4167506018

i received the call at home for my wife. We've been getting a ton of calls trying to offer us the Scene Visa. I interrupted the girl saying that if she was calling about that, we have said every time we are not interested. I heard her snicker, and say that it wasn't. She gave me a 1-800 number, and said she was responding to a call my wife made. My wife told me she never made any calls to Scotia, and futhermore, when she called the 1-800 number, there was no option to contact the extension number that was given to us.

today sunday june 07 2009 at 12:07 I received a phone call from 416-750-6018 it was a machine with a message "your visa card has been compromized  I will contact you later"
I phone them back to see if it was really from scotia bank but I got an answer machine whith a message "This is scotiabank I contac you later"

FOR INFORMATION - BE AWARE
The following number called 416-750-6018 claiming in a tape recording to be from Scotia bank stating that my card had been compromized. I redialed the number and received a tape recording. I am very suspicious of these types of calls, but also place the responsibility directly in the lap of the bank management who allow telemarketers to do work that could be done by bank employees with a proper identification. Another example of loose management hoarding the publics money and providing no service at all.

THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PERSON TELLING LIES, ATTEMPTING TO GET PERSONNAL INFOMATION FROM YOU UNDER FALSE PRETENCE. PROBABLE A TELMARKETTER BEING USED BY THE BANK TO AVOID EMPLOYING QUALIFIED STAFF, OR A STAFF PERSON WORKING FROM HOME AND RECEIVING PENIES ON THE DOLLAR FROM THE BANK.
PLEASE NOTE THAT BANK FEES STILL REMAIN HIGH AND EXECUTIVES LIVE ABOVE THEIR MEANS.

I truly loathe Scotiabank. They've been placing their Junk phone calls to my house for over a year now, no matter what I do to get them to stop. I've phoned and e-mailed them to ask/demand that the calls cease forever, but it does no good. I'm also on the do not call list, but obviously Scotiabank is too important to recognize and honour the do not call list. I have never done business with Scotiabank and never will. I will, however, try to convince as many people as possible to either cease doing business with them or never start.

Actually, the call seems to be real...
I received it as well, saying my card has been compromised. So I googled that call back number and found it here:
http://scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID8086_LIDen,00.html
which is 1-800-472-6842.
Well, they asked me to go visit one of their branches. Seems legit enough. I will go at noon ..

Well, in fact, 1-800-472-6842 is a phone number printed on the back of my bank card.. ya.

I too have received a call on Sept 23/2009 re:416-750-6018. I do not have an acct with Scotia that even uses the number that was called. So I don't know how they got my home number. It is obviously an attempt to get info.

It isn't a scam....they call fromt hat number with a recorded number if you're card has potentially been compromised at a machine or point of sale. I missed teh call from this number but called the number on the scotiabank site under contact us and spoke to a representative who explained that they had put a hold on my account until I got a new card. They are protecting you, not scamming you.

I know that I for one feel safe knowing that my bank is taking pre-emptive measures to prevent my account being breached.

Take it easy you guys. It's only ScotiaBank calling to confirm something. They always call me from that number soon after I open a new account Online or RRSP or even make a change to my account. It's just them trying to proctect you.

Sam

Found this number had left a BNS "compromised" card message on my answering machine and was suspicious but wondered when they said to go to the branch. Sure enough there was an unaccounted for debit that was pretty recent. I'm glad they phoned.

That number is probably a general number they use for phoneing clients on everything from selling stuff to security, probably a database dialer of some sort.

The moral of the story is if you get a call and they aren't asking for info but are telling you to go to the bank I would pay attention.

i got a call but missed it; i got a call again today and after reading the above knew they would keep trying until i tell them to get lost

it was scotiabank calling regarding my scene points card for famous players; they wanted to get more info for my preapprove scene visa card; i told them i don't want it; i got a nice person and she didn't push

they have called my cell twice, once this past friday evening at precisely 8:12pm Central time, and tonight at 8:14pm.  They did not leave a msg, nor did i take the call.  i bank at Scotia - did they sell our telephone/contact info?  reading previous notes, this seems to be consistent....

Claiming to be a "curtesy call" from Scotiabank. SCAM.

SCAM, claiming to be Scotiabank, REPORT TO AUTHORITIES.

Received a call at 7:30PM, no message left.

I'm in Montréal, QC.

Telemarketer doing business for Scotiabank. I called Scotiabank and they confirmed.  If you do any business at all with Scotiabank, and have arranged a DNC with them, and you get a call from this telephone number,
call 416-933-1700, Office of the President, so they can flag your account as to do not want "marketing" calls.

http://www.scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID8376_LIDen,00.html
If the Manager has been unable to resolve your complaint satisfactorily, a representative of the President will be pleased to assist you.

Office of the President  

Telephone  English 1-877-700-0043
(in Toronto 416-933-1700)
French 1-877-700-0044
(in Toronto 416-933-1780)  
Fax 1-877-700-0045
(in Toronto 416-933-1777)  
e-mail mail.president@scotiabank.com
Mail The President, Scotiabank,
44 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1H1

They didn't bother to leave a message or number and they didn't make a second attempt to call, so they obviously aren't seriously concerned about talking to me which leads me to believe they aren't worth talking to. Ergo; probably scammers.

I will call Scotia Bank to inquire about this phone number.

It's Scotia Bank. Don't panic. Most of their calls are done to protect you or your cards. Sure they outsource a lot of their business, but so does a lot of other companies, it's the reality of the economy.