PHONY-CALL SCAM By RICH CALDER
November 28, 2005 - It pays to scrutinize your telephone bill - just ask Robert Bell.
The 60-year-old financial analyst recently spotted an unexpected $7.22 charge on his Verizon bill. It was for an eight-minute collect call made in September from an Annapolis, Md., payphone to his home office in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Bell says he and his family never accepted -- or were even asked to accept -- the phantom call.
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"If they were knowingly gaming their customer base with fraudulent charges, the senior management of Verizon should be wearing handcuffs and orange jump suits," Bell said.
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