Someone keeps calling me from this number, all hours of the day.  It says "British Columbia" then the number.  I don't answer calls I don't know, so I haven't answered it.  Telephone solicitors are getting SO bad nowadays...acting like they have "important financial information" for you, then you find out they're trying to sell you a septic tank!

Someone in your family may have a parking ticket not paid or cell bill (my son who has long since moved out). I was getting calls every 15 minutes from this number. THIS IS CLEARLY HARASSMENT. Doing anything like press "1"  as the system asks "If you're this person", the phone just goes dead.  It hangs up if it gets your answering machine.But for now, hit CBV website http://www.cbvcollections.com/ and find their local office number.  Phone it and ask for the Privacy Officer.  In Vancouver contact Erin Coe on her direct line (604) 661-7902. I said I run a private business from my home and that any such calls are disruptive to my business, and are being logged and a bill will be sent to them at $1000 per hour for business disruption.  The calls stopped right away.  As of Sept 30, such calls are subject to a $15,000 fine.  On Sept 30 2008 be sure to register with Canada Do Not Call list 1-+1 866-580-3625 or website www.LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca

In my case (and apparently many others here) the call did not go into a queue, it just hangs up after repeating the 'important business matter' message 2-3 times. The system you helped set up is busted. Hopefully they fix that crap - I can't believe it's legal at all to make automated calls like this.

FYI regarding the do-not-call list I don't think it will stop calls like this, since they are calling for bill collection, not sales.

I was receiving calls to my fax machine, every few minutes for the past three days. Fax log doesn't show the number that is calling as it's not a fax machine.. Had to bring in a telephone and hook it to the fax line so that I could *69 the call. Got the number (778) 329-0347 but calls to this number do not even ring. Googled the phone number and found this info. Called their toll free number and got this "bag" on the phone who made me out to be the bad guy. She said they were calling someone I had never heard of. She also said that all I had to do was call them and they would remove that number. When I said I had called that number with no answer she got all uppity about it again and passed me off to a supervisor. He admitted it was THEIR mistake and removed my number for their auto-dialer. I did however still get three more calls but they seem to have stopped now. Thank god!!

it was silent and didnt even say a thing

Keep chair handy by smoke detector. When this # calls, get on chair and hit the "test" button on your Smoke Detector for a few seconds....it WILL start going off. Let it go off a good 5 seconds long then remove your finger from the test button. Should get them to stop calling if u do it EVERY time a few calls in a row.   :)    On that note, a friendly reminder to everyone to put new batteries in your smoke detectorS and test them (like when this collection company phones you again and again!)....could save your home/family sometime.