They don't teach spelling/grammar there? That's too bad.

Been harassed by random callers all-hours of the day and night from the following number: (403) 220-5151

After extensive research, it turns out to be an outfit by the name of the 'Royal Ministry of Educational Tuition Funding' from the prestigious University of Calgary Alumni Association, courtesy of ooperators from the "CCC Telefund," who I learned after much gentle probing with the black male of whom I was speaking to, turns out to be an incarcerated inmate working in a room full of other prison inmates at a Calgary correctional facility.

They asked for my credit card number, requesting verification of my identity with my tax-ID or SSN or any direct-withdraw bank-routing number that is assigned to any bank account used under my name, allegedly to "validate my identity" and for their own internal "fraud prevention measures," that is, should I decide to "opt-in" and authorize them to take any large sum of cash from my Bank of America account via 'direct-deposit donations!'  Now isn't that courteous?!  They want to protect me by assuming my identity so they can liquidate all of my savings into their offshore accounts, creating an EZ nest egg to retire rich once released from prison.  Yeah, right!! Not by ripping me off!!

Be very aware, this whole thing may be an illegal telemarketing sham to steal identity and bank routing info to siphon your accounts.  It seems suspicious and may actually be a complete offshore scam, I have no idea.  I tried to tell the inmate I am not a Canadian resident, nor have I myself nor anyone I know, ever set foot in a Canadian University, nor have I been to any institute of higher learning nor any school for that matter in Canada, and in no way am I an Alumni of any Canadian University, sadly they only became irate and started railing at me with abusive, vulgar language that was not only extremely offensive, but shockingly disgusting.

Report these people to the police or better yet, to the Federal Trade Comission, I'd hate a little old lady to be swindled of her life savings by these cutthroats, they are smooth talkers and will try grifting cash donations by any means necessary.  The lies they seem to spew are probably completely made up and right off the top of their heads, sob stories about "serving the educational needs of unprivileged students with free tuition" and "keeping at-risk youth and criminal thugs who may become repeat offenders in violent crimes, off the streets by giving them free education," funded by a group of extreme, foul-mouthed liberal fascist racist con-artists still behind bars themselves!  Gimme a break, trying to extort money out of broke Americans, just so you can pay for another Canadian socialism program.

No thanks, we've got our own national problems to worry about, our own crumbling paper currency, our own thug-ridden/criminal-ruled streets and a failing public education system that is broke.  Americans need not worry about Canada too, especially when its canvasing by inmates who never went to school to begin with.  Go harass, scam and swindle your own damn citizens!!

Montreal Telemarketing Scammer admits to fleecing millions off Americans
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20040223/telemarking_fraud_020422/
Canadian telescammer documented on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/gVz4gNAXYGw
Other Telemarketing Scammers in Canada:
http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2009/10/rcmp-bus ... marketing-scam/
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/15/11407586-sun.html

Interesting news article...

CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Tues. Feb. 2 2010 6:51 PM ET

It is no secret that Canada is a veritable haven for telemarketing scammers generating an Canadian criminal botique industry worth tens of Billions of dollars, paid for by American victims of fraud. CTV's Steve Chao speaks to a Montreal man preparing to serve at least 10 years in a U.S. prison for his role in one such scam.

It is no secret that Canada is a haven for international telemarketing scams, generating an industry worth tens of billions of dollars.

Project COLT, a joint Canadian and U.S. task force on telemarketing fraud, is now arresting and convicting Canadians for their roles in such scams. CTV's Steve Chao obtained an exclusive interview with a Montreal man who is preparing to serve at least 10 years in a U.S. prison.

The man, simply known as "Bill," is cooperating with detectives and spoke exclusively to CTV on the condition of anonymity.  "I'm terrified of going to prison in the US, I really am, they are total whacks over there, I would much rather go to prison here in Canada if I'm found guilty," and continued saying, "at least here in Canada, there's dignity and unlike the States, no gang rape," he said.

Bill allegedly defrauded mostly elderly senior citizens and retirees, claiming he represented a collage fund designed to serve tuition for underprivileged students, or admitted to suckering targets with promises of wealth and riches by convincing them they had won various nationally-known 'instant sweepstakes' worth tens of millions in cash, then told them they simply needed to pay a "small verification deposit" of $50,000 or more, in order to be awarded their guaranteed prize.

