My wife experienced a similar issue with Verizon in Pennsylvania. When we ran her credit to purchase our house, a Verion bill showed up on her credit report. The account was opened when she would have been about 7 years old. We contacted a Verizon representative and explained the scenario. Long story short, we were informed by Verizon that we would need to seek legal consul to correct the matter if we refused to pay it. In the state of Pennsylvania, and I believe in all states, you can not legally hold a minor accountable for a "contract" unless there was an adult co-signer on the agreement. This was not the case and obviuosly she did not open a phone account at 7 years old. It was clearly a mistake. It wasn't until they were sent certified letters that informed them of the intent to sue that the issue was corrected. We never actually received confirmation from them, however about 2 weeks after the letter was sent I called them and they couldn't find any record in the system regarding the account. It was as if it never existed!
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