Yeah these people are [***] (trying not to sound too mean and watching my language). Calling at 7am through to 10pm, and now on weekends.
I did answer them once and found out I was in collections with a bank that I closed the account about 6 years ago. Not sure if this is a scam since the account was closed, but either the bank or these people are going to have to deal with a very angry man in a couple weeks.
...and they are the collection agents that people have mentioned.
I get ATLEAST one call a day from this number, sometimes 3 or 4. I rarely answer, and they never leave a message. The few times I have answered the phone it is just dead silence on the other end. Extremely annoying. Why call me multiple times a day if you don't even say anything when I pick up?
I started getting calls from 416-482-7691 to my cellphone about a week ago. It's always the same thing: "The following is an important message for Micheal Avoy" and then the line goes dead. I never even get a chance to try to talk to an agent to tell them to stop calling. It wouldn't be so bad perhaps if it weren't for the fact that my cellphone is a pay-as-you-go one and answering this damn call eats up a minute each time.
Got a robocall from these clowns at 7:36am, that stated "Stay on the line for an important message about your credit". Turns out its a collection agency known as CVB Collections. I called them back and got a hold of an actual person, whom I promptly told to stop calling me at inappropriate hours or I would report them.
And then I got the "please stop giving me attitude, sir" line and she hung up.
They are a collection agency. They used to call several times per day without leaving a message. They will eventually start calling from another number if one continues to not answer.