800-444-4444

At 12:18 P.M. MDT on March 24, 2010, the phone rang but I let the answering service get it. When I checked my messages, there was just silence for about 10 seconds.

yep, they called me today, no message

Call received no message left at 10:38 am

I just got that call.  It was a recording and it launched its message about some kind of weght loss thing in Canada.  Hung up before they finished their speel..These people are ruthless.  I am on a do-not-call list.  If you call the 1-800 numbers it usually has a recording telling you that you can put your phone number into their data bank and you will be removed.  I called this one and got the message that the number is not accessible in my area.  That tells me that the call is coming from out of the country.  Can't remove yourself from them.  Darn!!!!!!

I just got a call from this number today and was left a message that "you'll be removed from this life" what is that all about and who are they.

Disengaged answering machine, did not pick up.  From posts here, I'd say it must be a telemarketing scheme.  

BTW DO NOT speak with a person when these calls come!  You may get them to take you off their call list, but the instant you answer and speak with a person your number is distributed to who-knows-how-many other agencies, and flagged as someone who is willing to pick up the phone. So... you may never get another phone call from the first company, but you'll get 25 others from different companies. One time I did this, and the girl told me that she couldn't delist me from the 25 other companies because as soon as I spoke with her my number was distributed automatically.  GRRRRRRR.

Got a call today from this number.  Also get one regularly from another number.  Have delisted it, but it still gets through.  Telemarketing should be illegal.

Je viens d'avoir un appel de ce numéro 800-444-4444 et j'ai laissé sonner pour vérifier s'il y aurait un message.  Eh bien non, rien.  Il s'agit encore d'un appel « bizarre » auquel il est préférable de ne pas répondre.  Depuis plusieurs semaines je recevais un appel tous les jours à différentes heures de la journée du 1-866-988-0885.  Comme je ne répondais jamais, voilà que cela recommence avec un nouveau numéro!!  J'ai vérifié et je suis pourtant bien inscrite sur la liste d'exclusion et j'ai même porté plainte au CRTC mais il semblerait que rien ne bouge de ce côté pour arrêter les importuns du télémarketing ou de l'arnaque!!

Found this number on my Caller ID when I got home from work.

English follow,,,

1- Oui en effet, cétait un message d'une compagnie voulant me faire maigrir.

Quelle est le nom de cette compagnie? Qui est responsable de sa gestion?

2- It was a message for a diet company... wich one? I don't kow!  But I would like to know!

Attention!

Télémarketing et arnaque sont deux choses bien différentes.

Bien que je sois moi aussi inscrit sur la liste pour empêcher le plus possible ces appels, il reste que (il fallait lire au complet avant d'inscrire notre nom et numéro de tél) ce ne sont pas toutes les compagnies qui sont retirées...

ex: si H-Q  ou autre compagnie de la sorte mandate une compagnie pour savoir les opinions sur XYZ ou pour aller de l'avant avec un projet, c'est correct... car la compagnie mandaté ne pourra pas arnaquer...  

mais si cest autre

6 june 2010   they call each week  i d"ont answer

English follow,,,


Moi aussi je suis au prise avec de tels appels.
Le mieux à faire est de ne pas répondre et si par mégarde l'on répond, il suffit de raccrocher.

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I am also coming to grips with such calls.
The best thing to do is not respond and if they accidentally answer, simply hang up.

Call received at10;42 no one on the line...

Moi aussi j'ai des appels de ce numéro 800 444 4444  et le message laissé est le suivant: "you'll be removed from this life" ça me laisse des frissons dans le dos c'est stupidité..... Je croyais bien qu'en ayant inscrit mon numéro dans la liste des exclusions j'aurais la paix mais faut croire que non........

Moi aussi, j'ai vu ce numéro sur mon afficheur AUJOURD'HUI.  
Je me demande qui a ce numéro bizarre.
S'il rappelle, je ne répondrai pas.  Je ne réponds pas aux numéros inconnus 1-800 ou 1-866.  De cette façon, on ne se trompe pas.  Je suis inscrite sur la liste des numéros retirés mais j'en reçois encore. quand mêne,  Cette liste n'est pas très utile.

