today sept 2, 2009 a person call me from this number (416) 642-0882 and said he is the police and is coming to get me

this number is for a free long distance service and instead of changing your name to private, it just uses a random no existant caller id which i reality is pretty much a private call with a custom caller id displayed.so whoever is calling you knows you or got your name from the white pages.

Exact same call as bjay. Person claimed to be from "Visa Mastercard Company" saying I had been selected for a trip to Florida for 4 people. I asked for a contact number to call them back at and they gave me the 1-800 number for TD Waterhouse. Given that TD does not issued Mastercards the whole thing is completely suspect.Person on the phone requested the 7 digits on the back of my Mastercard (which I made up as well as the fact that I even had a Mastercard at all), then he asked for the 3rd block of numbers on the front of the card, to which I again made up along with the expiry he requested. I asked him if he could verify my card immediately and he answered yes. He then read out a bunch of numbers which was supposely my Mastercard number and asked me to verify. I again questioned him if this was the number he had pulled from his database and he said yes. I can only assume he wanted me to correct his number and thereby give him a legit credit card number with expiry and the security code on the back.The Caller addresses you as Mr. "insert your lastname here" or Ms. "lastname" and can obviously get your address through the phone book. Do not fall for readily available information as being verification that they are legit!I've since reported this to the OPP but given that the number appears to be some cover number I doubt it's traceable. My only advise to people is to be EXTREMELY skeptical of phone calls which dangle carrots.

I got a call from this number the other day. Didn't hear my phone, didn't pick it up. No message. But from what people have written here, I'm glad I didn't pick up.

Reverse phone lookup on white pages says the number belongs to Allstream, but doesn't give any other information (like most phone numbers these days).

I got called six times from the same number in one day!They would begin the phone call by asking if I could speak Chinese and then once I said "Yes" the lady went on and on. I hung up she called back. I told her not to call again in English and she said " I think you can speak Chinese". It's so annoying. DON"T PICK UP if you get a call from this number !!!

I didn't call back!