Hey Saly,
One of the numbers listed is my personal cell.
I have never contacted you asking for any kind of donation or anything of the sort.
I would appreciate it if you would remove my number from your list and stop plastering it all over the internet.

I just got I phone call from that number and my boss was not available, so he did not want to leave a message and hung up

i am getting annoying calls from this numbers all same (police amateur, Canadian cancer, burning victim... wherever) asking for donation
(416)848-7843/ (416)848-7822 /(647)722-5905/ (647)722-5930 / (416)238-1249 /(289)841-7109 /
1-800-326-1783 / (905)-499-2606 /(416)830-1439 /
1-800-616-2023 / 1-800-365-1522 /(416)628-4561 /
1-250-800-2500 /(647)722-5879 /(416)848-7850 /
(416)628-4533 / (905)481-2918 /1-800-713-5190 /
1-800-382-3690  when you don t answer they keep playing with number and harassing you

.. Shriners

I need this number

Call from Shrines,

Thanks Rita.

As I implied, I do not know for sure that it is Xentel, I just suspect them based on what I have read and heard. However, here are a couple of points I have discovered since I made my first post:

The only "Sick Kids Hospital" that the Shriners actually support is in Montreal, not the one in Toronto.

Moreover I don't believe that the Shriners, Toronto Police or Toronto Firefighters even solicit donations over the phone, either directly or via any telemarketing companies. Thus I am pretty certain that ANY calls pretending to represent those organizations are pure fraud.

Listen for subtle differences in how they describe themselves versus the real organization. Apparently there are many scamsters who want trick us out of our money by using names that sound legitimate.

Basic rules to apply are:
1) Give out NO information to anyone who calls you who you do not know, especially your identity and financial data.
2) Do not confirm or deny your name even if they get it right until after they clearly identify themselves. 3) Ask to have your number put on their internal do not call list.
4) Best tactic is to remain cool and polite as well (getting angry can backfire, especially if you are dealing with a fraud).

All you want is to be left alone eventually.

Not sure what this is... "Due to a..." gets cut off, but it keeps calling me!

Number calls me, I don't answer but they never leave a message, must be telemarketer.

During the last 7 days this number 416 628 4561 has called daily. I have answered twice.

First time, male caller asked if Ms. XXX was there. I said "Not available, who is calling please?" Caller said "oh it's just a thank you call, I'll call back" and hung up. Thank you for what?

Second time different male caller if asked if Ms. XXX was home. I again said "Not available, who is calling?" He then asked "Are you Mr XXX?". I responded "Who's calling please?" He insisted "Are you Mr. XXX?" I again asked who was calling, and said "please identify yourself". He hung up.

Sorry friends but these CANNOT be legitimate fundraising tactics. I suspect the telemarketer is Xentel as reported on the CBC on Sept 22, 2010. A fundraising "firm" which will keep the majority of any money it collects.

Do NOT let guilt trick you into giving any money over the phone to anyone. And do NOT give away any personal information to these sharks. Their calls are not innocent, the peolple calling are NOT volunteers, but crooked TELMARKETERS, basically scum.

Thank YOU so much for your post.

We receive an inordinate amount of calls, and, can tell from the background noise that it's a "Call Centre".  And, they ALWAYS call soliciting donations for "The Shriners", "Toronto Police Widows and Orphans Fund", "Burn Victims" and various other Charities (I don't recall offhand).  However, I've always been suspect, because their people are so crass and belligerent......to quote one of them, "You don't want to give $$$ to burn victims?  How could you NOT want to help burn victims?".  If it is Xentel, they might consider training their personnel to NOT YELL at people.  When I asked, "Who's calling please?"  He responded, "Why do you want to know?" I asked him to identify himself, and, was told, "Oh, you want my name?  It's Mike Rotch!".

Legitimate or not.  They're RUDE!

call the shriners at (416) 633-6317 and tell them of this rude individual they have working for them...

