Got a call from this number a few minutes ago. A person with a thick accent was on the line. Had to ask him several times to repeat parts of his speech. Said he was involved in rebates from Power One for my Gas Furnace. I know that Ontario Power one generates electricity, and is not involved with natural gas furnaces. Asked him to send me a letter regarding this "campaign" he was advertising. His Caller ID just had this phone number and no organization.
Same old, same old. Get calls from this number on a regular basis even though I'm in a 613 (Ottawa) area code. I answer, could be any time of the day and there is a 'click' at the other end like someone hanged up. I'm also on the infamous do-not-call list. These people and others completely ignore the list. So, I guess, my friends, we are stuck with the harassing calls. Fred.
They must be working on the 613 exchange because yesterday April 11/2015 I got a call from this number - not knowing the number I let it go and they didn't leave a message.
Scum bags describes them - I can't say what I'd do if I ever caught up with one.
There is a posting on Wikipedia addressing this – the site states it is unclear as to whether or not it is advertising. hrrpa://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoenergy.
These are spoofed Greater Toronto area numbers and scammer calls trying to get details on your home, address, and income. They've used 1-905-581-8841 and 647-495-9013 in the past.
There was a Federal Ministry of Natural Resources energy home retrofit program, that Ontario dropped out of in 2011; the program ended in June 2012 and the webpages have been Archived. There were prequalified vendors – but since the program is no longer active any company telemarketing and claiming to be part of this program is committing fraud.
1-800Notes.com shows lots of calls on the same scheme rom the other numbers over the past year – including one posting from a former business associate saying this is a scam.
I used to work with the Ontario Ministry of Energy, and had a close friend working in the Public Inquiries Centre. There is no valid company called ‘Ontario Eco Energy’ and no such program; and governments would never have companies direct-market to the public using the program name (if it was a legit rebate program, it would be done via the company - not pretending to offer expired rebates).
This is clearly a scam, including those showing up at a homeowners address and trying to upsell equipment the homeowner doesn’t need!