Thats a bit much to set up.

A man called from (613) 688-6051 and said he was from Health Canada doing a survey on chronic diseases.

same thing happened to me except that the message  was  in Russian. My second name is RussianI don't know where they got my info . My phone  # is unlisted and it's a company phone. I could  tell that the person who left a message had a really good Russian, but also  I could tell he was not native Russian.This slight accent can be detected only by native speaker. Which is I am. So those telemarketers when to extent to find a solicitors with the knowledge of foreign languages. LOL I am not picking up. I need to find out how to block certain  numbers.

They actually left me a message on my voice mail, saying they're calling on behalf of BC Stats and conducting a survey for the govt of Canada. They asked me to call back to a toll free number and gave me some access code to tell them when I reach them.

What made me worried is that they new my last name. It's not in my voice mail greeting, so obviously they had my personal information from somewhere. The even funnier thing is that BC Stats sent something to my old address (my old landlord told me, haven't picked it up yet), with my full name and street address, but with a different city and postal code (Canada Post did a good job delivering it anyway).

So it's sketchy that they have my personal information and they're calling me and sending me stuff...

I received a call this evening from area code (613) 688-5051 and when I called back it said number is out of service.  I tried re-dailing it and it said this number is out of service.  I am sure this a scam.

I'm actually an employee of Malatest. We're a legit survey company with government contracts and many laws to follow to protect people. We get our numbers from many places, sometimes from the client who we're contracted by and sometimes from listed numbers. Everything we do is legitimate and legal! As a surveyor, we're desperate on our end to get completes. A tip from an inside, if you're not interested and don't want to participate simply answer the phone, wait until we are done our little 30 second introduction and politely say "I'm sorry i am not interested" and we will never call you back! I'm not sure if anyone will take me serious, but it's true, try it! As for foodbook, its a survey for the Public Health Agency of Canada. We ask about foods you've eaten, animals you've been in contact with and water you drank. Also, try and be kind, most of us are hard working students trying our best to do our jobs while also making you guys happy and just trying to make money for university. Don't yell at us that it's supper time, supper time literally varies from 4pm-8pm when we call people, we can't read your minds. If you explain to the person on the phone, they will listen.