Bill justified his crimes, calling his victims "stupid American mooches," stupid victims of my really-dumb retirement fund.  He said he and his many accomplices, "applied the same scam over and over and over with any dumb old geezer who would fall for it," stating they are "just looking for something for nothing" saying, "we simply gave them the reverse, nothing for something!"

Bill covered his tracks and dodged authorities by using a cellphone instead of a landline, allowing him to set up an office just about anywhere and scam folks who lived across-the-border from Canada.

Bill says, "I would take as much money as I could, just scam the crap out of them, as many times as they would send me the money, as many times as those dumb Americans would believe me, over and over again, I'd take it all," stating that, in his opinion, most Americans "are so gullible, it makes being a criminal easy," adding, "they want to believe in the fictitious American dream so badly, that when they don't 'arrive' rich, famous or lucky lotto winners, they become desperate to make a name before they're gone."  Bill says,"we're prey on that 'easy winning, lottery mindset' its unique to Americans, I guess its why gambling in the US is such a huge industry, its all about beating the odds and getting something for nuthin," says Bill, and adds "so here I am, doing my thing, I'm just getting in on the same action they're after, its not like I force them at gun point to send money, they do it out of greed for themselves, I just take advantage of their greed and work it in my favor, that's all."

Susan Blackman of Yonkers, N.Y., gave her savings of $10,000,. She said: "I don't see why anybody would do something like that to another person."

Bill was among 18 people arrested for felony fraud in Montreal by Sgt. Yves Leblanc.

The joint task force is made up of authorities in Canada and the U.S. including the RCMP and FBI. They predict as many as 500 fraudulent telemarketing businesses are operating across the country.

Authorities on both sides of the border say Canadian officials need to crack down on fraud. For example, the average sentence in the U.S. for committing telemarketing fraud is five years, but only three to four months in Canada.

We just received a call from (403) 220-5151 and the name "University of Calgary" came up.  We did not answer and no one left a message.  Interesting reading below what Aaron writes.

The caller of this number calls at least 2-3 times around evening everyday.No message was left.

