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Sunday, February 9th, 2025 9:52 PM

Scammers Attempting to Set-Up Service at my Address and Xfinity won't do anything.

Hello,

I have been in contact with the Xfinity Assisstant, over the phone with agents, and in-store now to find some resolution for the problem I'm running into, and no one has been able to solve my problem. 

Since 11/28/24, I have been getting emails 1-2 times a month that someone is attempting to set-up service at my address and I've had to request to cancel theirs each time. Each time someone attempts to set-up up service we also receive a set-up kit. We have had to return EIGHT set-up kits now that we didn't request. 

Finally today, I went in store, as the Xfinity Assisstant told me to yesterday, and was told I'm practically out of luck and will need to deal with this every month for the rest of my time at this address. This is a terrible option and advice when this problem isn't caused by myself and should be easily resolved by Xfinity as this is their system causing this problem. 

Is there not a way for Xfinity to set-up a digital lock on my address like the in-person lock that is already there? Or why does Xfinity not require proof of address online like they do in person? I feel that this NEEDS to be a requirement so this can't happen to people. 

Any help you can to prevent this from happening anymore would be greatly appreciated. 

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1 day ago

Thank you for connecting with us here, @user_t2cd1t. Sorry about the experience with the service attempts. I wonder if this is someone trying to connect service, but has the wrong address. I've seen this happen in the past. If you live in an apartment, I would recommend letting your leasing office know, especially if there is a name attached to the package, so your leasing office can get in contact with them to correct the issue. 

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@XfinityLinda​ we do not live in or anywhere near an apartment complex so that is not the issue. 

The xfinity person we met with today stated that the numbers associated with the accounts that were created at our address were non existent and the names weren't real names. 

These are scammers trying to set up service at our address. 

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Official Employee

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@user_t2cd1t Oh, wow! That is quite odd. Thanks for clarifying and sharing here in our community. This will help create awareness.

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@XfinityLinda​ is there not a solution for my problem? I understand creating awareness is good, but this doesn't solve my problem. 

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@user_t2cd1t I apologize, but there is not a way for us to prevent this. I realize this is not convenient, but we can note the account. If we may, please provide your full name and complete address in a Direct Message. We look forward to your reply.

 

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@XfinityLinda​ I need this to be something you can prevent. 

If you are able to prevent people from setting up service in-person at an address, you need to offer the same service for people applying online. My account is already notated as much as it possibly can be about these issues, but it doesn't fix the online problem. 

This is causing a monthly headache that we shouldn't have to deal with because Xfinity doesn't have proper security measures in place to protect their customers privacy and security of their address by allowing scammers to cancel service at their address. 

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