Warnings over unwanted calls from Canada

Sparks and Vodafone are warning their customers to be wary after reports of unexpected phone calls from Canada. Customers across all three big New Zealand telephone companies - Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees have reported strange calls being made to them from Toronto based numbers. Some people who received the calls over from Canada, usually the caller will hang up when they pick up. Those who have managed to have a conversation say the aim to be from a finance company.