I could not believe the letter when I recieved it from Afni Collection Agency.

This bill is from 1992. I didnt even bother to argue, what for? I owed the debt, Why did it have to take 20 years to collect. This debtwas not reported either. Is Verizon in trouble that they have to start begging for money from 20 years ago?

I was trying to get an apartment due to the fact i just returned from the middle East. however my credit report reflect a bill from cingular for $2019.72. I called them and explained there was never an account with me and them and that they will make a note of it. They also said they could not resolve the account due to the fact they sold it to AFNI. i was then directed to AFNI.

I called AFNI where they told me that i would have to file for identity theft. due to the fact that the bill was going to my fathers address over the past five years while i was away. They said that i should file an identity theft form against my father. I said of course am not going to file an identity theft report against my father. I told the customer care that i spoke with my father and he had nothing to do with it. He then gave me a phone number to order some forms for fraud and to mail them a copy. Why do i have to do all this jig for something i never signed up for? Beware people!

This company claims to say that i owe them 475.00 past due on a verizon account that I have never owned nor resided at. I contacted verizon and they say that all my accounts are current and there are no records that I owe anything to them. This company is a scam artist at its best. DO NOT PAY THEM PEOPLE contact your local attorney general as well as the local better business bureau of the city they claim to reside in. Mine was Illinois. And also when you try to get them to show you proof of the alleged debt they cant just a letter. I contacted all 3 credit reporters and they show nothing of this alleged debt.

Beware!

I received a notice that I owed Verizon $49.05 for a GTE phone bill from 1993. At first I was going to pay the debt until I found this web site. I am not going to pay this because I have had GTE phone service since then and afni can not give me any paper work for the debt. I'll be getting in touch with all the credit reporting companies to get any help with this if it goes on my credit report.

I received a bill in the mail stating that I owed Afni 438.00 for a bill from a long time ago. The number listed was a Washington State phone number ( a land line) and it was from 1996. I have not lived in Washington, I live in Tn and did so in 1996. When I called afni they said it was tied to names John and Deborah and asked if I knew them. The scary thing was they gave my husbands social! I refused to give any socials to them and I told them to give me the one they had on file and they gave me my husbands ssn! I found this was from a verizon land line and phoned verizon... needless to say verizon had no history of such a bill and concluded we had no bill with them ever! I was alarmed and filed the necessary complaints with bbb and verizon and put a FRAUD alert on our credit reports since we were in the process of buying a home. This is very important to do! I received a "letter" from Afni stating they were sorry for the mistake and had corrected the problem with my "account".

BEWARE!!!