They called 3 ti$mes yesterday and again today. SBT.  No intro just started asking questions. Aaaargh!

Ive been getting calls from the same number...when I pick up there is no one there. I call back to get a disconnected number. I am also in BC.

This number is used to reroute long distance phone calls. My brother in NZ called me in BC and this is the number that showed up. If you call back, it "disconnected, no longer in use" !!!

This number is used to perpetrate various frauds, including the 'computer Microsoft scam'.....avoid like the plague!

Whaaat???? Get help, NOW! You are a prime target for scammers as you are way too naive!

Got a call from this number which went to voice mail (after all it is labour day weekend!!). They immediately called back (I mean in seconds) on a number that my phone records as 000-000-0000. Not likely a criminal scam, eh?
Give it asssssholes!!!!!

Had a call from 250-220-1011     to my work iPhone  when I was at home at 7.53am PST.  I anwered - an east indian accent lady  spoke,  she seemed to know I was in the computer business and started talking about a course and would I be interested?   at this point i asked which company and she said  ICG  or ICI or something,   I smelled a rat, people don't cold call me to offer computer courses,  I said no thanks and hung up.  I then looked up the number and find it is on everyone's s*** list as a number used by spammers. Strangely it appears to be in Victoria BC, which is where I live too.
Next time she will get my usual greeting to unsolicited spamming people.  When I get called about once every two weeks by an automated message saying I have won a cruise in florida,  I hit the button to connect to an operator, and when I get through to a human I scream at the top of my voice "TAKE ME OF YOUR F&(&*^&*^^^G  LIIISTTTT !!!"  then slam the phone down before they can say anything.   Then I take a deep breath and continue with my day, nice to unload.  I am on both the canadian and US do not call lists, these morons are not bothering to check against those , their auto-diallers just plug on through sequential numbers..
And by the way folks -  if you get any of the calls asking you to take a survey -  hang up.  the surveys are bogus, what they really want is the questions at the end where they say - "are you in this salary range" and for verification purposes what is your postal code.   Then they get their commission for updating marketing information statistics for salary/sex/geographic area, and other preferences,if they find out your address with the postal code, you will then be on the target of many junk mail lists.   Your opinion on their bogus survery is a waste of time.   If you are not busy,   go throught all their survey questions with them,  but refuse to identify your age,  your salary range or your postal code.

I an getting calls from a Tim Butcher.  So far it is a romance scam and he hasn't asked for any money but my computer, particularly Facebook and Google are acting up,  He said "Maybe someone is trying to hack into you"  He keeps telling me that he loves me and would never hurt me etc.  I asked him when he would meet face to face and he said in a couple of weeks.  I asked him where we would be living and he said he would know when he looked into my eyes.  This man is good.  I don't recognize the accent as South Eastern Asian but he is very smooth and has quick answers.  I am posiyive it is a scam but surprised he hasn't asked me for any money or my address.

it's a calling card.
someone is trying to call you long distance.

I got the same call today from 'Jessie' at 'SBT research company; about a smoking survey. I said I wanted off the list and she said she'd call me back. I told her not to call me back and she started repeating 'call you back, call you back; over and over. She must have said it 10 times!! I asked again what her name was and this time she said it was 'Chelsea' and said 'What's wrong with your hearing, I already told you my name.' I asked for her Employee ID number, which she said was 288 and then she said she'd call me back tomorrow and hung up.

Any suggestions, people? I have 2 kids under 3 years old and the call was at 10pm. If they do this again I might lose it!! And by the way, I'm on the 'no call list' but it's not doing much good!

Just got a call at 7am saying that there are infected files in my computer and I should get on my computer and he would help me. They are obviously going through the phone book because he knew my name. I hung up, sure hope no one falls for this scam.

We got a call on New year's Day at 2.30 a.m. right after New Eve ... this number needs to be investigated and stopped.We now receive 2 or 3 calls every single day

I also live in BC; I think they are using a 250 number to make us think that it is local.  I also have both InterWeb &'phone services through Shaw, which some folk had thought might be a factor.

Got a call from his number, the guy (South Asian accent) didn't know my name (a good thing), and when I didn't start talking (I wait if I don't recognise the number), the fellow said his name was Peter, he was from Microsoft, and my computer had been downloading huge amounts af malicious files; I interrupted him to say that wasn't possible, I don't have a computer,& he said I was lying.  I was lying, but my computer hasn't been turned on this week (why bother when you've got an iPad?), so I told him to "bugger off & not boher with this nonsense".  He told me to F Off repeatedly as I shut the 'phone off.

