(778) 785-4549 called asking for the lady of the house

BEWARE of these calls.
The scam is to have you answer the survey and then to call you back, note that you win a prize for taking part and then get you bank account information.
The call I received noted it was an "Air Quality Research Survey". The caller noted that the company doing the research was SPL and the call was from 220-1011 but the caller gave me the number of (778) 785-4549 when I asked for a phone number to call back and verify the survey.
I was asked the following questions
- anyone in my household that smoked
- any asthma or allergies in my household
- any animals (dogs, cats, birds)
- how long I lived in my current house
- the category of work that I did (to assess occupational exposure)
- whether I worked full-time or part-time
- the category of work that my spouse did
- my name (to verify the call to her supervisor)
Please see the following links for more information:
http://www.ab.lung.ca/~ablung/site/october_20_2009
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/21/11471061-sun.html
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-778-785-4549

I have called my local RCMP, updated the local Lung Association (as they are named in the Alberta scam) and emailed phonebusters.com.

Decided to answer it and it was a "short consumer questionairre about air quality" asking if we have anyone who smokes, anyone with asthma, how long we lived here and do we rent or own.

sounds like a phillopino caller - told her after 3+ calles for go XXXX

made a formal complaint to the DNC people

sounds like a phillopino caller - told her after 3+ calles for go XXXXmade a formal complaint to the DNC people

When I try to return call just rings busy. Further investigation came up with Telemarketers of course.