(800) 569-0771

Your post is ridiculous, and incorrect.  This number has harrassed many legitimate businesses and individuals incorrectly, and your unbearably long, run on sentence, accusatory post is insulting and ******.

Debt Collectors – Collection Agency's do NOT fall under Do NOT Call registry, as they are not telemarketers.  However, they do constantly violate other Federal Laws, because us American's don't know the laws to protect us.  They are counting on that.  - Federal Law says you don't have an obligation to Collection Agencies or Debt Collectors; you can send them a written letter and they cannot contact you after that.   This includes Attorney's in state's other than your state of residence.  The only Attorney's that can sue you, have to be licensed in your resident state.A word of caution:  Some Law Firms do have Firms in other states, and Lawyers licensed in other states, so you have to do a little research before sending a Cease & Desist (Do Not Call & Go Away letter) to make sure they aren't in your resident state or you're likely to get sued by these #%#&*@!#%&@$^*.  Once a debt collector makes contact with you, they also have to contact you within 5 days after the first phone call, letter etc., and give you validation/proof or judgment of the debt.  You are not required to ask for it.   They never do this!!!!This law is known as the Fair Debt Collector Practices Act.  You can get it at FTC.gov; as well as other Consumer Protection Laws.Most collection agencies, purchase your delinquent debt for pennies on the dollar.  Guess what? It is no longer your debt!!!  You don't have any agreement/contract with the debt collector or collection agency.  Your only agreement/contract was with the original creditor.Do NOT agree to any payment arrangements, or you'll be creating an agreement/contract, where upon initial contact by the Debt Collector, one didn't exist.  The collection agencies are counting on you not knowing this little bit of information.  The best advice I can give you is, do NOT talk to these idiots - they will leave you in a frustrated heap on the floor.  They lie, and will tell you whatever they need, in order to get you to commit to paying them.The lies are illegal, but they honestly don't care, they're probably on commission for how much they collect from you and others like you.  If you do answer the phone, do NOT give out your employer, social security #, DL #, Credit Card and/or Bank information, or any personal information.  Tell them to send you a written statement & you'll respond. Then **** up.  When you get that statement, google, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and you'll probably find a letter you can send them   Or:  send the letter I’ve enclosed that I use.  Sign and mail that letter Certified Mail, so you have a signature and confirmation of delivery!!!RE Account #   Amount in Dispute: $    Account #  Dear  :I am in receipt of your demand for payment.  However, this Notice is to confirm that I do not wish to be contacted a***n by you, and that you are hereby put on Notice to Cease Communication pursuant to 15 USC Section 1692c(c).  Failure to comply with said Notice shall result in a complaint filed and submitted to, the Federal Trade Commission, and possible legal remedies in an appropriate United States District Court.In addition, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, I am not waiving my right to dispute the alleged debt****erted herein, but at this time I am under no obligation to respond.   Sincerely,Your NameAddressCity, state Zip Certified Mail#:  In the Law of Novation: if a debt is purchased by another, for that to be a legal owed obligation, a new contract / agreement has to be written and signed by all parties.  Google Law of Novation and read up!!!No I am not an attorney, just a well knowledged, educated consumer.  I have spent the past 2 years studying various Federal Consumer Protection Laws.  I wasn't just satisfied knowing I could send a letter to a Collection Agency/Debt Collector and they had to go away.  I read that in the Fair Debt Collector practices Act law;  I needed to know why, what law tells me the reason why I can.Everything I have typed, I have learned basically on my own through reading, studying, printing out and binding the laws and underlining/highlighting them.  Not to mention the knowledge I have ***ned on my own fighting two lawsuits without an Attorney.I was sued by a Collection Agency, and waiting for a Court date. The Collection Agency Attorney, sent us a letter willing to dismiss with prejudice our lawsuit, if I dismiss our Cross/Counter Claim for Fair Debt Collector Practices Act violations.  Oh, I forgot to mention, we do not have an Attorney representing us; and I have not had any legal experience, in the past whatsoever.I have read / printed & bound, my State's Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules of Civil Procedure - Evidence.  I catch Attorneys on violations of State Rules of Civil Procedure all the time.  And our Judge's let them get away with it.And for those of you who say pay up and quit being a deadbeat; it appears that you have never had your life turned upside down, because a good job, not high paying by any means, but a supposed secure job, got your hours cut by 3/4.  And then a couple years later, as you are just recovering, you lose that job.  And when you are in your 50's, a new job is not so easy to come by.  And when that happens, then what?  Or what about a major illness, guess you've never had that either - too bad.  Maybe if you did, you'd understand why and how people end up getting in financial straights. Not because they chose to, or decided they were going to find loopholes to get out of paying obligations etc.What if the money isn't there to pay these debts to begin with?  We've been barely able to pay a mortgage, let alone credit cards etc. It's easy to tell someone else what to do.  I hope someday, so****ing throws your secure little world off its axis, and you find yourself in the very situation as some of us here. Maybe then you'd learn it isn't such a cut/dry situation.Oh, we've struggled.  And the job last hasn't exactly been replaced.  We're still behind in our Mortgage and trying to catch up, as with our other legal obligations.  I can't work because of various health conditions, or I would, including a part time job at least.  My husband s****ed his own company with the tools of the trade, and now contracts for copier, computer, IT technical jobs as he has a computer science degree, and has years of experience in the others, especially the wide format copier / printers / computers.People, please read the Fair Debt Collector Practices Act; if a Debt Collector violates any one harrassment or other law in there; Federal Laws says you can sue them for $1,000.00 per violation.  Do it, and then THEY can pay off YOUR obligations!!!   A***n I am not an Attorney - but have learned these by my own experiences.  There are Attorneys you could talk to, and I would, if any violations of the laws have occured in your cir***stances.  I am posting this strictly to help others maybe have a piece of mind, if they are up all night worrying about financial problems, and sick to their stomach in worry as I have been, and still are in some ways. I am a***n just a well informed, knowledgable consumer, who has spent hours studying the laws, because I had no where else to turn for help.  If anything I have written, causes you questions, please seek the advice of an Attorney.Certain situations such as Mortgages and Car Payment loans usually do not apply here; so you may need to seek the advice of a Lawyer for your individual situation.If anyone should need help with Lawsuits regarding Collection Agencies/Debt Collectors and/or Credit Cards; I may be able to help you.  Please contact me at [email protected].© petmommy copyright 2009 All rights reserved