Weight loss product survey.  Press '1' to take the survey and '9' to be removed from the list.

Automatic number announcement circuit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An automatic number announcement circuit (ANAC) is a special telephone number that is meant to be used by phone company technicians and other telecommunications technicians to determine the phone number of a particular line.
The way an ANAC works is fairly simple. A technician will call a local ANAC's phone number. This number connects to a computer at a local central office, which uses a voice synthesizer or digital samples to "speak" the phone number of the line calling in. The main purpose of this system is to allow phone company technicians to identify which telephone line they are connected to. Because this system is based on automatic number identification (not caller ID) and meant for phone company technicians, the ANAC system works with unlisted numbers and numbers with caller ID blocking.
Some ANACs are very regional or local in scope, while others are state-/province- or area-code-wide: there appears to be no consistent national system for them. Every telephone company, whether large or small, determines its own ANAC for each individual central office, which tends to perpetuate the current situation of a mess of overlapping and/or spotty areas of coverage. [1]
In most North American area codes, telephone numbers beginning with 958 and 959 are reserved for internal testing; some companies also reserve numbers beginning with 999. Numbers within this block are used for various types of local and long-distance testing; generally, this block includes a ringback number (to test the ringer when installing telephone sets) and a loop around (which connects a call to another inbound call to the same or another test number). ANAC numbers (the topic of this article) can also appear in the 958 range, but there is no requirement that they reside there.
Some carriers (such as Bell Canada) have been known to disable payphone calls to 958 or 959 test lines: in the specific case of Bell Canada, the system-wide ANAC line is at 958-2622. Some large telephone companies have toll-free numbers set up. In most cases, these numbers remain undisclosed to prevent abuse, but MCI maintains this widely-published, toll-free ANAC: 1-800-437-7950. This is distinct from technical support and other lines which use ANI so that a computer can automatically display the customer's account on a "screen pop" for the next available customer service representative: the MCI number above is intended specifically for use as an ANAC.
Formerly, some companies changed their ANAC number every month for secrecy; this is still the case with a few numbers. In one example of this concern, most payphones in the USA are assigned a telephone number and can ring if the number is called. The phone can then be used to make and receive calls by anyone, making it a potential tool in anonymous criminal activity such as narcotics trafficking. Where a payphone does not have any number listed on the unit, the number can be discovered by calling an ANAC service.
Late in the 20th century, caller ID and prepaid cellphone service became commonplace. These services being more easily exploited for criminal purposes, this type of abuse of payphones faded from concern. In Canada, this behaviour has always been more difficult. As a matter of course, incoming calls to payphones are disabled; furthermore, the Bell ANAC number is also disabled.
There are some private national toll-free numbers that use ANI and then have a computer read back the number that is calling, but these are not intended for use in identifying the customer's own phone number. They are used in order for the agent in the call center to confirm the phone the customer is calling from, so that a computer can automatically display the customer's account on a "screen pop" for the next available customer service representative; they are distinct from purpose-made toll-free ANAC numbers. Regardless, if one were to call one of these numbers, listen for the number confirmation and hang up, they would in effect be using this system as if it were an ANAC.
One such toll-free service is one owned by MCI - 1-800-444-4444. This number is easy to remember and, when called, will read back your number after a very short message. [2] It is noteworthy that s suspended or out of service line or an incoming only line would not be able to reach any toll-free numbers.

Got a call from here to...no message left...I say we get together and hang all telemarketers!!!

Listen to this ,it's the BEST !!!!
I was getting all kinds of tele-marketers calling all day long from early morning to late at night,week-days & week-ends,I work different shifts & was sick of it .I finally got myself  a new phone & I can block callers ,which ever number called ,I tell the phone to block that number and voila ,the phone has an annoying sound that rings in their ears,my caller ID tells me that ,that number tried calling and it was blocked and it didn't even ring to annoy us,and after a few weeks they no longer call.The best spent money . By the way it's a" uniden" phone with that special blocking & also do not disturb feature ,THE BEST !!!!!  Yes I also by the way got that number 800-444-4444 but guess what IT"S BLOCKED !!!!