afni letter
Date: Sat, 04/30/2011 - 11:26
The letter included a form he is supposed to fill out and mail or fax back in 3 weeks or will be turned over to collections. He is supposed to provide DOB, SS#, Drivers license #, Address, daytime and evening phone #s, copies of ID etc.
Sending all this info makes me uncomfortable. What should we do?
Sounds like an attempt at identity theft to me. I would pull you
Sounds like an attempt at identity theft to me. I would pull your credit reports and see if this bill shows up on there. (its free once a year) I think the web site is annualcreditreport(dot)com
You are NOT required to send these things. Send them a letter i
You are NOT required to send these things. Send them a letter informing them that this is not your debt and that you require them to send you validating documentation regarding this debt. Also inform them that should this account appear on your credit reports, you will sue them for knowingly putting wrong information on your report.
You can also just send them a cease & desist letter, outlining the same basic things, not your debt, etc....but you may want to be sure this is not a case of ID Theft.
