Received a call from a guy stating that he was calling from Sun Life. Oddly enough, we have several Sun Life product. The caller knew our name and address and was very aggressive. He INSISTED that we agree to allowing a representative to visit our home for a "presentation" regarding benefits of various types of insurance. Red flags galore!!! When I told him we weren't interested and to remove our name from his list, he became very rude and demanded that we cooperate. I asked to speak to his supervisor. He said that in order to pass the call to his supervisor, I would be required to answer several questions. I advised him that I would not be answering any questions and I demanded to be passed to his supervisor. He kept insisting that we agree to this presentation. I then stated that I would be calling the police and he then put the call through to his "supervisor". The supervisor sounded like he was high on something and I demanded that our name be removed. What a scam.
The 202 area code denotes Washington, DC. Why would any "insurance company" based in Washington be looking for customers in Canada. And why would any local (GTA) company be using a DC phone number? They're frauds.
The 778 code is a Vancouver BC area code, the newer one, and thus is often a cell phone number.
I got a call from this 202 number as well, the man with an accent telling me that a door to door life insurance salesman from World Financial Group would be in my area on Saturday and he wanted me to set up an appointment. I told him I was going on a trip, and that I was leaving around 5am. He responded, "5am? Maam? Maam I think you're lying to me. You're not going on a trip." I was blown away by what a smart aleck he was. I said "No, I'm not lying, and you're VERY rude." Then I hung up. Whether I was lying or not is immaterial. His response was unbelievable.
I'm on the do not call list, so I filed a complaint with the CRTC. Since I have absolutely no business with World Financial.
I got this call today at 9:30pm and mywife took it and told him to call some other time as kids are sleeping but ke kept on talking and asking questions then I took the phone and asked him to not call us again and hung up. This guy called again and start swearing. I hung up the phone and called back but it went on vm which was not initialized. Some kind of scammer.
I received a call on Saturday evening at around 9:00, from a man with a strong East Indian accent.
The party asked for me directly. He said, "It was Sunlife calling and he wants to sell me some insurance:. I told him that "I have enougth insurance and I am insured with Sunlife". He mentioned that "he could look over my insurance policy and help me choose a better plan"? I told him I am not interested. He kept talking on and on. Plus I could not understand what he was saying. Finally he hung up.
Two minutes later he called again, as we have two listings in the Toronto phone book and asked for my son. My son could not understand him (very heavy accent) and told him so. The party said "shut-up" to my son, and then hung up!l
Today, so many companies outsource their Canadian clients that it is very tiring. Most of the time we cannot understand them, after spending hours on the telephone trying to explain our problem(s). We all pay our bills in Canadian dollars and expect to be served in proper English or French.
This has nothing to do with Sunlife these scam artists just use their name as it is well know in Canada.
I just read your message, you'll see my incident below. Yours matches mine exactly but this guy said someone would be in my area tomorrow and wanted to set up an appointment...my question is, and I'm afraid to ask, what exactly is the scam!!?!