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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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This company sent me a bill claiming I owed $128.37 for a Quest bill made in 2002. I immediately called them to request more information because I have never had a Quest account. They gave me an address and I told them I had never lived at that address. They said that is not the service address,...

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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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My 93 year old father received a collection notice today from Afni, Inc. It is for $868.45 for AT&T Mobility. First of all, my father has never had a cell phone and if he had one now he wouldn't know how to operate it at his age. I called AT&T and she said there was no account number,...

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Received a bill for $497.93 for a Verizon phone number from 1999. Never owed Verizon money from this number...account settled when we moved in 2000. This company also has access to our cell phones as they sent us a text message to our phones showing the amount owed. Unable to get a response...