SCAMMMMMMMMMMMM  BELL SAID IF EVER BELL CALLS YOU IT WILL BE A 1-800- NUMBER

A client of mine has frequently called me from her home located about 1000 km from my own home/office.  When she calls, my own phone's Caller ID screen gives the calling number as 1-(902) 406-8325, which is absolutely NOT any of her phone numbers and is instead a number of my local phone area.  When I called that (902) number to investigate, a message replied that that number was not in service.  I reported the matter to my client, who believes this confusion is caused by the fact that she uses the SKYPE system for her long-distance calls (this system is more economical), and it seems SKYPE is reusing local "dead" numbers as callers' numbers for the Caller ID screens of the phones of the local persons who get long-distance Skype calls.  I know almost nothing on Skype except that it allows calls to be made frm the caller's computer.  I guess the bizarre events reported by other people called from that number, are due to improper use of the Skype system or of the caller's computer.

Caller said her name was Marisa, caller-id came up as (902) 406-8325 but when you call this number it is not in service.I have never given out the phone number she called, how did they get the number and my name?

You are crazy to give out any info like that to someone you don't know on the phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jayne - 25 Mar 2009 wrote:
I just received a call from this number. Caller identified herself as an information gatherer for radio broadcasters...Wanted names of all in household over the age of 12, along with mailing address & ages...???
I gave the info - hope it doesn't come back to haunt me!!!!Caller ID: 406-8325
Caller: BBM???

Also received a call claiming to be Bell Aliant.  I said I was at work and could not talk on my cell phone.  He asked me to call back when I could.  I called back to tell them not to call me again and the message said the number was not in service.

I got a call from this number and to my surprise it was my mother from the middle east. I asked her she called and she was just calling from home direct without even using a calling card.