Called a***n today !!! Even after I called them back yes****ay and reamed them a new a**hole.  I told them if they didn't stop calling, I'd report Qwest to the BBB here locally and nationally !! We've been here 14 yrs and never had a Qwest account !!!!

can you learn how to use proper punctuation ??  geeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Get these people at least 3-5x per month ... call, let it ring 1 time, **** up before i can answer... WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE QWEST AT OUR BUSINESS !!  Wish they would stop calling.

This person calls at least once a day but probably more. I have been with the Company a year and that is how long I have been getting the calls from this number that ALWAYS ****s up. Other people before me have had the same experience. So, this has been going on a very long time.

I'm getting the same thing.  Luckily they only call when I've stepped away from my desk, but it's still irritating.  I also know for a fact that all of our accounts are paid with a zero balance so I'm not sure what the calling is for.

It's the in house collections department for qwest communications buisness/long distance if you pay your bill on time you wont get the call you will only get a call if the number they are calling is a number that was given to the company as a contact number for the account which by the way isnt long its 8 digits and if you are not the company they are trying to reach because the contact info has c****ed and the customer did not inform qwest then thats why they are calling per they cant just c****e the number to whatever you or anyone else says to they have to have authorization from the ap management or owner of the company or in cases that it is long distance to a residence the person whose name is on the acct or they can be held liable for not contacting the number given to them for contact and not giving vocal warning for disconnection or write offs which would affect credit and then thered really be some whining half the time if a person would just answer the phone and explain a situation calmly theyd realize it is indeed there account or theyd be able to give the information needed to send the number to research to see if they should try another number and make contact with someone which would then enable them to c****e the number and not have to call people that think it bothers the collector to get yelled at or cussed at it doesnt bother them at the end of the day there bills are paid and theyve had the opportunity to make plenty of other people happy by****isting them to understand their bill get credits on their account get them a service they need and send numbers to be researched so that the kind people that do let them know they are calling a number that is no longer****ociated with their customer i would suggest returning the call all they need is payment information because youre past due on a bill, and as a courtesy they are calling to see if a hold should be placed because you may have sent it and they may not have recieved it which may be a misapplied payment they may be calling to let you know information for payment has c****ed or that your account has c****ed and its not harassment its your contract if youre past due you're violating it therefore youd be the one in the wrong you would only recieve calls from this number between the hours of 8am and 8 pm eastern time the only time you would recieve multiple calls is if you ***g up on the callerbefore they stated who they were and where they were calling from or if you have multiple accounts that are past due

I googled 800-569-0771 found (800)569-0771 on someone's bankruptcy and it says its Qwest Inc which is a phone company.

Caller ***g up.

this number has called my office probably 20 times in the last two days.  never leave a message.  thank God for caller id -   it's really getting annoying.

Collection agency calling about an account and it is very important you return their call. They give a long account number and you think it's yours but its a ploy for you to return their call. Often its about someone else they want you to give more information about or to embarrasse them into paying .

I'm getting about 6  day . all ****ups from this number.  What a waste of my time

Never anyone there when I answer