This week. My 65 year old mother received a collection bill from AFNI for $285. She has not had an account with AT&T for over 15 years. When I called AFNI, [protected], a person by the name of Natradine? answered the phone. She wants the last four digits of my mothers social security number to retrieve the account. I informed her, I have already entered the account number when I called in. Why do you need a social security number? She said it was needed to retrieve my mothers account. When I informed her my mother is a retiree who has not had an AT&T account for over 15 years. I asked her where they got their information from. She said they got it from AT&T and are trying to collect a debt. I told her, "thank you for letting me know. This message has been recorded and will be submitted to the MN Attorney Generals Office, " She was speechless and surprised. She tried to ask for last four numbers of my mothers social security number again, but I would not budge. I told her, they should seize scamming elders for money because the law will catch-up to them and I hung-up. I was extremely upset because my mothers identity was stolen five years ago and used to open-up an account in Georgia for a gas card. A collection agency sent her a bill for $578.00. The case was reported to our local police department and submitted to the collection agency. The collection agency has stopped calling and sending letters to harass my mother after the police got involved. Its amazing what can happen to anyone. So many crooks out there. They should all get the death penalty!!!