Nov 26, 2009
Called and didn't leave a message. I called back , using *67. Automated msg informs me that the voice mailbox is full and can not take msgs.
How annoying!!

I gave Iristel a call (416) 800-0002 at their Markham, ON office. Iristel owns the phone number, but it is leased to a "reseller" who does telemarketing. The name of the "reseller" could not be disclosed, but the lady was kind enough to tell me that the best action is to file a complaint with the CRTC at +1 877-249-2782.

A formal complaint  to the CRTCseems to be the only was to have this company stop calling your number!

i dont know who this mo fa is but i think they gune take your mony if u call them

Anella,

Having called Iristel I was told that they have sold the line to a reseller and that reseller has in turn issued it to their customer.  That being the case why blame an employee of Iristel?  Before people start making threats they should get their facts straight.

Has anyone called their phone company and had them trace the line to see where the call originated from?  In other words, they should check their system and not just the caller id - if you call Iristel, as I did, with the date and time of the call and give them your number they can run a trace and can give you proof that the call was not on their 'lines'.

Having done some research, this is a case of ANI Manipulation - just because this is the number on your call display does not mean that this is the number from which the person is calling.  VoIP users have the ability to change the outbound calling line id - I once got a call from 212-000-0000.  This number clearly does not exist but someone logged in and changed it, I also got a call from Lil Wayne the other day, I doubt it was really him that was calling.

Even if Iristel cancelled the service to this number to their reseller - nothing would change - as the person is not actually calling from it.

The era of cut and dry caller id has left us.

Unfortunately the only solution would be to call annoying numbers that call you and tell them to cease, if they do not then call your phone company and have them block the line - but sooner or later they will catch on and just change the number from which they are calling.

I got my 10th, 11th something like that call from this number this week. My last one was at supper time on a Saturday. The dude begins by stating we have internet, phone and cable through the company we are with. He was correct. He wanted to know if we were happy with the service?

My question is how and the hell does he know what we have with the company we are with?

I have hardly (maybe one or two a year) ever recieved these bogus calls for as long as I have had a phone. Since moving and subscribing to my current company I recieve them all of the time...every day.

Howcome these scammers never had my information before hand but now they do? Is it possible the company I am with is selling numbers?

They just called me too.  I get a lot of this type of thing, but this is a new number for me.   I often wonder if my VOIP line makes me a target somehow for these callers.
I rarely include my real phone number with any type of forms anymore, and simply do not answer phone callers that I do not recognize.  Same policy with unexpected knocks on the door after falling for a 'electricity contract scam' by the name of 'Universal Power', that I am still under contract with.