In January I received a settlement offer on a 95-96 Verizon North cell phone bill for an account I never opened. I have never lived in Metropolis, IL and didn't have my first cell phone until 1998. The total bill was $4,169.07 and the offer was to pay half or $2,084.54.
I explained that it wasn't my bill and they stated the person opening the account had my social security number and date of birth. The Afni rep spouted off my ss# and date of birth so I was concerned that Verizon would share this information with another company. Afni provided a list of people's last names related to the bill. I didn't recognize them. I was told to send dispute forms to them. Before I sent any documentation to them, I received a letter from them stating that the account was closed.
The account has never been reported to any of the three reporting agencies.
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