Complaint Review: Afni - GTE - Verizon - Bloomington Illinois

Call your local verizon business office and be asked to be transferred to fraud department. Advise them of what happened so that you will stop being pursued. I'm sorry to hear what's happened to you but unfortunately as a verizon customer service rep we are not the phone police and unless something sounds suspicious or you have a fraud alert on your credit report we have no idea if the person on the other end is fraudulent or not.

Call your local verizon business office and be asked to be transferred to fraud department. Advise them of what happened so that you will stop being pursued. I'm sorry to hear what's happened to you but unfortunately as a verizon customer service rep we are not the phone police and unless something sounds suspicious or you have a fraud alert on your credit report we have no idea if the person on the other end is fraudulent or not.

Call your local verizon business office and be asked to be transferred to fraud department. Advise them of what happened so that you will stop being pursued. I'm sorry to hear what's happened to you but unfortunately as a verizon customer service rep we are not the phone police and unless something sounds suspicious or you have a fraud alert on your credit report we have no idea if the person on the other end is fraudulent or not.

i found out after they sent me the collections statement that my mother had a telephone turned on in my name at the time of the billing services. i dont think it is right for any company to turn on any services for anyone who does not show proper identification. she also had electric services on at 2 different addresses under my name. even though she is my mother, this was wrong, now my credit is in trouble and she did the same to my sister.

We also were hit by them and responded within 30 days to dispute the debt and let them know that the statute of limitations has expired in our state. AFNI is the "bottom feeder" of debt collections. They buy the oldest, hardest to collect debts at the cheapest price and use only the resources they have to use to hit a name match. If they find something in another state, they send a collection letter, just like an angler puts bait on a hook and casts out to the water. When someone bites, they collect big time. One of the biggest things they have done lately was to buy "Verizon" bills, which many people say, "I never had Verizon". I caution you to remember that the merger (*cough* *cough* TAKEOVER, call it what you want), between GTE and Bell Atlantic formed Verizon. As such, you may have had service with one of the other, but when Verizon became the new organization, you debt may have moved with it. The bottom line is, check your bills. Check your state for statute of limitations. And if you receive a nasty letter of phone call from them, decide your action. Something already on your credit report that is about to expire will not clean up by writing them a check. And paying even one penny on an old debt starts the Statute of limitations all over again (2-4 years in most states). Never talk to them or any collector of this venemous category on the phone, as many of them will lie, cheat and steal to get you to pay. Many collectors will lie and tell you they will garnish 1/2 your wages or more. (collectors can't garnish wages, only a judge or other legal process can do so). A collector on the telephone has one and only one job to do: collect as much money as he or she can at the time of the call to reduce time spent on the call and so the caller can collect as large of a commission as possible from getting you to pay, even if you don't owe the debt.

This company, as you can see, is pursuing very old debts, most which seem to be past the statute of limitations for collectibility. Furthermore, I don't think they're even basing it on the original phone contracts. I suspect they may be going after anyone they can find on public records associated with addresses or unlucky enough to have the same name as someone who did owe on those old debts. If your identity was really used to open that account, I would think there would be an inquiry in your credit report, have you checked that? There are many posts here that describe how to write a debt validation letter to them, so that is the best place to start, as well as do a search on the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) so you know your rights.

This company, as you can see, is pursuing very old debts, most which seem to be past the statute of limitations for collectibility. Furthermore, I don't think they're even basing it on the original phone contracts. I suspect they may be going after anyone they can find on public records associated with addresses or unlucky enough to have the same name as someone who did owe on those old debts. If your identity was really used to open that account, I would think there would be an inquiry in your credit report, have you checked that? There are many posts here that describe how to write a debt validation letter to them, so that is the best place to start, as well as do a search on the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) so you know your rights.

This company, as you can see, is pursuing very old debts, most which seem to be past the statute of limitations for collectibility. Furthermore, I don't think they're even basing it on the original phone contracts. I suspect they may be going after anyone they can find on public records associated with addresses or unlucky enough to have the same name as someone who did owe on those old debts. If your identity was really used to open that account, I would think there would be an inquiry in your credit report, have you checked that? There are many posts here that describe how to write a debt validation letter to them, so that is the best place to start, as well as do a search on the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) so you know your rights.

This company, as you can see, is pursuing very old debts, most which seem to be past the statute of limitations for collectibility. Furthermore, I don't think they're even basing it on the original phone contracts. I suspect they may be going after anyone they can find on public records associated with addresses or unlucky enough to have the same name as someone who did owe on those old debts. If your identity was really used to open that account, I would think there would be an inquiry in your credit report, have you checked that? There are many posts here that describe how to write a debt validation letter to them, so that is the best place to start, as well as do a search on the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) so you know your rights.