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Can someone take my number while I don't use it?

  • 17 March 2022
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Hi all.

I am prepaid member, and I did not pay the monthly bill for a few months because I was out of the States. Despite not paying for the prepaid bills, I was able to check that my number is still under my profile.

 

Now...when I tried to log-in… I see this message. (I cannot log-in with my phone number. So, I tried with email/pw.) It seems like I was logged-in (because I can see Logout button on the top right corner), but cannot go further until I link my phone number.

“Link your phone number to your My T-Mobile account

Enter the phone number below to link to your account, and we'll send a confirmation code for verification”

 

I entered my phone number, then I get this message.

“Great news! You already have a T-Mobile ID associated with xxx-xxx-xxxx. Log in”

But I can’t. So I tried to log-in with the number. Password doesn’t work. Tried “forgot your password?” option to see why it’s not working. Then I see a different email address to receive the recovery code. Also security questions are the same from what I set, but my answers don’t work.

 

Is this mean someone got my phone number? 


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Userlevel 7
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Looks like your number was released into the number pool and it was reissued.

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Looks like your number was released into the number pool and it was reissued.

what should I do then? I can’t sign in completely since I cannot use my phone number. Which means I cannot renew my prepaid plan or choose a different plan.

Userlevel 7
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You need to get a new number and plan. After 60 days of non use Tmobile will put the number back in the number pool and reissue the number per Tmobile’s prepaid terms and conditions.

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