pinkeysas Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 SBC AmeritechCingularAlpha CommunicationsI thought that SBC and Cingular where considered the same company and I've never heard of Alpha communications so thought it might be another name for the same.These are the OC's that 3 CA's are claiming they are collecting for on my CR's. thats why I ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadinKS Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Is this the address they give? If so, it's a supplier of telecom products and a family owned bus.And the BBB doesn't show a CA by that name. Just communications companies.http://search.bbb.org/Results.aspx?n=Alpha+Communications&add=&c=&st=&z=Our Address is:ALPHA COMMUNICATIONS®42 Central DriveFarmingdale, NY 11735-1202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverCynic Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 AFNI, Inc is a least a major collector for Cingular... don't know if they handle all if thier collections though. They're the ones that got me in a bind for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadinKS Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 They're some sorry SOBs aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeysas Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 And the BBB doesn't show a CA by that name. Just communications companies.These are not the names of the CA's They are the OC that the CA's are collecting for supposedly.CA - OCEquinox Financial-Alpha CommunicationsAfni-CingularMidland Cr. Mngmt-SBCAlso, I dont know the address for Alpha just have the name showing as the OC for an account wiht CA Equinox Financial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadinKS Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 These are not the names of the CA's They are the OC that the CA's are collecting for supposedly.You're trying to figure out who Alpha is? Cause all I came up with were telecom companies. Did you purchase any telecom equip. from them. If not, I'm stumped why a telecom supplier would be on your CR unless they provided you goods or services. Check out the # of employees at Equinox. If this is the same one who do you send the DV to? Equinox Financial Management Solutions, Inc.2720 S River RdSte 4Des Plaines, IL 60018-4109Telephone: (800) 868-3982Fax: (847) 795-9945www.efmsi.comOriginal Business Start Date: January 1993Employees: 1BBB Membership: This company is not a member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeysas Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Equinox Financial Management Solutions, Inc.2720 S River RdSte 4Des Plaines, IL 60018-4109Telephone: (800) 868-3982Fax: (847) 795-9945www.efmsi.comOriginal Business Start Date: January 1993Employees: 1BBB Membership: This company is not a member.ha ha yeah that is the same one. Couldn't i just call the alleged OC Alpha Comm. and see if they have my name on file as ever have done business with them? If not then tell the CRA's and make them remove Equinox's listing for them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadinKS Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I don't see why not. If they don't have you listed as a customer owing them, have 'em write a letter on their letterhead stating that. The CRAs won't take your word for it. Good luck. Let us know how it turns out. See yaaaaa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracrap Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 sbc is a landline..used to be pacbell...their cell division was spun off as airtouch many years agoi can make an educated guess that sometime in the past u may have ordered service thru pacbell or sbc,in a lot of areas installation is performed by subcontractors , thus the involvement of alpha communicationsthis could have been a legit order or maybe a neighbors house had an install and alpha got the address mixed up as we all know or should know..credit bureaus enter information based on addresses,,NOT ON SS#..thats why the files contain so many errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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