Who the hell are you??? Do you work for these a***oles??? I PAID MY BILL WITH DIRECTV IN FULL AND I HAVE A WARRANT OF SATISFACTION OF THAY DEBT AND THESE A***OLES CONTINUE TO CALL ME TO PAY A DEBT THAT I ALREADY PAID OFF IN FULL!!!!!! THEY HAVE CALLED MY EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS DISCUSSING THE MATTER-----ILLEGAL!!!!! THEY WANT ME TO PAY A BILL TWICE----ILLEGAL!!!!  PAY OUR BILLS???? HOW ABOUT OBEY THE LAW S****EAD!!

Received call after 8 PM. Waited on line. No answer then disconnected.

called my cell phone, but left no message, tried to call them back and the line was busy. no idea who it is.

Called my work Cell - I've had this number for 4 years.  Called 5 times yesterday, two times today.  I called them.  They are CBE Collections, a debt Collection company.  They looked up the Cell# and asked if I knew xxxxx  xxxxxx.  I told them I have never heard of that person and explained that all of our calls on our work # are audited.  I spoke to Angie and she said she was marking it in the computer that this is a wrong number.  

If the calls persist, I will post a follow-up here.

Calls but no message

This is a collection agency.. they will ask (recording) if this is not xxxx xxxxxx please hang up. So I hang up.

This is a collection agency...recording will come on asking if this is xxxxx xxxxx if not please hang up. I hang up.

called my cell...no message..who is this

I don't even HAVE Direct TV!

I have been getting harrassing phone calls everyday from this number,  I do not have Direct TV and if the person that is calling my number does not stop, they will be reported.

these a** holes call to coolect money from diret tv I canceled my service in dec 2009 and I owed them no money they said they would send out information on where to mail back the equiptment and someone els will come out to remove the satilite this was dec 2009 and its now march 2010 never got any information sent to me just these a***oles calling saying I owe them all this money but will not listen

Received multiple calls playing loud music, no voice, no response.

this number wont stop calling my cell

This number has been calling me all week! I live on the East Coast and they are waking me up early. How do we stop this?

this is not about debt

THIS IS ABOUT ILLEGAL COLLECTION CALLS AND TACTICS THAT ARE BEING USED WHEN THERE IS NO VALID DEBT TO COLLECT.

DON'T BREAK STATE AND FEDERAL FDCPA LAWS AND YOU WON'T GET REPORTED ON WEBSITES LIKE THIS ONE.


Debt Collectors DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!    

The INFORMED CONSUMER IS THE DEBT COLLECTORS WORST ENEMY!

Dealing with Debt Collectors
http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
    
Statute of Limitations by State ? always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/statute_of_limitations.htm


Recording calls from Debt Collectors - always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/record.htm


From Federal Trade Commission Website ? FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
Debt Collection FAQs: A Guide for Consumers
If you?re behind in paying your bills, or a creditor?s records mistakenly make it appear that you are, a debt collector may be contacting you.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you.
Under the FDCPA, a debt collector is someone who regularly collects debts owed to others. This includes collection agencies, lawyers who collect debts on a regular basis, and companies that buy delinquent debts and then try to collect them.
Here are some questions and answers about your rights under the Act.

What types of debts are covered?
The Act covers personal, family, and household debts, including money you owe on a personal credit card account, an auto loan, a medical bill, and your mortgage. The FDCPA doesn?t cover debts you incurred to run a business.

Can a debt collector contact me any time or any place?
No. A debt collector may not contact you at inconvenient times or places, such as before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night, unless you agree to it. And collectors may not contact you at work if they?re told (orally or in writing) that you?re not allowed to get calls there.

