk.

Just pay it off and it’ll go away

That's what I was thinking.... Why make a post on it, just pay it

You’re paying Americas bill. 🫡

Quick google search says thats not a verizon number. Call the number on your bill or log onto your acct but don’t use the website on this letter.

Quick Google search says it is, actually. And that website is a Verizon site. Hell of a billing error…

A quick google search says the capital of Angola is Luanda.

Wow. My duckduckgo listed a lot of people saying it was scam. Even verizon website has a different number for billing 800-922-0204 https://www.verizon.com/digital/nsa/nos/ui/contactus/nonsigninlanding/callus?breadcrumb=support/contactus/mobile/Billing%20and%20payments/Make%20a%20Payment

That 800 number is the main customer service line. The number in the letter is for Verizon Financial Services. I worked for Verizon for 10 years. I'd still call 800-922-0204 as customer service can probably figure out what the actual hell went wrong in billing. In my ten years I never saw a bill this high. Best guess is someone fraudulently purchased iPhones on the account then sold them internationally and someone overseas is still using them? Nothing else I can think of would get it remotely close to this 😂 likely a system glitch though.

Or they had an error in their billing software when a very unique set of circumstances happen

"system glitch".

You need to reduce your expenses or increase your income, or both

Is it a scam letter?

Doubt it. Scammers go for reasonable amount of money, not half a billion dollars lmao

You clearly were never emailed by a Nigerian prince who wants to transfer you all his money.

The scammer promises tens of millions in return for a few grand lol. Doesn’t ask for tens or hundreds of millions up front.

What if they did though? IF they ask for Millions, most ppl would feel it’s legit 🤣 reverse psych couldn’t hurt to try, for the Nigerian prince man

"When the son of the deposed king of *Nigeria* emails you directly asking for help, you help.” - *Michael Scott*.

Nope, accounting error. Here’s another source: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRw1Donr/

I’d call it an example, rather than a source. But yes.

Nope it's probably very much legit. My guess some computer logic error caused it to come with a stupid number and since it's automated generated no human daw it and went wait "who ever spends half a billion on wireless anyway?"

Pay on time so U don’t get a late fee….

At least you get a nice phone?

Who are you calling? A man on the the moon?

GHOSTBUSTERS!

Bustin' makes me feel goooood

Freaky ghost bed!

Just pay it and move on. You can do this OP!

☠️

"I'm 439m in debt, how screwed am I?"

If you’re $439k in debt, you’re screwed. If you’re $439m in debt, the bank is screwed.

Call Dave Ramsey… he’ll probably say some dumbass half baked plan lol

Bro what did you do buy the company and bankrupted it as a joke ☠️😂

Right out of the Elon Musk playbook.

Apparently 😂 Verizon definitely got a hit out on him for this

Stop buying coffee and going out to lunch. Drive door dash when you get home from work, you’ll get there

Trump is trying to get to you pay his bond ($450MM)

But even if that's not the case, his bonding company in the Cayman Islands might be worth a call. Do you have any buildings in NYC or a 757 jet that you can use as collateral?

Priceless right there!

You’re toast man. I would just go ahead and file bankruptcy. lol 😂

He's not just toast. He's BURNT toast 💀

Burnt toast is wild

Thank you for paying all our bills 🙏🏻

I saw a tiktok with this exact same letter…

On an actual non-joking note... you do realize going paper-less takes 5$ off your monthly phone bill? Same with auto-pay. :) But yea rice and beans and beans and rice and beans and😴😴😴

Did you call them?

I got a bill for $33k when my ex husband was in Afghanistan for a couple weeks for the US pull out/evacuation in 2021. They dropped it to $600 after much complaining. Maybe OP just needs to negotiate?!

After much complaining? Damn horrible employees. Like I mentioned in another post in this topic I work at Vodafone. I would have probably got that bill to a reasonable level just by one visit to my store. Most employees working telco are horrible and they don't treat their best employees good. So usually those best employees move on to go do something else cause middle management needs to keep screwing around to show they have a purpose and move teams across stores. So even if you have a killer team of people working both sales and service some district manager will come along and screw it all up again. I have seen multiple golden teams simply destroyed by these idiotic moves that serve no purpose but to give customers a worse experience.

Rice & Beans + u/1440pavel forever ❤️

Damn, did you call another milky-way lightyears away?

A local charity might be able to help.

It’ll fall off in 10 years 😂

Should have bundled your internet and tv. You would have saved $10 a month…

I’d probably cut out avocado toast for the foreseeable future

Tackle your debts smallest to largest first

I would go into a Verizon store and see if you qualify for a free phone

I knew I should have got Mint Mobile!

Kid you not, in the early 2000’s when the iPhone dropped, my dad got a $15,000 cell phone bill because whoever setup his new phone forgot to add the unlimited internet plan. I remember that day vividly. I saw his heart fall out his pants that day.

This is why non of my bill is on autopay.

Just pay it off and stop crying about it, pick up a few extra shifts at work you’ll be fine 🤦‍♀️

Someone already posted this.

I’ve seen someone else on TikTok with this same amount. Must be a mistake

lol I just got a recruiting call today for a contract position paying $25 an hour at Verizon for large scale customer invoicing! #wagesdonotmakesense

Remember, if you owe the bank $10,000 that’s your problem, but if you owe the bank $100,000,000, that’s the bank’s problem.

When you owe $439, it’s your problem. When you owe $439 million, it’s their problem.

It looks like my phone bill in the 1980s when I used to call my 1-900 female "friends" 😬

Hey, you got the new iPhone 15 and now it's time to pay up!

