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Today I received a letter from a collection agency called Afni, Inc. alleging I owed $63.00 from 11 years ago - 1996. Verizon has provided my phone service for the past 10 years and I don't believe I have ever missed a payment. They never once mentioned I owed them a cent from 1996 and...

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I received a collection notice, stating the Original Creditor is Verizon Communications and that I should NOT contact them. The phone number is bogus. It is not even in the correct area code to where I live! They suggest that it is in my best interest to resolve this account. They threaten...

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I am the executor of my father's estate. Within one month of his death in 2007, I received a collection notice from AFNI claiming that my father owed Verizon a bill of over $6000.00 for a telephone line that was operative for several months in 1997 (ten years ago). The line was located...

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I have just after 11 years, received a bill from Afni, Inc. saying that I owe 258.14 in past phone charges. I have never received a bill from Verizon, EVER. I have bought a home, had credit checks and NEVER has this come up. What do I do? I'm not paying something I don't owe....

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I received a collection notice in the mail todaySeptember 22, 2oo8 from Afni Inc. collections stating I owed $144.37 for a Verizon Bill, from 2005 with a disconnected Phone # (302)326-1360 date 9-18-2008. I have never received any services from Verizon nor have I had any cell phone from Verizon...

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I have read many of the complaints on this board related to Afni, and they all resemble my experience. I successfully disputed the collections letter Afni sent me, and I encourage anyone who is debating how to respond to a letter from Afni to follow the aproach I took. Furthermore, we should...

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I have received a "second attempt" (never received a first attempt) to collect on a debt originally from Verizon from this AFNI, Inc. They are offering me a settlement offer of half the amount due if I pay now. I do not owe the bill and will be contacting my attorney!...

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Also just received a letter from these jerks dated 4/25/2008. The letter was sent to my father's new house, and even he was surprised because I haven't received anything there since 2001. The bill is for $78.40 and they say that they will accept half. When I telephoned them, the guy...

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Afni, Inc. has been harassing me about an 8 year old phone bill they say I never paid. The address, phone number and dates are wrong. I never had a phone through the company they state as the original creditor, nor did I have a phone in my name on the dates they provide, and the phone number...

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Today is 2/25/2008 and I have just received a bill from Afni stating I owe on an old Verizon account; in the amount of $90.86 and that they will settle for $45.43. This is very intresting because I have never had Verizon.
They have never appeared on past credit reports. So I checked...