How can I stop a debt collector from contacting me?
If a collector contacts you about a debt, you may want to talk to them at least once to see if you can resolve the matter ? even if you don?t think you owe the debt, can?t repay it immediately, or think that the collector is contacting you by mistake. If you decide after contacting the debt collector that you don?t want the collector to contact you again, tell the collector ? in writing ? to stop contacting you. Here?s how to do that:
Make a copy of your letter. Send the original by certified mail, and pay for a ?return receipt? so you?ll be able to document what the collector received. Once the collector receives your letter, they may not contact you again, with two exceptions: a collector can contact you to tell you there will be no further contact or to let you know that they or the creditor intend to take a specific action, like filing a lawsuit. Sending such a letter to a debt collector you owe money to does not get rid of the debt, but it should stop the contact. The creditor or the debt collector still can sue you to collect the debt.

Can a debt collector contact anyone else about my debt?
If an attorney is representing you about the debt, the debt collector must contact the attorney, rather than you. If you don?t have an attorney, a collector may contact other people ? but only to find out your address, your home phone number, and where you work. Collectors usually are prohibited from contacting third parties more than once. Other than to obtain this location information about you, a debt collector generally is not permitted to discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse, or your attorney.

What does the debt collector have to tell me about the debt?
Every collector must send you a written ?validation notice? telling you how much money you owe within five days after they first contact you. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money, and how to proceed if you don?t think you owe the money.

Can a debt collector keep contacting me if I don?t think I owe any money?
If you send the debt collector a letter stating that you don?t owe any or all of the money, or asking for verification of the debt, that collector must stop contacting you. You have to send that letter within 30 days after you receive the validation notice. But a collector can begin contacting you again if it sends you written verification of the debt, like a copy of a bill for the amount you owe.

What practices are off limits for debt collectors?
Harassment. Debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse you or any third parties they contact. For example, they may not:
    use threats of violence or harm;
    publish a list of names of people who refuse to pay their debts (but they can give this information to the credit reporting companies);
    use obscene or profane language; or
    repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone.

False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
    falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
    falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
    misrepresent the amount you owe;
    indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren?t; or
    indicate that papers they send to you aren?t legal forms if they are.

Debt collectors also are prohibited from saying that:
    you will be arrested if you don?t pay your debt;
    they?ll seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages unless they are permitted by law to take the action and intend to do so; or
    legal action will be taken against you, if doing so would be illegal or if they don?t intend to take the action.

Debt collectors may not:
    give false credit information about you to anyone, including a credit reporting company;
    send you anything that looks like an official document from a court or government agency if it isn?t; or
    use a false company name.

Unfair practices. Debt collectors may not engage in unfair practices when they try to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    try to collect any interest, fee, or other charge on top of the amount you owe unless the contract that created your debt ? or your state law ? allows the charge;
    deposit a post-dated check early;
    take or threaten to take your property unless it can be done legally; or
    contact you by postcard.

Can I control which debts my payments apply to?
Yes. If a debt collector is trying to collect more than one debt from you, the collector must apply any payment you make to the debt you select. Equally important, a debt collector may not apply a payment to a debt you don?t think you owe.

Can a debt collector garnish my bank account or my wages?
If you don?t pay a debt, a creditor or its debt collector generally can sue you to collect. If they win, the court will enter a judgment against you. The judgment states the amount of money you owe, and allows the creditor or collector to get a garnishment order against you, directing a third party, like your bank, to turn over funds from your account to pay the debt.
Wage garnishment happens when your employer withholds part of your compensation to pay your debts. Your wages usually can be garnished only as the result of a court order. Don?t ignore a lawsuit summons. If you do, you lose the opportunity to fight a wage garnishment.

Can federal benefits be garnished?
Many federal benefits are exempt from garnishment, including:
    Social Security Benefits
    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
    Veterans? Benefits
    Civil Service and Federal Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Service Members? Pay
    Military Annuities and Survivors? Benefits
    Student Assistance
    Railroad Retirement Benefits
    Merchant Seamen Wages
    Longshoremen?s and Harbor Workers? Death and Disability Benefits
    Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of U.S. Contractors Outside the U.S.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Disaster Assistance
But federal benefits may be garnished under certain circumstances, including to pay delinquent taxes, alimony, child support, or student loans.

