On 1/2/2024 the manager of the New Caney store gave my phone number away (ported it out) without asking for proper identification of the fraudster who went into the store pretending to be me. I called Verizon the very same day stating I was worried about fraud and the customer service representative blew me off. Within hours of my phone call, Verizon gave my phone number away. The New Caney store manager did not ask for an account number or PIN number or any way to prove it was me. He simply handed over my phone number. This led to my phone and email account being taken over by the fraudster leading to over $35,000 dollars being stolen from my bank account after they used my phone and email to obtain two factor authentication codes and hack into my bank account. I had to close all of my banks account which led to a long road trying to recover and protect assets. Verizon has been HORRIBLE about handling this. It took me over 40 hours on the phone and in the store dealing with their completely inept employees trying to recover my phone number. Dropped calls, endless hold times, "not my department" responses. The corporate office was no better and did not contact me at all to try and rectify this situation. I had to report them to the FCC to even get them to respond. If I could give them "0" stars I would. VERIZON DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS!! Their main goal was to protect themselves and not takes any responsibility for the trail of destruction their actions caused! read more