Samanosuke
08-20-2007, 09:53 AM
Corey Taylor said he became irate when he learned he'd have to pay $175 to get out of his long-term contract with Verizon Wireless. So he resorted to a rather extreme measure. He faked his own death.
After reading on a blog that wireless companies would cancel the contracts of deceased customers, "I thought, 'What have I got to lose, besides a cellphone I despise?' " Taylor said. The Chicago consultant fashioned a fake death certificate and had a friend fax it to Verizon Wireless, his carrier. He thought he was in the clear -- until the company caught on.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081702365_2.html?hpid=topnews%3Cbr%3E
After reading on a blog that wireless companies would cancel the contracts of deceased customers, "I thought, 'What have I got to lose, besides a cellphone I despise?' " Taylor said. The Chicago consultant fashioned a fake death certificate and had a friend fax it to Verizon Wireless, his carrier. He thought he was in the clear -- until the company caught on.
full story below
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081702365_2.html?hpid=topnews%3Cbr%3E