Comments on: Beware of the Afni Collections Fraud http://www.visualgui.com/2009/11/23/beware-of-the-afni-collections-fraud/ Visualgui is a web design portfolio and a personal playground of Donny Truong. This site gives Donny the creative freedom to be innovative, to experiment with design, to apply his web development skills, to improve his writing, and most importantly, to have fun; therefore, VisualGUI not only showcases Donny's works but also serves as a medium for Donny to explore his thoughts and share his inspirations. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: donny http://www.visualgui.com/2009/11/23/beware-of-the-afni-collections-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-140731 donny Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:09:59 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=6425#comment-140731 Wow, that is something! Wow, that is something!

]]> By: KCA http://www.visualgui.com/2009/11/23/beware-of-the-afni-collections-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-140729 KCA Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:56:13 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=6425#comment-140729 Nothing to di with the subject, but Donny u really should check this: http://bee.net.vn/channel/1988/200911/Nua-dem-dao-mo-om-xac-vo-ngu-suot-7-nam-1730438/ Nothing to di with the subject, but Donny u really should check this:

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]]> By: Joseph http://www.visualgui.com/2009/11/23/beware-of-the-afni-collections-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-140721 Joseph Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:23 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=6425#comment-140721 i don't know what's up with your situation but it sounds like the general class of scams they try to people on retired people. For example, i vaguely remember my dad receiving a bill for <cite><a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/Book-Magazine-Publishers/Reiman-Publications/reiman-publications-taste-of-h-962dc.htm" rel="nofollow">a magazine he's never seen before.</a></cite> he wanted to just pay it because he didn't want to risk collections for some insignificant amount but i showed him complaints people had filed online and i think i ended up sending a stern letter to the billing address or something. never heard from them back. it seems to me there's two kinds of scams that most prevalent in bill collections. on one hand, there are the scams that send you (and thousands of others) a bill know the that some percentage will pay up then there's the scams where a secondary collections firm buys "uncollectable" debt for pennies on the dollar and aggressively tries to collect the debt by any means. perhaps your info got sold or mixed up in a database of outstanding debt owed to one of these collections agencies that usually aren't known for their customer service. probably the best thing to do is what you're doing now. you might want to consider sending a registered letter to both the verizon customer service concerning your old account and the collections people disputing their claim. i don’t know what’s up with your situation but it sounds like the general class of scams they try to people on retired people. For example, i vaguely remember my dad receiving a bill for a magazine he’s never seen before. he wanted to just pay it because he didn’t want to risk collections for some insignificant amount but i showed him complaints people had filed online and i think i ended up sending a stern letter to the billing address or something. never heard from them back.

it seems to me there’s two kinds of scams that most prevalent in bill collections. on one hand, there are the scams that send you (and thousands of others) a bill know the that some percentage will pay up then there’s the scams where a secondary collections firm buys “uncollectable” debt for pennies on the dollar and aggressively tries to collect the debt by any means.

perhaps your info got sold or mixed up in a database of outstanding debt owed to one of these collections agencies that usually aren’t known for their customer service.

probably the best thing to do is what you’re doing now. you might want to consider sending a registered letter to both the verizon customer service concerning your old account and the collections people disputing their claim.

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