Been harassed by random callers all-hours of the day and night from the following number: (403) 220-5151After extensive research, it turns out to be an outfit by the name of the 'Royal Ministry of Educational Tuition Funding' from the prestigious University of Calgary Alumni Association, courtesy of ooperators from the "CCC Telefund," who I learned after much gentle probing with the black male of whom I was speaking to, turns out to be an incarcerated inmate working in a room full of other prison inmates at a Calgary correctional facility.They asked for my credit card number, requesting verification of my identity with my tax-ID or SSN or any direct-withdraw bank-routing number that is assigned to any bank account used under my name, allegedly to "validate my identity" and for their own internal "fraud prevention measures," that is, should I decide to "opt-in" and authorize them to take any large sum of cash from my Bank of America account via 'direct-deposit donations!'  Now isn't that courteous?!  They want to protect me by assuming my identity so they can liquidate all of my savings into their offshore accounts, creating an EZ nest egg to retire rich once released from prison.  Yeah, right!! Not by ripping me off!!Be very aware, this whole thing may be an illegal telemarketing sham to steal identity and bank routing info to siphon your accounts.  It seems suspicious and may actually be a complete offshore scam, I have no idea.  I tried to tell the inmate I am not a Canadian resident, nor have I myself nor anyone I know, ever set foot in a Canadian University, nor have I been to any institute of higher learning nor any school for that matter in Canada, and in no way am I an Alumni of any Canadian University, sadly they only became irate and started railing at me with abusive, vulgar language that was not only extremely offensive, but shockingly disgusting.Report these people to the police or better yet, to the Federal Trade Comission, I'd hate a little old lady to be swindled of her life savings by these cutthroats, they are smooth talkers and will try grifting cash donations by any means necessary.  The lies they seem to spew are probably completely made up and right off the top of their heads, sob stories about "serving the educational needs of unprivileged students with free tuition" and "keeping at-risk youth and criminal thugs who may become repeat offenders in violent crimes, off the streets by giving them free education," funded by a group of extreme, foul-mouthed liberal fascist racist con-artists still behind bars themselves!  Gimme a break, trying to extort money out of broke Americans, just so you can pay for another Canadian socialism program.No thanks, we've got our own national problems to worry about, our own crumbling paper currency, our own thug-ridden/criminal-ruled streets and a failing public education system that is broke.  Americans need not worry about Canada too, especially when its canvasing by inmates who never went to school to begin with.  Go harass, scam and swindle your own damn citizens!!Montreal Telemarketing Scammer admits to fleecing millions off Americanshttp://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20040223/telemarking_fraud_020422/Canadian telescammer documented on YouTube:http://youtu.be/gVz4gNAXYGwOther Telemarketing Scammers in Canada:http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2009/10/rcmp-bus ... marketing-scam/http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/15/11407586-sun.htmlInteresting news article...CTV.ca News StaffDate: Tues. Feb. 2 2010 6:51 PM ETIt is no secret that Canada is a veritable haven for telemarketing scammers generating an Canadian criminal botique industry worth tens of Billions of dollars, paid for by American victims of fraud. CTV's Steve Chao speaks to a Montreal man preparing to serve at least 10 years in a U.S. prison for his role in one such scam.It is no secret that Canada is a haven for international telemarketing scams, generating an industry worth tens of billions of dollars.Project COLT, a joint Canadian and U.S. task force on telemarketing fraud, is now arresting and convicting Canadians for their roles in such scams. CTV's Steve Chao obtained an exclusive interview with a Montreal man who is preparing to serve at least 10 years in a U.S. prison.The man, simply known as "Bill," is cooperating with detectives and spoke exclusively to CTV on the condition of anonymity.  "I'm terrified of going to prison in the US, I really am, they are total whacks over there, I would much rather go to prison here in Canada if I'm found guilty," and continued saying, "at least here in Canada, there's dignity and unlike the States, no gang rape," he said.Bill allegedly defrauded mostly elderly senior citizens and retirees, claiming he represented a collage fund designed to serve tuition for underprivileged students, or admitted to suckering targets with promises of wealth and riches by convincing them they had won various nationally-known 'instant sweepstakes' worth tens of millions in cash, then told them they simply needed to pay a "small verification deposit" of $50,000 or more, in order to be awarded their guaranteed prize.Bill justified his crimes, calling his victims "stupid American mooches," stupid victims of my really-dumb retirement fund.  He said he and his many accomplices, "applied the same scam over and over and over with any dumb old geezer who would fall for it," stating they are "just looking for something for nothing" saying, "we simply gave them the reverse, nothing for something!"Bill covered his tracks and dodged authorities by using a cellphone instead of a landline, allowing him to set up an office just about anywhere and scam folks who lived across-the-border from Canada.Bill says, "I would take as much money as I could, just scam the crap out of them, as many times as they would send me the money, as many times as those dumb Americans would believe me, over and over again, I'd take it all," stating that, in his opinion, most Americans "are so gullible, it makes being a criminal easy," adding, "they want to believe in the fictitious American dream so badly, that when they don't 'arrive' rich, famous or lucky lotto winners, they become desperate to make a name before they're gone."  Bill says,"we're prey on that 'easy winning, lottery mindset' its unique to Americans, I guess its why gambling in the US is such a huge industry, its all about beating the odds and getting something for nuthin," says Bill, and adds "so here I am, doing my thing, I'm just getting in on the same action they're after, its not like I force them at gun point to send money, they do it out of greed for themselves, I just take advantage of their greed and work it in my favor, that's all."Susan Blackman of Yonkers, N.Y., gave her savings of $10,000,. She said: "I don't see why anybody would do something like that to another person."Bill was among 18 people arrested for felony fraud in Montreal by Sgt. Yves Leblanc.The joint task force is made up of authorities in Canada and the U.S. including the RCMP and FBI. They predict as many as 500 fraudulent telemarketing businesses are operating across the country.Authorities on both sides of the border say Canadian officials need to crack down on fraud. For example, the average sentence in the U.S. for committing telemarketing fraud is five years, but only three to four months in Canada.

The are the University of Calgary's Student Calling Program calling on behalf of the Annual Giving Campaign. They are calling for 3 reasons: to make sure information is up to date, to let you know about news related to the university, and to see if you are interested in donating to an area on campus.They call 5:30-9:00 weekday evenings. You may receive a call 8:55 but usually not later. If you get a call past 9, there may be an issue with the computer's time zone adjustment.If you want to be connected to the university but don't want to donate, just say "Im not interested in donating."If you dont want to receive calls from the U of C, just say "take me off your list" "don't call me again" or even lie and say "wrong number".In the end, the university is a non-profit, and if you do choose to donate, 100% of your donation goes towards whatever area you choose to support.If you're mad that the university has a devlopment office looking for donations, that's fine, but remember that there is a REAL PERSON on the other line. They may or may not agree with university policy, but they are also just trying to do their job to pay for tuiton.