(904) 863-0217 3 pm or so Tues Sept 8 2009 This female caller voice asked about "important to talk to someone about your credit card expiry". Bogus of course since call was from Florida and I'm in Toronto, Ontario , Canada. Must press "1" to talk to someone.
Totally legal call even tho' I'm not on the do not call list in Canada. Calls from US are not part of the law. Unfortunately authorities here in Canada do absolutely NOTHING about calls from within Canada either. News media have tried to get info on who makes improper telemarketing calls in Canada, but have been stonewalled by the CRTC which oversees the system.
Sorry about the waste of your time by the scammers (.err Alleged scammers - Legitimate Credit Consumer Improvement Service Bureaus)
Try sending a letter to Your MP in Ottawa, and CC the Minister of Industry, Hon Mr Baird.(Current to 2009-09-09 September 9th). and the Do Not Call administration in Ottawa (C.R.T.C. branch).
Yes, I know it would be a hassle, but it's a numbers game. The more people who complain to the respected agencies, the more likely (maybe, - maybe not) that action might be done about it.
My Suggestion is write to the Us's FCC and see if they will add Canadian Area Codes to their list of numbers that can receive complains from. Currently you can't do that if you have a Canadian Area Code.
I got a call from this number this morning (September 16, 2009). It was a REALLY, REALLY CHEAP flight to the Caribbean, or somewhere. I am in Canada, like many other commenters.
I spoke to someone who said she would take my number off their Do Not Call List, if a gave it to her. I reluctantly did so.
BTW, the Canadian Government (DNCL) does in fact prosecute telemarketers in Canada as well as in the USA who ignore the DNCL. It recently fined some sleazy outfit, thousands of dollars, and vowed to increase them if the sleazy outfits had more complaints.
Some of the American telemarketers are sleazier than most, so it is harder to nail them. But, they can and go after them in BOTH Canada and the USA.