801-377-7005

I got a call from this number (I live in Oregon) saying it was from my local utility company thanking me for my services???? What in the world? My electric company has never called to thank me for anything, that's for sure, and what services would I give them? I confronted the caller and said I thought it was a bogus call, she stuck to her story.

received a call at 6:23pm from this number but didn't recognize the area code though I believe the same number has tried to call previously and no message was left so likely spam/telemarketing

Interesting, I also got a phone call from this number at 6:23pm. No message was left, so who knows?

they called me 8 times in 10 days, something about a survey, I stopped answering, but told them 3 times now they're calling a cell and remove me.

The national pandemic of telephone terrorism perpetrated by desperate criminal collection agencies and scam artists of every despicable sort is because they are trying to terrorize people who are naive enough to answer and submit to unsolicited telephone calls or written "collection" letters that have no legitimate legal debt associated with them or any of the companies, universities, or whomever else they claim to represent. Because most "little guys" were bankrupted by the criminal Wall St / Congress / Big Oil / Big Bankers / Big Business / Military / Robber Barons, so the desperate collection agencies are attempting to collect unpaid debts from innocent people by terrorizing them into submission. News reports claim that some of these nefarious rogue calls are originating from overseas, where the caller claims to be a relative down on his or her luck who needs hundreds or thousands of dollars to get out of trouble, a policeman or government agent threatening their unwitting victims with lawsuits, fines, garnishments, seizures of property and imprisonment, and any other unconscionable tactic they can use to terrify and swindle the unwary out of their life savings.

Word of advice. NEVER answer any calls you don't recognize or are not expecting. Use selective call rejection service if available, or switch to an Internet-based telephone service which provides comprehensive call rejection options. If rogue calls become chronic, turn off all the ringers on all of your phones except one, and set its volume to the minimum setting. If you don't answer the call and the caller is legitimate, they will usually leave a voicemail after the first or second try. Rogue callers almost never leave voicemail messages because that could be used as evidence against them if it came to a lawsuit. If you receive a rogue letter in the mail warning you of some "collection" action against you, if you don't actually owe it, reply with a short letter stating that you don't owe it. Or if you do owe all or part of it, reply with something like "You claim I owe you a debt. Under §809 FDCPA, I request validation of this debt."

Only give them your name as THEY have written it to you (e.g. “John Doe” not “Jonathon Q. Doe” or however you normally sign your own name), address, and the account number they report. But if you do not owe the debt (zombie debt, aged debt, mistaken or stolen identity, forgery, etc.) state that you have never done any business with them or with the (alleged) original creditor of any kind and you expect the collection agency to close the matter, stop harassing you and take any bad credit marks they've caused off of your credit rating, and furthermore, that any further contact from them must be in writing on their official business correspondence letterhead. Send your letter to them a.s.a.p., always within thirty days, first class certified mail return receipt requested. If they refuse it and you get the letter back unopened, leave it unopened and save it in your files as evidence against them should they pursue legal action against you. If they did receive it and continue to pursue action against you, let them. The judge will throw it out of court. If the rogue collection agency sells your account to another rogue collection agency just tell them the claim has been proven invalid and offer to send them a copy of your letter to the previous rogue collection agency.

Warn all your friends about this rash of desperate collection agency terrorism, and how to combat it. Knowledge is power. The more you learn how to combat rogue collection agencies, back-taxes scammers, phishing scammers, "faith and family" scammers, political action committees and other low-life flimflammers, the more you will learn how easy it is to do.

Above all, keep a record of everything, of every rogue call w/ caller ID information displayed including time and date of each call. Maintain a complete file on any snail-mailed intimidation from rogue collection agencies, including copies of all correspondences and postal receipts. Reporting rogue calls on sites like 800notes.com, whocallsme.com, phoneowner.info is a great idea too, because many people find these sites by googling for the rogue number(s) after receiving calls from them.

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Start Here:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs3-hrs2.htm
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=%C2%A7809+FDCPA
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=zombie-debt
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=slander-of-credit
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=limited ... llection-agency
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm
http://www.ehow.com/way_5849463_do-up-certified-dispute-letter.html
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Battling-Consumer-Debt-Collectors-Part-2-I-Do-Not-Owe-This-Debt
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Sample-letters-for-disputes-to-creditors--collectors-and-credit-bureaus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDCPA
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/Disputing ... ute-letter.html
(most say the above sample letter is too long and should be much shorter)
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/statue-limitations.html
http://www.spooftel.com/

Credit Report:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

USPS:
https://www.usps.com/send/insurance-and-extra-services.htm

Other links:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/29 ... tors/index.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/12/103/358/
http://clarkhoward.com/topics/drop_dead_letter.html
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Information for filing complaints against rogue telephone calls, telephone harassment, false "bill collector" harassment, etc., in the United States and Canada (pursue legal action only as a last resort):

UNITED STATES

US National Do Not Call Registry, file complaint: https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov 1-877-382-4357
File complaint online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
that is at www.ftc.gov

