I received a collection notice from Afni, Inc. re Verizon telephone charges from 12 years ago in the amount of $140.75. I wrote Afnie a letter disputing the validity of the debt and reminded them that the statute of limitations for the debt in my state had expired. I am awaiting their response!!!

I recived a collections on an over due account. For Charter Communications,past due amount of
$71.85. Asking me to pay a "settlement offer"of $35.93.No date of bill sent to collection.
What kind of collections company ever settled for half on another attempt to contact.

I have never had an account with Charter Communications.I will let every one know this is b-!!!!!.
Starting with Charter,Post Office and Better buisness buro.

Sent a letter to my mother claiming she owed $, using her name my SSN. I called and they said my mom owed the $. I told them we never had that service. Would not talk to me anymore, rude, they told me she had to pay. I told them to send us the bill. Refused to do that. I said How do I know is this a real bill? Would not respond to my answers. I won't pay them I know I did not have that service.

I received a collection notice from Afni, Inc. claiming to be collecting for Verizon Florida, Inc. and on an account I know is not mine. This feels like a scam to me and I want it known that this company needs to be investigated.

I have worked very hard to be accountable for my financial obligations and this notice just comes at me blind sided. I have no problems paying what I owe, but I cannot tolerate scams.

I have just received a second collection notice from AFNI, Inc. This second one is a "Settlement Offer"; giving me the option of paying half the original bogus overdue account. This so-called creditor is Verizon California, Inc. Like everyone else who has posted here, this bill is 100% fake. The website "www.afnicollections.com" is also all wrong. One of things that's a dead giveaway about that is the VeriSign logo on the site. If you hover over the logo and watch the bottom of your screen, nothing happens. If the logo was legitimate, it would show a web address in the bottom of the screen for VeriSign. This is all outrageous!

You cannot complain to the Attorney General of your state, either. This is mail fraud, and as such, is reportable to the United States Postal Service. DO NOT contact AFNI, Inc. To do so somehow gives their claim against you some kind of legitimacy.

Instead, go to the following address:

http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm

Copy and paste into your browser address bar. You can file a complaint this way. Be sure to ask for confirmation that your complaint has been received. It will take several weeks, but you will receive notification by mail. If enough complaints are registered, the USPS is far more likely to investigate these rip-off artists! Do it now!