<prompt> Human: Okay so my friend needed to get a phone for him his wife and his little girl. however he had bad credit so he could not sign a contract with ATT. So i signed it for him and put all my info down on the paper ect ect. the deal was i help him he will heLp me by paying the bill every month and that allowed me to have a phone for free. so fast forward a bit he skips town. i could not pay the bill and the bill was so over due that it was sent to a collective agency. the over due bill was 2000. seens they turned off my phone they can not call me and i also moved from where i was with my address that was on the contract. this was about 3 months ago. i have been working off tips as a server And im about to get a hourly pay job. seens they could not find me and i could not find them. will my pay checks be taken from me to pay off my debt? i also can not seem to find them. the ATT store i asked had no idea what company it was sent to. So can someone help me here i am 24 and have never been in debt before so any pointers on this matter would be great.Assistant: Call ATT and tell them you would like to pay your bill. They will tell you that it is overdue and route you accordingly.The store wont have that information, but the billing and collection arm of ATT will.This serves as a good lesson as to why you should think long and hard about signing anything that has your name and SSN attached to it for someone else.Human: i honestly wish someone who knew how stupid i was then was right next to me to slap me in the nutsack to tell me im stupid for doing this. but yet this is a life lesson everyone has to have at some point. just glad its only 2000 bill thats over due. but iv been told they add on alot of money when sent to a collection agency.  <response>: Also, when it goes to collections, its typically sold to the collections company for cents on the dollar. Youll probably be able to negotiate the debt down. 