Federal Communications Commission
Telephone toll free:  1-888-225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
File complaint online: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

FCC Abandoned Calls Complaint form:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/1088D-R.pdf
email:  fccinfo@fcc.gov

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/us/


INTERNET CRIME:
File report for Internet Crime at:
Internet Crime Complaint Centre
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx


CANADA

RCMP Phone busters
Telephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)
E-mail: info@phonebusters.com
RCMP Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com  
File complaint online:  https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en
(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)

Canada National Do Not Call Registry:
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625
(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)
CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-eng
that is at  www.crtc.gc.ca

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/canada/

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Got a call from them tonite @ about 7:50p.  Didn't leave a msg.  I wonder if it's even worth returning the call.  Unfortunately, I can only block 10 calls on my Call Block list.  Rats!

Political survey. Participated, but they must not have liked my answers, they hung up on me.

Ed's Cell Number: 801-592-1943

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Ed Ledek
President at Key Research Solutions
Provo, Utah Area Market Research

Education
Brigham Young University

Ed Ledek's Experience

President
Key Research Solutions
July 2011 – Present (1 year 5 months) Provo, Utah Area

Supporting survey research professionals in the U.S. and internationally.

+ Providing consultation services.
+ Quantitative and Qualitative research solutions.
+ Employees are largely hired from both the BYU and UVU
student populations.
+ Utilizing both our own onsite call center, web & IVR.
+ Employing our vast network of colleagues & contacts to
meet project goals.
+ Offering competitive pricing, direct and personal service.
+ All services are provided in over 65 languages.
Independent Research Professional
Looking for next Opportunity
February 2011 – July 2011 (6 months)

Vice President, Research Services
Bernett Research
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Market Research industry
January 2010 – January 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for sales, operations and client services. During this year, I directed the opening of two new call centers, grew a couple of key accounts and added new business-- combined, helping to grow the company approximately 20% during this time period.
Regional Sales Director
Authentic Response
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry
October 2009 – January 2010 (4 months)

Develop client relations throughout the Western U.S. and the Washington, DC areas.
VP, Sales & Marketing
Scientific Telephone Samples (STS)
February 2009 – September 2009 (8 months)

STS was founded in 1988 and has grown to become one of the largest sampling suppliers serving the public opinion polling, academic and marketing research communities.
Operations Manager
Ace Ads
March 2007 – February 2009 (2 years)

As a founding owner of this business, I was in charge of "getting the work done." Ace Ads is a wholesale graphic design services firm. We conducted our work in both the U.S. and in the Philippines. Over the years, we grew the business and established a good, solid and replicable set of norms and systems that proved to match our business model. In this role, I was ultimately in charge of all of the day-to-day activities.
VP, Business Development
Western Wats
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Market Research industry
2002 – 2007 (5 years)

At this point in my career, I was looking for a new mountain to climb. While I had been involved for over fourteen years in selling to our clients and prospects, this was the first time that I took on the role in an exclusive and direct manner. During this time period, I was responsible for bringing in some $15,000,000.00 in new business.
VP, Client Services
Humanvoice
2000 – 2002 (2 years)

Directed all activities externally and internally to meet all of client's needs. Humanvoice specialized in CRM work-- both via the phone, internet and building customized software products.
Managing Partner
Western Wats Center
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Market Research industry
1995 – 2000 (5 years)

In this position, I oversaw much of the day-to-day activities of the entire company. As we grew, we eventually divided the position up to include several areas of expertise-- that different managers eventually took on. During this time period, we added call centers, internal and external staff and grew the company to be the largest data collection firm in the world.
Client Services Manager
Western Wats Center
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Market Research industry
1990 – 1995 (5 years)

In this position, I developed a staff of Client Service representatives that took care of all client facing activities-- and then carried out all functions internally, in order to deliver what was promised to the client. We started with one person (myself) and grew to include some fifteen people on this team.
Client Services
Western Wats Center
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Market Research industry
1987 – 1990 (3 years)

Managed field projects from beginning to end. Responsible for all communication with client, to phone centers, data entry, coding and data processing. Also responsible for all invoicing and collections.
Internal Cost Estimator
Wirthlin Worldwide
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HPOL; Market Research industry
1986 – 1987 (1 year)

As the company grew, new positions were added. My duties included scoping, planning and costing all projects that ran through our facility. The position required interactions with junior, senior and c-level positions, while providing accurate cost estimates under pressure of deadlines, internal politics and sometimes, conflicting demands.
Assistant Phone Center Manager
Decision Making Information
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HPOL; Market Research industry
1984 – 1986 (2 years)

Responsible for carrying out all projects-- to spec, on time and within budget in a growing call center. When promoted, the phone center had 130 phones and was one of the largest in the industry-- doing field only market research. This was unique due to the fact that the call center was part of a prominent full-service research firm.

Keep calling 9:30 pm was way too late!!!

Received a call asking to speak to the person in charge of filing taxes. I hung up.