Do I have any recourse if I think a debt collector has violated the law?
You have the right to sue a collector in a state or federal court within one year from the date the law was violated. If you win, the judge can require the collector to pay you for any damages you can prove you suffered because of the illegal collection practices, like lost wages and medical bills. The judge can require the debt collector to pay you up to $1,000, even if you can?t prove that you suffered actual damages. You also can be reimbursed for your attorney?s fees and court costs. A group of people also may sue a debt collector as part of a class action lawsuit and recover money for damages up to $500,000, or one percent of the collector?s net worth, whichever amount is lower. Even if a debt collector violates the FDCPA in trying to collect a debt, the debt does not go away if you owe it.

What should I do if a debt collector sues me?
If a debt collector files a lawsuit against you to collect a debt, respond to the lawsuit, either personally or through your lawyer, by the date specified in the court papers to preserve your rights.

Where do I report a debt collector for an alleged violation?
Report any problems you have with a debt collector to your state Attorney General?s office (www.naag.org) and the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General?s office can help you determine your rights under your state?s law.

For More Information
To learn more about debt collection and other credit-related issues, visit www.ftc.gov/credit and MyMoney.gov, the U.S. government?s portal to financial education.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad
February 2009

File complaints with

Federal Trade Commission  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Your State Attorney General
State Attorney General is every state they have offices

Link to all State Attorney General Websites www.naag.org

If you or they are located in NY ? use this SPECIAL Link  www.NYDebtHelp.com
This special website was created by NY AG Andrew Cuomo specifically for reporting illegal debt collection practices.  HE?S CRACKING DOWN AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN!
    
Also report your calls and contacts with debt collectors at http://www.budhibbs.com/index.html  If the company is listed under agencies ? report there. If not on the list YET, click on Watchlist! and add to the list.   You can also post here http://www.collectorsexposed.com/forum2/index.php?board=2.0

Why don't you just pay your debt?

OK yes it has to be Direct TV thats been calling and leaving no messages. I moved, cancelled my service. Then a month later with all of my stuff tv's included still in a storage shed. Direct TV started charging me for the service and it was even hooked up!!! Who the hell was watching it??? I had all the equipment in the shed. They even took money out of my checking I had to get the bank involved!! I did get my money back. But they are at it again DON'T DO DIRECT TV!!! Comcast has it going on.

Who Directv  and CBE Group Really Is:
This will be a copy of a letter sent to Directv Headquarters at 2230 E. imperial Hwy, El Segundo, Ca. 90245, and to CBE GROUP 131 Tower Park Drive, Suite 100, Waterloo Iowa 50701, and to the company that issued the phone number to CBE Group- Pac-West Telecomm ,inc. 555 12th St. Oakland Ca. 94607, and to Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, Ca. 942443-2550, and to Attorney General Tom Miller 1305 E. Walnut St. Des, Moines, Ia.. 50319, and to Attorney General Greg Zoeller  302 w. Washington st. 5th floor Indianapolis, in. 46204
This letter is being directly addressed to CBE Group a professional 3rd party harassment business specializing in non stop harassment phone calls at all hours.

This will be a letter to let you know that I have ?:HAD IT? with your CBE GROUP harassment phone calla I am 61 years old and I know a few things. One is that third pary ?bill collectors? have n0 legal claims/rights/entitlements in a court of law. I have been harassed by you for much too long and I am now letting you know that enough is enough! I?ve been thru this with many other harassment experts and NONE have succeded in collecting a dime from me You are hereby notified that I have ?Had It!? I will now join any and all campaigns to expose you a***oles ( CBE Group and DIRECTV) for who you are and your lawbreaking harassment practices. You will NOT collect a penny from me and you have now screwed with the wrong person too long! I have nothing but time on my hands and a computer! I will mount a battle horse against you people and post blogs everywhere about who directv really is and the HELL you like to drag people thru. This letter will be copied and sent to all the above listed offices. I have HAD IT! You have screwed with the wrong person too long! This is now WAR! I expect your calls to stop immediately upon receipt of this letter. You are scumbag a***oles and the dung at the lowest place on earth! My phone number isXXXXXXX ( shown for real in the letter sent). Expect to get to recognize my name!

