They said i filled out something for a trip contest but id never fill out stuff for contests because they are simply ways in for telemarketers, sounded like an east indian woman, very unexcited. I have won legit stuff in past and they are usually more perky and happy to be able to give something away.
I just got a call from this number. At first, I thought it was from a friend of mine who lives in the Buffalo area. When I answered, this male voice, whose first language is not English, said he was calling from the Consumer Division, blah, blah, blah (very hard to understand!). I didn't let it go any further, just said NOT INTERESTED and hung up.
This call was to my cell phone which is not published! I originally got this number from Bell Canada but now my carrier is Virgin Mobile - which is owned (leased) to Bell Canada. Hmmm, makes one wonder if Bell is selling their mobile phone lists now!
This is a matchstick boilerroom company. they will lie to you and indicate they have received a ballot from you. First they called my corporate cell phone which is unlisted. Second it does not have texting or internet. Lastly, the phone number has not been provided for any promotions or crap....it is only given for network support.
So their claim I entered is invalid.
They must be using a predictive dialer. These are outlawed in Canada; but given they are using cheap voip with no background noise filters I doubt they would care for that....if you are in Canada remember the DNS(Do No Solicit) list does not extend outside the Canadian jurisdiction. Further; since they will not properly identify the company they are working for you cannot go to CRTC against the company using them for the promotion if in deed it is one.....most likely just a scam centre given they lie about the coupon.
Got a call on my unlisted mobile number (area code 416) at 9:22 AM on Monday. As soon as I hear the background noise of a call centre and the accented voice struggling to pronounce my last name, I just hang up.