YEAH KEEP GETTING THESE CALLS SOMETIMES 3X A DAY  IF I QUESTION WHO IT IS THEY HANG UP ON ME

The number called me today I answered and he said he was from Microsoft Company and wanted me to go to my computer and turn it on. He said I was getting a virus everytime I received or sent an email. I gave the call to my husband. My husband listened to him and told him that he would then unplug the computer and take it in to get it looked at, he got very upset and told him not to do that it would cost money that he could fix it right here online. My husband told him he did not believe anything he was saying that he was a liar. When my husaband was hanging up the caller said to him F**K YOU.

After reading other people's comments I'm wondering if I got this message, "good bye",  because my phone and computer are separate companies.  Do those with one company get someone answering?

After I answered the phone, a female recorded message said "good bye".

Just like the rest of you, I got a call at 5:57 am from that number and they woke me up...later when I tried to call back the number was disconnected.  A pox on all of them.

Recieved call from this at 5:30 AM.  Oriental voice.  Tried to call back , message indicated number not in use.

Recieved call from this at %:30 AM.  Oriental voice.  Tried to call back , message indicated number not in use.

i got a call at 12 30 in the evening tonight!?!?!? the "message" they left, just a poor quality connection kind of sound and then "click" they hung up. when i called back, i was also told the number has been disconnected. wtf?  we must all have something in common folks. there is NO way that anyone was trying to sell anything OR ask me to take a survey at that hour. 250 220 1011 who the f&^% are you? i live in british columbia does everyone else?

Got a call from this number today and person said that I had won some money and needed credit card info, when I said I did not have a credit card, then they wanted bank account number. I went to my bank and talked with a manager there about it and she said that it is a scam and not to give ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION over the phone or internet to anyone you personally do not know because they will clean your account out.

got a call on my Bell/Virgin cell. No answer/ no message..?. I called back and it was listed as disconnected..

They called me 3 times today, and twice yesterday.

Just got a call from this number.  I answered and they hung up.  Makes me wonder if it is actually CIBC or someone trying out CELL numbers to see if they work or not.  Seems like a fishy scam

Got a call today from this number she said she was from sbt a research company and did i have time for a survey about smoking/air quality in my area.  I asked her if i could be taken off the list and please do not call me again.  She then said oh it will only take less than a minute, I asked her again to not call and i know she is doing her job and do not mean to be rude but please do not call me, she then went to ask me again about the survey.  I asked her if she was supposed to ask me 3-4 times about this survey even though i have asked her that i do not want to do it and to not call again.  She continued to ask me more questions ignoring what i was saying.  At this point i said obviously she is not listening to me and I wanted to speak to her manager she said ok ok i'll take you off the list and hung up on me.  Am going to be calling BBB and make a formal complaint, so WCLAY why dont you write something useful and help people instead of calling them dummies!  I do not know what this number was for either and you could have informed people politely which makes me think you are someone from this research company/or company that uses this number.

Clare says she was napping with her son. Fred writes into cyberspace "stop calling my home". Dayna got called at 7:30 - Oh My! Steph can't equate phone survey and market research. What a pack of useless sensationalists! Write something useful here. THIS NUMBER IS TO THE SWITCH USED BY A LONG DISTANCE SERVICE OR CALLING CARD COMPANY TO ROUTE CALLS FROM ONTARIO TO BC. It could easily be a friend from Ontario calling you in BC, dummy. Take yourselves a lot less seriously or take your facts a lot more seriously.

I just got a call from this number.  The lady said she was calling from SBT with a very brief survey.  She didn't ask if I wanted to complete the survey but just started right into it.

The survey had about 6 or 7 brief questions and at the end I stopped her and said ,"So where are you calling from again?" She said, "SBT".  She was in the middle of saying goodbye and I said, "What is SBT?" and she said it was a market research company.  The weird part is that the phone survey didn't fit into "market research".

I tried to call the number back and it says the number has been disconnected.

Beware!
This caller is NOT from CIBC. CIBC has made it very clear to its customers that they would never cold call people nor send emails.