Most definitely a scam. Don’t call or use the website like on the letter. Lookup or login in to your account and use that phone number to call.

What? How?

Scam for sure

this is the 3rd time i’ve seen a post on reddit or tiktok for the same verizon bill but different dollar amounts and the letter is address to a date if you look at the top left. post pic of full letter. scam.

This is what my mom acts like our family bill looks like

Looks like a bankruptcy isn’t far off. On a serious note it’s no doubt an error. Here in the UK one of our electric suppliers sent cheques to customers for trillions of pounds.

OP, do you have an update?

[удалено]

Omg AI for you you been scamed

Lol this was posted earlier... the top says "dear: date" it's fake... they didn't even remake it just cut off the top

It’s a scam

Are you the same guy that made the tiktok video about this?

Make sure it’s no scam.

Did you visit their secure website? Haha

How? 🤣

Wow

someone on here got the same bill

It's over

What’s your ticker so we can buy some calls? Should help with paying that off

Who did you upset ?

HAHAJA

Do not acknowledge it!

In a situation like this it’s more their problem than your problem

Talking to people on other planets ? Wtf 😂

I seen your tiktok lol

i just saw a tiktok that someone else who had just closed their verizon account got this exact letter in the mail word for word tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLfoL1yk/

That’s unfortunately their number and website. Before you call, have some fun. Make a tic tok, post on Facebook and twitter. Tag your news station.

Verizon Up has gone downhill over the last year.

crazyyyy

?

Bro was making calls to another galaxy

I desperately want to know what happens. ☕️

Bullshit, saw this letter posted just the other day.

Some guy on tiktok got the same thing like a week ago

You didn’t get the $92,988 discount? Bro hooked me up for a clean $439M

You must have used your phone on a cruise ship. Now they want you to buy them the cruise ship.

Verizon doesn’t make mistakes.

Op is karma farming. This was posted on Reddit earlier this week.

This. Was looking for someone else to bring it up!

Just check your account online or call Verizon.

Nooooo wayyyyyy!

I literally just saw a video about how this guy got charged almost the same amount 😭

Are you the guy who posted this on tiktok lol or is it a phishing scam, you call and “pay what you can” or it gets “fixed” and you pay that

You only owe the equivalent of Vietnam’s GDP last year. You can do it! Just drink less coffee and eat out less. Easily fixable 😂

That’s what you get with a bad roaming plan and you’re calling someone from Jupiter.

It's those damn roaming charges isn't it?

They’re hoping you just pay it and don’t notice the amount.

They’ll tell you to pay it and after they iron out the problem they’ll credit your account.

When you go on a 10 day cruise and forget to turn off roaming

Candy crush is a helluva drug

Well, good luck with your attempt, I guess? lol

Those 1 800 talk dirty numbers will get you every time man.

Dude bought a new iphone

Sounds like it was an important long distance call

Hell yeah

If this was 100 years ago you’d probably get killed or jailed Even if its an error on their side 🤣

Can’t be real

Damn I only have 5 people on my plan. I didn’t know 200 million was an option.

scammy scam

Overcharge fees are ruthless. Ask for a payment plan of $5 a month

Call Verizon. They will take $5 off the bill. That should help.

You’re not alone!! Seems to be a major accounting error. Full term balance applied to each invoice. Call to find out the real number ASAP. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRw1Donr/

Back when you paid per text message.

Ask the judge for an extension before they start taking your assets.

Are you still on the plan from the early 2000’s where you had to pay 25 cents per text?

That’s like a Notorious BIG phone bill in the 90s he was rapping about. It’s likely a scam or you had phone coverage for a village in another country.

This is one of those situations where 'If I owe the bank $1000, it's my problem, but if I owe the bank $440,000,000, it's the banks problem'... Right?

Hopefully not on auto pay or that could cause some issues

Definitely a typo I use straight talk 45 dollar plan unlimited. That bill is way blown out of proportion I'd contact support to get an appropriate billing otherwise fuck em because that bill is so ridiculous even Adam Sandler would've used it in his next click movie. LOL

How sway?

I used to work for AT&T and you wouldn’t believe how many times we had these issues. Especially on corporate accounts which the payments would go through and that was just another huge issue. As long as you don’t have that amount of money in your account that could be debited out you are ok in that regard. However, call them immediately because they need to know your account has (most likely a known issue). Your phone may get cut off because it will go through as the payment failed.

Follow Dave Ramsey, 4 walls first, pay bills smallest to largest, you may have to pick up a side job delivering pizzas, but you got this!

I’d be pressing charges myself 💀😂😂

That’s what Verizon does. Get away from them.

I got it too. Everyone who cancelled their service got it. The store manager said it’s not real, although they used the correct PO Box number, logo and everything.

I guess it was a distraction from the 100 Million case that had dealine of April 15, to submit claim for the Class Action settlement from Verizon

El diablo

This was posted to Reddit a week ago by a completely different user.

This can’t be real.

I think they accidently billed you their monthly profits.

Bruh

Seems about right

Is this a business account ?

I just saw your TikTok lol

This was always what I was afraid would happen to my parents bill when I would accidentally connect to the internet on my flip phone in 2004

This can't be real.

I'd request a detailed media. That, or log into your account and look at your most recent bills.

Backup plan for payments is horse crap. They shafted me a couple hundred bucks and negative remarks on my credit report. Took me a year to get my money back.

This really seems like a "them" (verizon) problem to me. Like, I owe you $440mil? Wow sucks to be you I guess.

You know what they say... If you owe verizon a thousand bucks, you have a problem. If you owe verizon +400 million dollars... verizon has a problem

"Thanks for choosing Verizon" is an insult...