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10-29-2009, 10:32 AM
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AFNE Financial Services
I got an email today from someplace called AFNE Financial Services. The email address is an individual's email address at gmail.com. Sounds fishy. They state they are collecting for a client, it may involve a lawsuit if I do not send money. They say they MIGHT be able to accent Visa or Mastercard but instruct you to send money to a Paypal account. It does not name the debt collector nor is there a phone number for AFNE. It gives an address in Columbia, MO. I know there is an AFni (spelled differently) but not AFNE. Isn't it wierd there is no phone number included and the want you to send to a Paypal account?? Has anyone else received anything like this?
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#2
10-29-2009, 10:49 AM
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more than likely a phishing scam.i would delete it from your email.
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giving hope to the hopeless,help to the helpless,and hap to the hapless.
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10-29-2009, 06:18 PM
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I would keep a copy of it, or print it out just for your own files...never know if some new CA is on the scene. But don't respond to it at all. If it really is a CA, I would not trust them at all because that is the most asinine thing I have ever heard.
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10-29-2009, 10:48 PM
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You should certinly keep a printed copy for your records but delete it from your computer. Do not respond or send any money. Collection agencies have not yet started to use email as a form to collect from debtors (mostly out of fair of the FDCPA third party information rules). We can't even leave voicemails at this point without risking getting into trouble. I would never pay a debt based on an email as a consumer, especially without a phone number. Even then, you should get the number yourself and not use the one provided in the email. You do not know if it goes to the actual company holding the account. Even when they call you. If you have their number handy, before you release any banking information or other such information, be sure you call them back to make the payment. This is the case with any creditor (even ones you are slightly past due or current). There is a such thing as Spoofing. Its where you can go to an internet website and have your caller id changed to come up as anything you want. Even the White House. Dont trust caller id.
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10-30-2009, 03:00 AM
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One mustn't ever disclose his/her banking information to a collector over the phone. What more? I'd not pay a dime without receiving proper validation from them. I'd wait for their call and talk to a human before taking the next step. Just lie low, and don't respond to the mail.
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11-03-2009, 09:03 AM
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Yes....I just did today. I'm going to report it.
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11-04-2009, 06:50 AM
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do as private advised.that sounds like the thing to do.
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giving hope to the hopeless,help to the helpless,and hap to the hapless.
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11-04-2009, 07:18 AM
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I did also and are investigating it a little myself.
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11-07-2009, 09:34 AM
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Okay, y'all. While you're digging and reporting, here's another chore for you. File a complaint with PayPal. I can't imaging these emails being for real. And PayPal has a vested interest in shutting down scam operators' accounts.
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Wulfisms: my blog The four 'no's of dealing with collectors: No validation? No payment. No way! No kidding!! Tellin' you all the zomby troof Here I'm is, the zomby woof [Frank Zappa, 1988 - R.I.P.]
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#13
11-09-2009, 01:37 PM
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This is a complete scam!! My daughter got this in her email inbox. She has no accounts that have ever been past due. No debt collector is going to send something without telling you what the debt is for, where a payment can be MAILED, and no signature at the bottom. Ignore it!
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