I would try contacting Qwest first. Always deal with the original creditor if at all possible.
You should just call up Qwest and see if they will take payment from you. If the account was only assigned to the CA (and not sold) then they should be able to pull the account from the CA.
Then the CA has no right to report the debt and it will be deleted.
Just to be safe, it would also be a good idea to put a restrictive endorsement on the check stating that the payment is ONLY for Qwest to deposit (so they don't try and transfer the payment to the CA).
That is what I would try first. CAs are just shady....you can't trust them.
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