I am also being harassed by AFNI for a verizon account. That originated in the Midwest. The number which is being collected on was listed on the collections notice, and was never a phone number that was in my name.
Strangely, the number did not exist when I lived in the state for which the number is assigned (a new area code was assigned in and I moved to the west coast in 1999).
I have complained to the attorney general in two states. Afni responded to one of the attorney general's letters, stating that the number originated at an address in a town with a 777 prefix. The number on the collections letter has a different prefix. This number could not have originated at this address.
Afni will not provide proof of the debt, but told the attorney general that it is confident that it is collecting from the correct person. Oddly, they are collecting on something that could never have possibly existed. It just couldn't work the way they are explaining it. They could just as confidently pursue collection of this debt from any one on millions of random people. I'm not sure why they chose my name.
Will file with the Federal Trade Commission next. I am interested in the class action lawsuit being mentioned on the web, please contact me at this e-mail address.
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