had to say hello repeatedly to get any answer... then they told me something like 'bell canada calling, hold please'.Only got the one call so far, maybe answering it once will make them stop (fingers crossed).

For the past few months I've been getting 5 to 6 calls per day from this number as well as from (416) 665-1377. They never leave a message and always seem to disconnect after 4 rings. When I picked up and said hello there was a 4 or 5 second delay without a response so I hung up. BUT..... I think I've found a solution to put an end to the calls. On Friday afternoon I changed the number of rings before my answering machine picks up. I had it set at 5, changed it to 2, got 1 call from (416) 224-2061, the answering machine picked up and low and behold it's the following Wednesday and I haven't had any more calls from them. The only drawback is that you have to be really quick at picking up the phone when it's someone you actually want to talk to. I've told family & friends what I've done & one of us gets back to each other right away. So there you have it.... a possible solution. I'd really be interested to find out if anyone else would be willing to try this and post whether it works for them or not.

Plain and simple...Ummmmm....Don't answer the phone is you don't know the number. If it's that important, then they can leave a message, otherwise, who cares??!!!

called several times...who is this?

had to say hello repeatedly to get any answer... then they told me something like 'bell canada calling, hold please'.

Only got the one call so far, maybe answering it once will make them stop (fingers crossed).

These people call me several times a day "pretending" to be Bell Canada and saying I need to change my internet service as it has expired.
It takes them 3 "hellos" to connect the call to their calling pool.  I now do this on purpose and angrily demand that they stop calling.  It's fun.