Telephone Bill: Do not pay fake 'collect calls'

This is a common nuisance but you may not know if you do not
check your phone bill with care. You may find in your telephone
bill a charge from nowhere for "collect calls" although your sharp
memory tells you that you never accepted any such call. You
suspect your spouse might have accepted it but you must be
confident that your spouse usually have much sharper memory
than you!

You call you local telephone company and they ask you to contact
that company (may appear in you bill beside that charge for the
collect call). You contact them and they say - NO WAY! YOU
HAVE TO PAY! or ..OK! WE ARE GIVING YOU A CREDIT FOR
SOME AMOUNT.

HERE is your SOLUTION: If you are unable to resolve your
dispute, contact your local telephone company and ask confidently
to offer you a "recourse adjustment". A recourse adjustment will
remove the charges from your local telephone bill. However, the
service provider (for that fictitious collect call) may pursue
collection of the charges directly from you. BUT Usually they will
not bother you because they at least know that it was fictitious in
the first place. If they contact you - it's your turn to reject them!