416-342-1518

Calls and doesn't leave a message.  Call back using caller id blocking and it rigns twice then goes busy.  Call without call blocking, it rings twice, and then the ring tone "changes" as if it was forwarded somewhere else from the first number.

(416) 342-1518 is a land line based in Toronto, On, ON
The registered service provider is TELUS Integrated Communications**.
Detailed listing information is not available.

For just over a week I have received calls from this number but they hang up.  Then I try calling back and no one answers.  I would like to know who is calling.  I *69 and got the number but not any information.

Just did some resarch on the internet and found this as a contact for Telus integrated Communications....I too have been getting these bothersome calls. Let's see how they like it. Please feel free to call this number and leave a message to this individual voicing your concern and annoyance at what they are doing. I am also including an email address for the VP. I got this info of a Government site where they were applying for licencing.

This is the only way to get our message across to stop bothering us!

               Willie Grieve
   Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs
   BCT.TELUS Communications Inc.
   Flr. 21, 10020 – 100 Street
   Edmonton, Alberta  T5J 0N5

   Telephone: (780) 493-6590
   Fax: (780) 493-6519
   e-mail: willie.grieve@telus.com

Just e-mailed willie.grieve@telus.com
Hopefully this does help this is getting really ANNOYING

I received a call last evening.

It seems they are running some kind of "too good to be true" telemarketing campaign for Rogers Cable.

I talked to two individuals, Harry the customer service representative and Nash his supervisor.

Very annoying, no product knowledge and very unprofessional.

I finally found out that this is the number that has been calling me several times a day for the past week or so.

As mentioned by others, when you pick up the phone there is dead air and then after you say hello a few times, the call disconnects.  This makes it very frustrating since you can't ask someone to stop calling if you don't get a chance to speak with them.

I'm not sure if it is because I use VOIP service, but the other frustrating part is that my caller ID always shows an invalid number:

    073-120-2700
    007-312-02700
    000-731-202700
    etc

It appears that these telemarketers are spoofing the caller ID data that they transmit.  (See http://www.vonage.ca/help.php?article=1160 for more information.)

I finally got a response when they called again this evening.  When the man asked for me and asked how I was, I told him that I was VERY annoyed and proceeded to grill him for information.  This is when I discovered that these people call on behalf of the "promotions department" of Rogers Wireless.  It seems that for some strange reason, Telus and Bell Mobility also use this very disreputable company - I guess they were the lowest bidder!

The company name is MOBILE ZONE, and 416-342-1518 is apparently their contact number.

I asked if he was aware that his autodialer is not working correctly, and keeps placing calls with dead air on the line.  He said yes, he was aware of the issue.  So I asked him to confirm - he indeed knows that the autodialer is calling several times a day and not connecting the calls, yet they continue to use it?  He said yes, they continue to use it despite this fact.  I also asked if he was aware that they were passing bogus caller ID data, and he said yes they are aware of that fact as well.  They blame the issue on the fact that they use an IP telephone system.

For the record, I did work for a communications company that did telemarketing and am familiar with autodialers and many many of their settings.  These calls are coming through as dead air because the configuration of the predictive software is incorrect.  The predictive system thinks that it needs to make X number of calls so that Y number of us will answer the phone and keep their Z number of agents busy, but this company obviously has no idea what they are doing.

At any rate, the dead air is the fault of this company, Mobile Zone, and not a phone line problem.

I am also aware of several CRTC regulations concerning telemarketing companies.  There is a certain percentage of "abandoned" calls that are allowed, and legal.  Abandoned calls happen when your phone rings and you only get dead air on the other end because there is no telemarketer available for the computer to pass the call to.  Please see the PDD section at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/NEWS/RELEASES/2004/r040521.htm for information about the law.

MOBILE ZONE, the company in question, is clearly exceeding the allowed abandon rate, which is punishable.  I would suggest that everyone here contact not only the people at Rogers/Bell/Telus Mobility that are using this company, but also the CRTC so that action can be taken against Mobile Zone.

You can submit a complaint with the CRTC by visiting their website at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM

Called tonight twice, private name then 342-1518. No Answer

I have received numerous calls from this number and when I answer there is no reply and if I call that number htere is no answer.  I do not want to receive any more calls.

Thanks for your post Jason on Nov. 15.

I've made a complaint to CRTC at: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/Register.asp?lang=E

Caller ID: 416-342-1518 / 073-120-2700
Caller: Mobile Zone
Caller Type: Telemarketer

Everybody should do that! CRTC should take action against this company!

Just called here a minute ago.  I've gotten to the point where where if I don't get full Caller ID info (ie name & number) I just let it go to voicemail.

received call from this number; answered and received no answer just silence; I hung up; these callers that don't answer are getting terribly annoying and more frequent

Just received a call from them.  These random calls on my cellphone during the work hours is becoming unacceptable.  Anyways, Claucojo, thanks for the link and easy access of information.

if a girl answers, i pull my pants down right away and start rubbing it.

if it a guy on the other line, i let him do his 5 minute scripted sales pitch, then i ask him a to repeat it louder, then ask him some related questions, then i ask him to hold, pretend my dooog is chewing on somthing, then i place the handset on a speaker and crank out the lodest gutar rift i have on hand.

i pull my pants down and start rubbing it.

I called Fido and gave them this URL and asked to be removed from any telemarketer lists. In this day in age, this sort of telemarketing is the worst for of marketing. I mean, it's worse than someone saying "Hey Jerk, wanna buy my services?". I was assured that within 2 weeks my number would be removed from the list. This suggests that all telemarketer numbers are known (many of them used by the ISP's and cell carriers). I also pointed out the obvious that this makes Rogers/Fido look bad and that anyone can search a number in Google and find websites like this.

The first call started jan 4 08 they said they where from bell,they offered me a free cell phone,with a really good plan, so i agreed to it gave them my credit card num plus my drivers licence,they said my phone would be here in aweek.second phone call from them jan 10 08 we verified my info said my phone would be here jan 11 08 around noon.It is now jan 17 still no phone called bell they have no record of anything,they also told me they dont do cold calls.they send out flyers.This company needs to be stopped..... 416-342-1518/073-120-2700

got this annoying call too

jack, i do the same.

6:08p.m.
       I just got a call from an indian or pakistani man asking for me spasificlly, I replied "Yes this is me but my phone is going a little screwy, Give me a sec, Sorry I couldn't understand you, could you please repeat what you said? All he did was say and I qout "Sorry for bothering you, Have a good day. As soon as he hung up I called back thinking he missherd me, All I got was a recording saying and again I qout " Welcome, And thank you for calling V.N.P world wide, International number provider, The phone number you are calling is not in service, please cheak the number and dial again. I searched V.N.P. world wide, I.N.P. world wide as well as the number itself and could even find anything remotly related.

I have received a few of these calls from 416-342-1518. I answer, they ask for me personally, I said "not home, can I take a msg, the man, sd no I will call back" and h/u. I tried to call it back, and a male voice said not in service.. its very annoying, who the heck is it?

One says its Telus, and another says its a indian man who calls to sell a phone with a great plan, but when bought he does not deliver, your money gone,.... he also asks for all your info!