People, You need to comer to know 3rd party bill collectors are hired by companies to collect debts from people they claim owe them money. Often these claims are not true. They hire Bottom Feeder scumbags like CBE GROUP to prey on ignorant people and count on that ignorance to make them pay. Folks, CBE GROUP is an example of 3rd pary collectors. They have no ability to collect money from anyone because no money is owed to them. So they have no legal ability to collect. They simply buy the rights to harass via repeated phone calls at all hours and these calls are pre-recorded and give you no chance to say a word. This is ILLEGAL! It is a crime! Report is to your state attorney general! Harrassment is a crime!! Get actice in ecposing these a***ole scumbags ! If you can afford it file a law suit against them. Make them Pay!! Nobody is going to take you to court for under $500. worth of debt and few will for less than $3,000. Going to court is time consuming and usually the one taking you to court needs to use an attorney and this is all very expensive.. These 3rd party collectors know the courts are not going to award them a money ?ruling? in their favor-NO COURT WILL! Small claims courts have no ability to make people pay any money to anyone. They only pretend to have that power to people ignorant enough to believe it and scare them into it.
Now in some cases these collectors may get the court to put a lien on your property and then you cant sell it until you pay the lien which accumulates interest and interest upon interest which can balloon to a big amount in a few years. A 3rd party claim will NOT result in this lien. If you have no assets like me no court can get money out of you no matter what. 3rd party collection  agencies buy debts for a small percentage of that debt with the agreement they get to keep any and all they collect. They know few will pay but evidently enough do to make it a worth while.-end of letter sent. GO to Hell Directv

Could I please be given this address of these a***oles who keep harrassing me: cbe group out of placentia, ca. and also the address needed of Direct tv to file a claim against for this harrassment. My email is bulldogharry@comcast.net
Thanks

I'm getting calls from 714-364-4433 pretty much every day. They ask my name, I say, "yes, speaking," or "yes, thats me," and they ask again, we repeat this probably 3 or 4 times, they ask if I'm available, I say YES. Then they hang up. Don't know what its all about. They want something they need to say something!

We had Direct TV, and we have just purchased a home and they wanted to add service fee fo moving. I told them to stick it where the sun don't shine! I will get Dish DV instead. They told me that we have a 2 year contract with them left. We told them we already passed the 2 year date. They said when you update a product or channels that it automatically puts you in a 2 year contract again. I paid the final bill but not the early termination of contract. They call us in the mornings, it dosen't care what day but leaves no message. We found out that the company after calling them!
I will never deal with Direct TV they are nothing but crooks!!!!!!!!!!!

Oops I meant to say in my message that I have NEVER had sattelite tv in my entire life.  Sorry about the confusion...  just got typing too fast in my frustrations

I understand that they are CBE a collection agency for direct tv.  Well I have owned any sattelite tv in my entire life and they keep calling me.  How do I get them to stop calling me, as they obviously are calling the wrong person!?

CBE is a collection agency do not answer these calls. 714-364-4433 Force them to contact you by mail or not at all.

keeps calling, they wouldnt stop....

These scumbags call my cell at least 5 times a day at work or at home anytime its crazy who are they???

Direct TV has been bugging me for 2 yrs for a $121.00 bill that I don't owe.
They have the stupidest customer service reps in the world.  They only know what they can read in front of them.  I would never recommend Direct TV to anyone because of this.

so my cell phone # is 714-3644 and everyday i get 10 calls from people trying to call this # back could you people make sure your entering the area code before you call.

715-939-1153 is my contact number

They called me, wanting to know if this was my personal information, I called police right away, The guy was a real jerk and just nasty! I am going to go after them watch!