Mentionned to be from "Your provincial game & wildlife department" and asked if I went fishing last year.
When asked from which province the indian-sounding man did not answer and asked if I went fishing in Montreal (my place of residence) and then if I had a child of less than 15 years old living at my adress.
This call is highly suspect as much as for the text of the call and the time it was placed at (20:30).
Did not answer either. Not sure who they are and my number is on the no-telemarketer list. Really interested in knowing who this is... Will keep searching the web
Mentionned to be from "Your provincial game & wildlife department" and asked if I went fishing last year.
When asked from which province the indian-sounding man did not answer and asked if I went fishing in Montreal (my place of residence) and then if I had a child of less than 15 years old living at my adress.
This call is highly suspect as much as for the text of the call and the time it was placed at (20:30).
Had exactly the same experience as Rick. Same story. The whole thing sounded very odd and suspicious to me.
My caller went one step further - wanting to pay me for partcipation in an online survey.
I think he was heading in the direction of trying to get an email address or possibly an account number
in order to send me my cheque.
I asked him for more specifics as to exactly what department he worked for. He then hung up.
The caller only identified himself as working for The Wildlife Department of Canada.
Called a few times on Victoria Day, and my caller ID says 9 times in the last two months. I finally answered, but there was nobody there... so it's from a call centre with automated dialling.
Of course, Canada does not have a Wildlife Department. I called the number back and it was "Ace Research." I've been in the marketing research business for 25 years and they must be new, as I've never heard of them. I looked on the website for the industry association (MRIA) and didn't see them listed. I can only assume that this is telemarketing, not legitimate survey research. If so, it is illegal to do selling under the guise of research. Just saying...
This number just called me -- claiming to be calling on behalf of the Royal Bank of Canada & they wanted to do a survey regarding my opinions on Banks.
Did not let them continue & hung up.
Whoever they are & whatever they are, they definitely cannot be trusted. They called my place of business so unfortunately "do not call" lists don't apply.