Complaint Review: AFNI - Bloomington Illinois
- AFNI PO Box 3427 Bloomington, Illinois U.S.A.
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- Category: Collection Agencies
AFNI Got my bill Saturday... Bloomington Illinois
*Consumer Suggestion: DETAILED CONTACT INFO ON AFNI
*Consumer Suggestion: Trevor, Verizon is no longer involved! AFNI at fault here.
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Got mine and says I owe over $600. Spent all morning dealing with this. Since all my personal info somehow ended up on this account, I had to file credit alerts with all 3 agencies and buy a credit monitoring program. Tried unsuccessfully dealing with Verizon since the account originated with them. Of course, they have absolutely no records of the account nor is there anyway for them to get that information. Yeah, right!
Is it legal for a company to sell personal information, not keep any kind of record, and then claim they can do nothing about it? I could have sworn there are now laws in place to help consumers when something like this happens. Even threatened them with the Attorney General and nothing.
In any case, what if I just ignored this? I have tried 4 different phone numbers for Afni, and well, we all know the outcome of that. Funny, for a collection agency they don't answer the phone a whole lot.
In any case, if there is a class action suit, I would be willing to participate. This has cost me time, money, and quite a bit of grief with the wife freaking out! I am glad I found this site before I did something foolish and tried to deal with these people.
Trevor
Tarpon Springs, Florida
U.S.A.
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#2 Consumer Suggestion
DETAILED CONTACT INFO ON AFNI
AUTHOR: P - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 25, 2007
DO NOT TALK TO COLLECTORS ON THE PHONE
Corporate Headquarters
404 Brock Drive
Bloomington, IL 61702-3097
800.767-2364
Afni, Inc.
404 Brock Drive
Bloomington, IL 61702 USA
Contact: Jim Hess, Director, Business Development
Phone: 800-767-2364, ext. 3321
Fax: 309-820-2632
Email: jimhess@afninet.com Afni, Inc. IL 309-663-4510 Jim Hess
Website: afninet.com
President and COO:
RONALD L GREENE
404 BROCK DRIVE
BLOOMINGTON 61701
Secretary: GREGORY J DONOVAN same address
Bruce F. Griffin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ronald L. Greene
President and Chief Operating Officer
Greg Donovan, CPA
Vice President of Employee Services
Stenia Dziadiw
Vice President of Sales & Business Development
Michael D. Garner
Vice President of Call Center Services
John Mobley, Jr.
Vice President, Information Technology Services and
Chief Information Officer
John O'Donnell
Vice President of Credit & Collections Services
Organization Number 0491821
Name AFNI, INC.
Profit or Non-Profit P - Profit
Company Type FCO - Foreign Corporation *****
Status A - Active
Standing G - Good
State IL
File Date 3/27/2000
Authority Date 3/27/2000
Last Annual Report 5/1/2006
Principal Office 404 BROCK DRIVE
BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701
Registered Agent C T CORPORATION SYSTEM
KENTUCKY HOME LIFE BLDG
LOUISVILLE, KY 40202
Current Officers
President Ronald L. Greene
Vice President Gregory J. Donovan
Secretary Gregory J. Donovan
Treasurer V. Curtis Oyer
Director Bruce F. Griffin
Director Ronald L. Greene
This organization has no assumed names
Previous Names
previous company names:
06/24/1986 - CREDIT CHECK INC.
06/29/2000 - ANDERSON FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.
For collection-related inquiries, contact our Recovery Team at 1.800.371.3645, by mail at Afni, Inc. PO Box 3517, Bloomington, IL 61701 or email at: recoveryteam@afninet.com.
To handle your collections account on the internet, visit the collections website at AfniCollections.com
Important Note Regarding Collection-Related Inquiries:
If you choose to communicate via email, please remember that no matter how many measures Afni takes to ensure the confidentiality of your email, the Internet may be a non-secure medium for communication. If you choose to communicate your collection-related inquiry via email, Afni cannot be responsible for any possible disclosure of an account to a third party
COLLECTIONS PORTION OF THE COMPANY URL APPEARS TO BE AFNINET.COM
Anderson Financial Network, Inc.
404 Brock Drive
Bloomington, IL 61701
Administrative Contact:
Girard, Chris g@AFNINET.COM
Afni
404 Brock Dr
Bloomington, IL 61701
(309) 828-5226 fax: (309) 820-2610
Technical Contact:
Anderson Financial Network, Inc. oktober_isbell@HOTMAIL.COM
404 BROCK DR
BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701-2654
US
309.828.5226 fax: 123 123 1234
GENERAL INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SITES ON DEALING WITH COLLECTION AGENCY'S
Tell them to validate by
. What the money you say I owe is for;
Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe;
Provide me with copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe;
Provide a verification or copy of any judgment if applicable;
Identify the original creditor;
Prove the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account
Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state
Provide me with your license numbers and Registered Agent
1. NEVER talk to a collection agency on the phone. Period.
2. Keep good records. This can be the difference between a good and bad settlement. Don't expect them to remember you or what you agreed upon.
3. Send all correspondence via registered mail, receipt requested and put the registered mail number ON THE LETTER. DO NOT SIGN THE LETTER TYPE YOUR NAME
4. Keep a copy of every letter you send.
5. Penalties and extra interest are typically fictious amounts of money added on by the collection agency to pad their profits. Sometimes as much as to 50% of the debt or more claimed to be owed by a collection agency consisting of interest and fees. This is illegal, every state has usery laws (which dictate the maximum interests allowed to be charged. That is except North Dakota. There are no such laws which is why most credit card companies incorporate there.) Junk debt buyer pay anywhere from 1 cent to 7 cents on the dollar, there is no way there is this much interest.
6. Time is on your side. As time passes, the creditors will likely stop calling and the debt will be filed away for future attention or until the SOL runs out ..
#1 Consumer Suggestion
Trevor, Verizon is no longer involved! AFNI at fault here.
AUTHOR: Steve [Not A Lawyer] - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 22, 2007
Trevor,
NEVER call any original creditor about a third party debt collection effort. they are NO LONGER involved.
And, NEVER call, or speak to any debt collector on the phone! NEVER!! It will NEVER do anything positive for you and will always make things worse. AND, they can capture your phone number even if it is unlisted or blocked.
AFNI are JUNK DEBT BUYERS and have no idea of who the original debtor is. They are fishing.
And, FORGET the class action lawsuits. They are a total waste of time and money and the lawyers are the only ones to get paid. SUE them yourself and get paid!
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