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As a consumer advocate, I know a Scrooge when I see a Scrooge. And MCI’s attitude towards its customers and shareholders is succinctly encapsulated by the oft-quoted words of Ebenezer Scrooge: “Bah, Humbug.”

You may think I am tendering the award retroactively for MCI’s role in perpetrating an $11 billion accounting fraud: the largest financial fraud and bankruptcy in U.S. history, costing investors billions and devastating retirees and communities. But the award is not for that.

The First Annual “Bah, Humbug” Corporate Scrooge Award is for MCI’s relentless drive since you joined the Board in 2002 to over-bill, double-bill, fraudulently bill and provide some of the worst customer service in the United States, while simultaneously shipping American jobs overseas.

Words of consumer advocate Carl J. Mayer, to the MCI corporation. The letter was delivered to MCI CEO yesterday (see picture). You can read the full post over at his blog.

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