Yes, received a call showing this "faked" caller id 613-555-1432.
Call received Wed May 2, 2012 at approx 11:04 AM on my personal Rogers Cellular Phone.
They went to voicemail and left an automated message, which is just a nuisance.
Something about "Debt Consultation Service".
No way to call them back and tell them to identify themselves and tell them to get lost.
Or better yet - identify them and report them to the appropriate Gov't agencies.
must be ROBO / automated caller.
The phone companies should work together, trace these calls down to their source, and give that information to the appropriate Government Agencies - so they can be SHUT Down ASAP.
Then ... the phone companies / carriers / ISP's should then "block" these calls - and then disconnect their "services" for inappropriate usage.
The appropriate Gov't Agencies and Phone Companies (National and International) need to co-operate and work together on these sorts of "Boiler Room" nuisance ROBO callers. Develop a framework to co-operate and a procedure to deal with this Garbage.
No One should be allowed to SPOOF a caller id on the PSTN - the public switched telephone network.
It should be deemed illegal - and anyone doing so should be promptly shut down.
Received on my unpublished and private Bell business phone line in Ottawa, on April 24, 2012, 3:00pm.
"You have been personally selected to receive important information about your debt. If you have $10000 or more in unsecured debt, press 1 now for a free consultation. Become completely debt-free in months. This opportunity will just not last. Remember, this consultation will be life-changing. To reduce your debt by thousands of dollars, press 1 now. If you are not interested, press 9 to be removed from our calling list."
This is likely a mass robocall/autodialer dialing every combination of phone numbers in the area.