Thanks for the info everyone, yesterday some j***off tried to get my family to wire money through Western Union to the sum of $5000 and posed as a cousin who had got drunk and crashed his car and needed it for insurance/bailout. Just a warning, if anyone gets a call from a James Wallace or asks: Do you know who this is? Just hang up, its a scam to get seniors to send untraceable money. You can see more details on Canada's Anti-Fraud website, its under Scam of the Week.

I thought the person calling was the same guy so I just hung up. Glad to know it was just the Shiners, lol.

Everyday between the hours of 9 and10 AM I get a call from 416-628-4561, I no longer answer, I allow it to go to the answering machine.  I did sign up for the Do Not Call list, but maybe because they are prentending to be a charity they get through anyway.

I got a call from this number at work all the time...just google this number and found out they are from the Shriners and asking for donations. Everybody needs money...but it's very hard to get FREE MONEY honey! Who really wants to give money over the phone?

shiners .... thanks for the tip .... i'll block them

thanks for this info, i just called and thru their phone menu was able to add my number to their do not call list. they were driving me nuts calling EVERYDAY at dinner time and i never answered as i didn't recognize the number.

thanks again!

I have received calls from this number at least twice a week for the past couple of months. I just went on the Canadian DNC List and registered the complaint.  Let's see if the government has more bark than bite.  They said that they'll investigate and take action against these types of calls.  Everyne should do the same thing and see if we can catch this guy.

During the last 7 days this number 416 628 4561 has called daily. I have answered twice.

First time, male caller asked if Ms. XXX was there. I said "Not available, who is calling please?" Caller said "oh it's just a thank you call, I'll call back" and hung up. Thank you for what?

Second time different male caller if asked if Ms. XXX was home. I again said "Not available, who is calling?" He then asked "Are you Mr XXX?". I responded "Who's calling please?" He insisted "Are you Mr. XXX?" I again asked who was calling, and said "please identify yourself". He hung up.

Sorry friends but these CANNOT be legitimate fundraising tactics. I suspect the telemarketer is Xentel as reported on the CBC on Sept 22, 2010. A fundraising "firm" which will keep the majority of any money it collects.

Do NOT let guilt trick you into giving any money over the phone to anyone. And do NOT give away ANY personal information to these sharks. Their calls are not innocent, the people calling are NOT volunteers, but crooked TELMARKETERS, basically scum.

Thank you for posting the number/info regarding the Do Not Call list. Very easy to do.

Thank you so much for this number!

A guy calling himself "John Gibson" calls. He won't identify the organization he is calling from. Irritating as hell.

Received numerous phone calls from this company during inappropiate times. Please stop calling as I will not give donations over the phone.

The guy called asking for my wife saying he is a local charity for the Shriners, when she wasn't home he quickly hung up.  Never give this scam operation any money and regretted answering the phone.

I get calls from this number about once every 2 weeks and it is Shriners asking for money. Every time, I tell them I can't afford to give them any money and to take me off their list, they just ignore that and keep calling me every so often. It's so annoying and irritating. Now, when I see that phone no. on my Call Display, I don't pick up. When will they get the message and stop calling me? GGRRR!

This is fron a Company called Zentil in Toronto
They have a Computer system for auto dialing/processing that causes things like those mentioned her
'to happen

I received the call earlier today, after a 3-4 second pause asked for my wife claiming to be from the Shriners.  He can barely speak proper English (Eastern European accent).  Very rude and aggressive looking for a donation and simply hung up.

I received the call from this number and they stating they are the green earth they need to audit for green earth manufacture?

Very rude pushy and aggressive.

Sooooo, I bet this has never happened to anybody here from this number!   Hahaha   I got a call from this number at work today and i wasn't at the my desk to pick up...   Looked up the number and found that it's the Shriners....  Now for the funny part.... it seems that the person who was calling didn't realize that my voicemail kicked in... as I listened to what he left, it was a private conversation with somebody beside him talking about dealing 'E'!!   hahahahah!!!  for the life of me, i want to call them and relay this voice mail to them so this person can get fired...  I do get numerous calls from these people and it is very VERY annoying!

Thanks for the site!  quite helpful!    I wish there was a way to embed the voice clip on here for everybody to hear!!!  

Cheers!