My 60 year old father's phone was cloned and we now have a $1100 phone bill that Verizon is trying really hard to get us to pay. I have explained a number of times that my father didn't make these charges but they claim that cell phone ESN numbers can't be cloned. I know that's a lie. My phone bill is proof of that.

Is there anyone out there who has advice on how to fight these rogue charges? I've contacted the FCC and the Attorney General. These companies know that cloning is huge and they are more than happy with letting their customers pay the bill. There must be something that we can do.

If you have information to share or have a similar issue, please send me a message on Twitter: @divagwendolyn. I refuse to not fight back and not let everyone know how Verizon treats its customers of 10+ years.

The more we find ways to evolve the more consumer fraud evolves and the wider it becomes. I suppose we all had to go through this at some point of our lives not knowing how to deal with it. So I am glad to see there are people actually involved in avoiding scams, it's supportive for all of us.

I know what it must look like to the observer when people talk about how their phones were 'spoofed' or 'cloned'. It sounds so far fetched and like a Twilight Zone episode and that it couldn't happen in real life. But I am living proof that this happens and it happens often. My son has been stalked and harassed by a crazy girl that has gone from simply texting threats and making hang up calls (and I'm not referring to one or two, but more like 50 or 60 text messages in a day) to no longer using her own phone, but using both of these methods. Most people say, 'why not change your number?' Good idea. He has changed his number 10 times. It doesn't matter. Others say 'why not get a restraining order on her?' Another good idea. We are in the process of doing so, however, it is not a simple thing to prove, which is of course, why she changed her MO. Did you know that when your phone is cloned, the calls that the cloned phone makes to a third party, show up on your bill so it looks as if YOU are the one that makes the calls? This psycho chick (PC), knowing we were gathering evidence to file for a restraining order, as well as criminal charges, began to target another innocent girl, trying to make it appear as if she, the innocent girl, was making the calls. It was really a simple thing to do once you understand the technology. PC cloned the innocent girl's cell and make a million calls and texts to my son. Then, those calls would show up on innocent girls phone bill and PC appears innocent. One question you may be asking is, 'how did PC know that we were in the midst of gathering evidence and filing for restraining order?' Answer: cloning a phone, and I believe spoofing as well, allows the guilty party to activate the victim phone's speaker and listen in on conversations that are going on, even while the victim phone is shut off! Before we caught on to this, we felt secure to talk in the privacy of our home and thus she was able to pick up on everything we were saying. And all of the phones in question are Verizon phones. Now Verizon refuses to acknowledge that their phones can be cloned, but they have a Cloning Department. Go figure. They say that phone bills and call logs cannot be manipulated. I have proof that they can. We have told them this for over a year, but they have chosen to stick their heads in the sand, afraid of what the bad publicity would do to them if this got out. Finally, one of the agents from Verizon, that was subpoened to be a witness for PC, began to listen and from what he's told me, an investigation has begun. We are considering a class action lawsuit against Verizon for allowing this to occur, especially after they have been told about this breech in security of their customers.
If anyone else out there has had these types of experiences, I would love to hear about it. I want to take this to the media, but no one seems interested. This type of thing is running rampant...... the public just doesn't know. And, I've also learned that any phone can be cloned and it takes less than 10 minutes to do it. ESN numbers? We have discovered that they are a cinch to get and that's all the cloner has to have to gain access to you and your cell!

i read so many stories on this site but somehow i don't believe this story....sorry .. try another, i mean why these people are calling you why not me. i think you read somewhere that people can change their caller id so you decided to creat a drama about it.