Today is the 3rd call I got from this number. I usually don't answer unknown numbers and they haven't left a message either. 3/8/2010

I didn't get a left message... they hung up the moment I got to my phone and looked at it.

This is Time Warner

I keep getting called from this number even though:
1) I am not in debt and have never even owned a credit card
2) I do not have any children

I'm considering pretending to be a child until they answer and then telling them they have the wrong person :/

Time Warner is stalking our children! Battle positions!

Sounds like a Debt Collector/Collection Agency.  If a child answers, - children will talk and they can fish for information about dad/mom.  Report to police, if they carry on conversation with your child!  Debt Collectors will call several times a day, several weeks before mailing a demand letter/statement.  They know if they can talk to you, they most likely can collect payment.

Debt Collectors – Collection Agencies –   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 hang 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 again 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.

Your representatives have also been trying to contact me,  however, I only do business of this nature via mail. Therefore, I am requesting again, that you cease and desist from calling me or contacting us in any way.

Please remove the phone numbers XXX XXX-XXXX. The calls constitute harassment at this point, which is causing a major disruption in both my business and personal life as well as being an invasion of my privacy, which I will not tolerate.

If you continue to contact me, I may file a complaint with the Attorney General. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which branched from United States Code Title 47 sect 227, implemented a do-not-call list from solicitors, which mandates a solicitor to abate phone calls to customers who have requested in writing to cease all phone communication.

In addition, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, I am not waiving my right, to dispute the alleged debt asserted herein, but at this time I am under no obligation to respond.  


Sincerely,

Your Name
Address
City, 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 gained 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, something 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 started 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!!!  

Please email me at com.gmail@mommypettlc (tlcpetmommy) for help with individual questions.  Again 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 circumstances.  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 again 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.

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This number calls me about every 3 or 4 days while I am at work. No message; I never pick up.

this number has been calling me for weeks now. They never leave a message and i never answer.

I got the call again... still no message left. Since I work overnight I of course wouldn't be able to answer it. x_x

I am getting calls from this number at least 3 times a day.  I do not know who they are.  Could please let me know who they are?

I saw a missed call from this number and when I called back a got a recorded message from Time Warner Cable

The Number is Time Warner

Above message is to the point. This caller must a child stalker.

male voice..knew my last name..told him he had wrong number..apologized and hung up

got called from this number at 7:35PM on 3/5/2010 . No message.

caller from 877 647 8640 must be a child stalker. If an adult answers he hangs up but if a child answers he wants to know more.

Ring through to my mobile.  I did not pick up.  No message.

Ring through to my mobile.  I did not pick up.  No message.

I got it without a message either.

Irritating - they call on weekends.

This number has called me 4 times over the last couple of weeks. No messages.

I get calls from this number at least once a week on my cell, at all hours of the day. There is never a message, though. These idiots need to get shut down.

I didn't answer and no message was left. I have never been so harassed by a company that I actually pay.

Been calling me for months.

I am always paid up on my Time Warner Cable bill yet they call me multiple times per week.

If I don't know who they are, I don't pickup the phone.

I receieve call  from  877-647-8640 few times a week.  I have no idea why they keep calling me.  I know it is time warner because i called back once and it took me to Time warner.  Wish there was a way to stop them from calling me with stupid upgrade offers.

877-647-8640 is a Time Warner Telemarketer

Got call on personal cell at 1:27 PM during my normal government job working hours.  I answered call, but no one said anything.  Used http://whois.domaintools.com/timewarnercable.com to find out what TWC's main number was and called the New York office.  Got an answering machine.  I left message asking if the 877-647-8640 calls were coming from them.  Then called the 877-647-8640 number and the first message does say "Thank you for calling Time Warner Cable..."

call received 12:16

As was mentioned already this is Time Warner Cable. A human actually left a message, something about "preferred customers and special deals" basically its a advertising call and spam.

received a call from this number on 3/12/10 at 11:57 am