Did you get this text from Verizon about *** $20 credit? This one is real. Here's what's going on. So after an outage knocked out service for customers nationwide, Verizon now says it's going to give *** $20 account credit to affected customers.

After a tumultuous day for Verizon, the carrier says it will issue a $20 account credit to customers affected by the nationwide outages.

Many users reported their phones displaying " SOS ," "no service," or " emergency calls only ."