Why is my iphone 3gs deleting my contacts

When I Put A Contact In It Just Deletes It It Like It Dissapears.... Can Anyone Help Me...?

Robert, to clarify, I have the contacts section of icloud switched off. This was done some weeks ago in an attempt to stop this phenomenon. Didn't work. At one stage yesterday I had 1400 contacts but now it has swelled to 4500. Strange!

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