got a call claiming they were from bellthey told me that if i signed up for pre-authorized payment plan, i would get a discount of $10 per monththey told me it was easy, I could do it over the phone, by giving my bank account infoit sounded genuine enough so I gave them the informationnext day my bank account was cleaned out

I just came home to find this number on my call display.  According to other people on this site it is someone from Bell Canada.  If it is they can keep on trucking because I do not want anything to do with Bell.  I am quite happy with the service which I have at the moment.

They are just a very large pest both by telephone, email and by regular mail even though I have repeatedly told them to go away.

I answer these and just say "hello.......hello............hello?.........hello" until they hang up. It wastes their time and drives up their costs.  With whatever free time you can afford to "waste", I suggest everybody else do it too.

they hung up when I answered

Sounds like Neil and James are working for the scammers...Telecaller === Scammer!Try using local dialect if you are trying to "Fit in" and be "Hip"DON'T listen to "Neil" & "James" they are trying to rope you in, you want proof call your local RCMP office and ask them.

Just received a call from this number today. If you use Bell, you can dial *60 to block this number from calling you. I just added them to my growing list of scammers & telemarketers :)