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Barrie family's phone number hijacked by telemarketers
CBC News
Posted: Jul 4, 2012 10:25 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 4, 2012 10:15 PM ET
A Barrie, Ont., family is being bombarded with calls after their phone number was hijacked by a telemarketing company that claims to provide duct cleaning, Marivel Taruc reports.
"People that are calling us are people that are getting our number appearing on their phone," William Hayes told CBC News.
The family tries to return the calls and explain it to the angry callers.
They have also contacted Barrie police, the CRTC, their local member of Parliament and the phone company, but so far the calls have not stopped coming.
To see Taruc's full report, click the above video.
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