416-581-1076

HELP!!!!!!!WHY DO THE KEEP CALLING

They kept calling my business line and just hanging up so I called them back and it's actually a company called Optima Communications. They give you the chance to leave a message when you try to call them back.

Here's their website for anyone who's interested. Their address can be found under the contact us section.

http://www.optima.net/

Please note, I am simply repeating interesting information found in the previous threads that seems to be quite relevant.

By now, everybody knows that it is a company called Optima Communications International. http://www.optima.net/contact.html

Here are suggestions if you receive calls from this number.

#1: Do not answer.
From what I have read, this seems to be the safest option for the protection of your identity. If you do answer, several things happen. First, they are gathering information about your schedule. If you always miss calls at 12 P.M., 2 P.M., 4 P.M. on weekdays but answer calls after 5 P.M. on a regular basis and any time on the weekend, you have just provided them with a good model of your typical schedule.

#2: Do not answer any questions if you do answer their call
Do not even acknowledge your own name. This will confirm that they have the correct name on their list, matching you with your name and number. If you mistakenly do this, they have two items of identification that have been confirmed.

#3: "Do not call" list.
While asking to be added to their list may sound like the right thing to do, several people who have commented above and on other web sites have said that this did not solve their problem. By asking to be placed on their "Do not call" list, you are simply confirming confidential information about yourself.


What can you do?
These unsolicited attacks on our private life are really difficult to stop with our current legal system. Unfortunately, your choices are limited.

#4 Contact the CMA.
Respectable marketing agencies will be registered with the Canadian Marketing Association. Here, you may fill out a form asking to be placed on the Canadian “Do not call” list. The following is from their website: http://www.the-cma.org/

“The Canadian Marketing Association does not own, compile, prepare or rent lists of consumers' names and addresses. CMA is a private trade association funded by its members. We offer the Do Not Contact Service free of charge to consumers. If you wish to have your name removed from new contact lists acquired by our members, please follow the registration instructions.”

Unfortunately, the keyword here is ‘respectable’. I doubt that this company would be registered with the CMA.

#5 Contact you telephone provider.
It may be possible to block individual numbers with your telephone provider. Contact them to find out.

#6 Block the number from within your phone.
The chances are that if your phone has this feature, you have already enabled it.

Take note:
The following numbers have also been listed in previous comments as telemarketers. I cannot guarantee the validity of this post but assume that there is no harm in assuming that they are telemarketers and that you should ignore any incoming calls.

(416) 581-1076
(416) 825-8285
(416) 777-2676
(416) 615-0300
(416) 615-0400

Thanks to "In trouble for posting their numbers?", who did some research above, we have some numbers to contact. They are:

Dun and Bradstreet
Steven Camaridge (866) 573-5407 ext 3065
Dee Prosser (610) 882-6504
(800) 234-3867
(866) 573-5407

Please note, if many, many people call, they might get the message. It is important, while calling, to remain calm and respectful. You can go a lot further, speak to more important people when you are in control of the conversation. Getting angry indicates that you have lost control and usually results in the call being terminated with nothing gained.

Remember, protect your personal information!

hAVW GOTTEN THIS CALL QUITE A BIT LATELY(DAILY)IT IS FOR THE ENERGY SAVINGS ON GAS FOR YOUR HEAT OR HYDRO FOR YOUR HOUSE .I FINALLY ANSWERED IT YESTERDAY

I've been seeing this number on my caller ID for over a week now. Always calling mid-afternoon. So I called it up after reading this forum and an automated system answered "Optima Communications International". I Googled it and found it to be a Customer Relations company on Front St. in Toronto.
Basically, they're trying to sell something so now we know to continue NOT answering it.

I've been seeing this number on my caller ID for over a week now. Always calling mid-afternoon. So I called it up after reading this forum and an automated system answered "Optima Communications International". I Googled it and found it to be a Customer Relations company on Front St. in Toronto.
Basically, they're trying to sell something so now we know to continue NOT answering it.

Got a call from this number. When I answered the guy with a thick accent asked for me by name. Claimed he was from Scotiabank. Someone must have sold him the details as the called number is in my wife's name. Told him i am not buying anything and immediately hung up on him.

Will see if they call back.

I just got a call from this number. I think the best way to call them back and left them a message saying. you are not interested in their services and they can take the number of there list OR you will call your lawyer and sue them for your time you have spend and by law they have to delete your number from there list.

Got a call from this person ,my son answered
he said he would get me which he did but
they hung up when I got to phone. They
knew my name.

I have been receiving calls from this number every day for the last couple weeks. No one is ever on the other end of the line.

call & they hung up

This number keeps calling and hanging up....  Ho can I get rid of this?

This number keeps calling and hanging up....  Ho can I get rid of this?

Someone from this number just called asking for my son, by his full name.  Also, with a thick accent.  When I asked if I could take a message he said it was nothing urgent, just a courtesy call from Scotiabank.  My son doesn't even deal with Scotiabank!

I have been recieving calls from this # for the last couple of weeks... it feels like it has been a total for about almost 2 months now.  Yesturday it called again around 8pm (cst).  I picked it up and very rudely said hello, finally someone was on the other end.  It was a female stating that she was calling on behalf of Scotia Bank and was trying to sell me life insurance.  She was very new because she sounded like she was a machine of some kind.  I had to tell her 3 times not intrested before she finally was ready to end the call.  I also informed her that I wish to be not contacted since I get letters from my bank and if I was intrested I would call myself.

keeps calling every day

received call from this number repeatedly. No message.

Got two calls from this number on my cell. The first didn't leave message. The second time I was left a message from a woman who called hereself AlJeeta or something that sounded like that. She said that she was calling from Dun & Bradstreet because two companies had asked for a credit check on my company. She left her number 1-866-573-5407 ext 3331 and a call no for me to refer to when I called back. I haven't so far and now I don't plan to either.

Receive many calls from this number. Sometimes dead air when I answer, sometimes a voice asks for me by name, when I say I'm not home but will take a message, they reply it's a courtesy call from Scotia Bank. The person never leaves a message but says they will call back. I'm going to try blocking the number...