"Debt reduction" scamAn Open Letter to Those Who Work in Outbound Call CentresI understand that you are probably just trying to earn a living.  However, I want you to know the impact your calls have on people's lives.  Here are some questions to ask yourself:1. Do you realise that your employer may be engaged in illegal activities?  How do you feel about this?2. Do you realise that some of us work at home and require long stretches of uninterrupted time to concentrate on our work?  When you call, even if the phone just rings or the machine kicks in audibly, you are interrupting many such people.  You are also interrupting many sick children and elderly people who badly need rest.  You may ask, "Why don't they just turn off the phone?"  Well, imagine that you are extremely sick and awaiting an important call from your doctor.  You wouldn't "just turn off the phone."  You might wonder, "Why don't you put your number on the "do not call list?"  Many of us are on the so-called "do not call list" and yet we still receive such calls.  Ask yourself this - if you found out your employer does not respect this legally binding list, what would you do about it?3. Do you realise that your time is your very life?  You are wasting your own life as well as chunks of the lives of those you call, all so that you can be paid next to no money for your time (i.e., life) by an employer who is probably raking in a large amount of money at your expense.4. Do you feel like you are making an honest contribution to society when you tell someone they have "won a cruise" or that you are going to "lower their credit card debt?"  Even if there are loopholes in the law which make some of these scams legal, they are still just that - scams.  How do you feel about working for someone dishonest and helping them rip off vulnerable people?5. Do your realise that you won't starve if you quit your job?  If you have any respect for yourself or other people, please, please, please stop what you are doing.  If enough people refuse to do this kind of work, the world will be a better place.  We will have peaceful homes where we can work or relax without unwanted interruption, and the scam artists will have to figure out a new way to rip people off without your help!  Please quit now.  Something better will come along for you.  It may take awhile, but if you have the courage to quit now, something better will come along that much sooner!

repetive  calls apparently from related numbers to (416) 322-6120, same message,(credit card debt) same 'voice' from a non-person. I have checked my DNC status, which is valid; I have pressed '9' to be taken of the telemarketers call list - but to no avail.  Is there no relief?

Just received a call from this number saying they will help reduce debt by 80%.    Automated machine said press 1 to talk to the customer service representative.   I told the customer service representative that my number is listed in the "Do Not Call List" and he said "No it's not.  You need to register again. Bye." I checked in the DCL and my number is registered until Oct. 2013.  How can I  trust a company like this when they make like I am lying to them.   Please beware of this number (416) 322-6120 or sometimes they used different numbers.  If it shows on you phone that the caller ID is the same as the phone number itself, Beware.  You cannot trust this kind of company who wouldn't even believe you.

I got a live person as opposed to a machine/robot
speaking in a thick east-indian accent, he identified himself as "Moobasheer" (?)
and told me that he can help me with my credit card debts
I told him that I'm 19, a full time student at university, I have a part-time job, and I do not have any credit cards, I only have a debit card.

He hung up without saying goodbye or anything

strange company

Just got a call from this, some sort of robo-caller talking about credit card companies (hung up after I heard that part, so don't know what the actual product/pitch is).