Afni, inc. Recently sent me a Notice of Collection for a Verizon account I have never had. I called to let them know that they have the wrong person, but the representative "Diane" kept telling me to stop interrupting her when she was telling me that "my account" was past due and that I owed Verizon $80.01. I told her that I am interrupting her because she is making incorrect statements when she states that "my account" is past due. She asked me for my current mailing address. I told her that I would now disclose that to her. She stated that she would put down that I refused to answer. I said "fine." Then she asked me for my phone number. I told her that I would not provide her that information. She said that she would enter that I refused to answer. I told her "fine." She asked me who my current employer was. I told her that I would not provide her that information. She stated that she would enter that I refused to answer. I said "fine." Then she asked if I wanted to resolve this account. I told her that I wanted her to get her information straight and that this is not my account. She asked if I was refusing to pay my past due account. I told her that I am refusing to pay an account that does not belong to me. She said that she would make sure that my refusal to pay goes on my "permanent record." I said, "you mean my permament record from high school?" She told me to stop being flippant towards her. Then she tried to hang up on me. I said, "wait, wait, can you tell me when this bill orginated?" She put me on hold and came back on the line a couple of minutes later. She said that the bill was from April 1998. I said "from nine years ago, are you crazy?" She tried to hang up on me again. I said to her "wait, wait, but sorry I didn't get your name, was it Daphne?" She said, "I have told you several times that my name is Diane. Do I need to spell it for you?" I said, "I think that you had better." So she spelled it "D-I-A-N-E." Then I said, "and how do you spell you last name?" She replied, "I not giving you that information!" and hung up on me.
My next step is to write Certified/Return Receipt letter to them demanding validation, which I know that they cannot provide. I have written an email to my Congressional Representative and State Attorney General about these criminals. I will bring down the full weight of the government on these idiots.
Don't let these creeps intimidate you!
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