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Wow, this is getting out of hand, 4 calls tonight. "We are starting legal proceedings to seize your assets"...all different phone numbers, same message. Please seize my phone number.

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it is 1-613-366-3275

In one day I had an email from Canada Revenue saying they owed me $ and wanted my financial info to deposit it, another email from the FBI, saying they were investigating a bank in the US and needed my financial info to aide in their sting, and last but not least CIBC, needing to update my account info. I don't deal there. Enough is enough, I can see where some gullible people would actually provide their info, there has to be a way to stop this.

Daphne said "In one day I had an email from Canada Revenue saying they owed me $ and wanted my financial info to deposit it, another email from the FBI, saying they were investigating a bank in the US and needed my financial info to aide in their sting, and last but not least CIBC, needing to update my account info. I don't deal there. Enough is enough, I can see where some gullible people would actually provide their info, there has to be a way to stop this. "

And you are right, there has to be a lot of very gullible people still out there (or non English speaking), because the only way this will stop is if there tactics don't get at least one in a thousand.  
 
I had the "CRA" message left on my voicemail the other day too. And it is very threatening and tries to be intimidating. But you can tell it is a recorded message for one, and it just makes no sense.  
 
I got another scam call the other day which was different too - a 30 something male voice, no accent whatsoever, called and asked for my husband by name. He does not work out of my office, so I told the man that. He demanded (not politely asked) for his other phone number which of course I will not give out, especially if the person on the other end is rude and not known to me. He said he had just spoken to him about some truck parts and needed to speak with him today. I said I would be happy to take his number and have my husband call him back, but before I could even finished the sentence he had hung up.  
 
I think the only way these will stop is if people talk and share the scams with others so that people are not caught off guard an don't fall for it.  
 
Maybe eBrandon should have a "scam" heading at the top!! You know, one where people can share calls that they should be on the lookout for, both email, letters (how many people out there got the "you are the only known relation to this Prince from Saudi Arabia and he needs to share his money with you" letters??) Make sure all grandmas and pas and our less than English fluent friends know about the scams that are out there. I think that is the only way these will stop.

Find the loudest thing you can and when they call talk softly so they have to turn up volume on their end and wait for it then let them have it.

Several times a week we've been seeing a phone number on our phone, a 1-800 number, says Scotia Bank on the display. No messages, just the history on the phone. Because there were so many, I thought perhaps I should call them. The message I got was 'we're sorry, this number is no longer in service'. So who the heck is that?? It's all too crazy for me..

Apparently the CRA is coming to lock me up too. And a nice fellow with an East Indian accent who works for Visa AND Mastercard wants to give me 6% interest rate for the rest of my life. But my unnamed credit card company has left me a final notice as well because it's my last chance to lower my interest rate. But I guess it will have to wait because Microsoft wants access to my computer to fix a problem. I just hang up. Then out the number on the auto-reject list on my phone. I have quite a collection on that list. The only problem is that I have to delete the voicemail they leave. Better than listening to lies.

We got 3 calls within a half hour. They're using an Ottawa number. Not bright enough to spoof one though as I rang it back and it worked.

Because it rings, doesn't mean anything. They can use any number they want.  
The best call phone number I have seen was my own number calling itself.

numerous times and I finally answered and the guy asked to speak to Philip, I honestly answered that there was no Philip living here. It must suck to get an answer and ask for the wrong name, lol