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Afni Inc

Published: Jan 6th, 2009 | Author: ardhi Add Comment

Anderson Financial Network or commonly referred to as Afni Inc, is a collection agency based in and operating from Bloomington, Illinois. The collection agency has however not earned a very good reputation due to their shady activities. Verizon happens to be one of the biggest clients of Afni Inc.

Debt buyers or collection agencies like Afni Inc buy delinquent debt accounts from creditors for a few dollars. They try to extract money from the debtors by adopting different means which violate the FDCPA or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. However, there may be instances when the demand for money made by the collection agencies may be valid. However, in majority of the cases, it is illegal. Debt validation can help you to find out the truth.

Afni’s illegal activities

Many debtors have complained that Afni Inc illegally tries to collect debt for accounts that have been settled years back. There were instances when the company has threatened debtors of filing a lawsuit. The company has also damaged several credit reports by reporting them illegally and wrongly. Calling up at odd hours and calling up at workplaces is not uncommon and that is what Afni collection agency has been doing over the years.

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