I was previously employed by the highly immoral Insight CFS. Basically what the company is doing is cold calling elderly senile Australians and intimating/pressuring them to purchase raffle tickets via credit or debt card for a charity such as the PCYC or RSPCA etc, which cost $1000.00 dollars or less. I am embarrassed to admit that I once worked for Insight CFS, and I feel so dirty. Hangup, if Insight CFS call you.

This number has rung us 3 times a day for over 5 weeks..what a pain

I have had 6 calls from this number in the last week I am so glad I have call number display as I just ignore them . I wish they would give up as they ring as late as 7.45 at night

Yea I got a call from this number today and they ring once and hang up. I am also on the do not call list, but they just ignore this. However this behaviour is harrassment and should be dealt with by the Police. Craigs story about his Mum being ripped off for $200 by the PCYC is just disgraceful. You need to call the TV stations to put this on the news, to prevent this from happening again. SO PCYC PFO

I've got two missed calls from this number today. When i called back i got an automated service telling me it was the PCYC. I of course called with a private number to avoid giving away my land line. Im calling the police to confirm whether or not they are ac

I hope that I am costing them heaps,,,because they keep calling my fax machine..If I am lucky,one day they will self implode..I wish I knew the personal numbers of these parasites so that I could ring them ever hour 24 hours a day until they finally got the message..bugger off

They ring up and then hang up when you answer. Grubs

Had a missed call from this number today at 5:22 pm I feel harassed because I have a silent number and also on the do not call register. I don't think charity's should be exempt.

Bloody charities exploiting their exclusion from the no-call register.

We should have a no-call register for them too.

I think these people hope you call back sa part of their strategy. Grrrr.

This number has rung several times over the last 2 weeks during the day.
I work nights it wakes me and i answer-they hang up!i rang back and is the PCYC art union Surry Hills on an answering machine!!! grrrrrr!

Thanks Gail.We got a call at 7PM this evening from that number and we too are on a do not call register.I think Telstra got burnt a few years ago selling those lists to the scammers.Now days I let it ring through to our answering machine to screen calls like this.If it's a recognisable voice after 6-7 rings such as a relative, I pickup.Also  *10# helps if your a Telstra customer as well.

Guggi, just remember the charity you first bought entries for in their raffle from Insight, your details were taken and specifically called for their other charities. This is illegal.Your details may not have been sold, but you details have gone to their 8 or so other charities they call for. And you now give money constantly to 2 or their charities because they used methods which are illegal.And forgive me, their job is to hound you, and that's what they were doing.Just remember that granny on the phone saving $30 of her pension money she really cannot afford to give away, but thinks it will help puppies at the RSPCA, well 30 cents in te dollar of it will, the rest goes to people like Elle who's job it is, is to get money out of you. So really where do you think and how much do you think goes to the people in need?

Hello, I would like to help.

If you are receiving calls from (02) 8079 4700 Insight has been trying to contact you on behalf of one of our charity clients.

InsightCFS is a call centre that raises funds for several Australian Charities. Please be assured that calls from this number are legitimate and fundraising is done with the charities consent. All call lists used by InsightCFS are Privacy Compliant. As insight calls on behalf of Australian Charities call lists are not based of the "Do Not Call Register" as charities are exempt.

If you are receiving calls from InsightCFS, and you wish to be removed from our calling lists please call our customer service team on 1300 365 896 between 9am & 5pm Monday to Friday. If we are unavailable please leave a message with your phone number and we will remove it the next business day. Alternatively you can fax your details to us on 1300 733 121.

When contacting us, please have handy any and all numbers you would like removed including mobile, work and personal numbers even if you have not yet received calls on this number. That way, we can ensure that you are not bothered in future.

InsightCFS is not the only company doing charity fundraising calling so if you receive any calls from other companies that you do not want to receive we recommend that you ask the telemarketer who called you to ask their supervisor to remove you from all of their calling lists.

We apologise for any inconvenience receiving telemarketing calls may cause you, and hope that you understand that telemarketing raffles provide a huge boost in funds for our charity clients.

Thankyou for reading through this message.

Regards

Elle-May
Customer Service Manager
Insight Call Centre Services
PO Box 968 Strawberry Hills 2010
Direct Line: 1300 365 896 Fax: 1300 733 121

I have no idea who this call is from.  It appears regularly and hangs up at 5 rings.

Hi everone

I just contacted the phone number that Elle-May suggests and spoke with Tom, who was lovely. He told me which charities I was listed to be contacted from (all of these are charities I have donated to previously and 2 of them I still donate to monthly). The reason for this is that Insight do exactly as Elle-May says and they phone people on behalf of various charities.

My new suggestion is to ring the number Elle-May suggests and politely ask them to remove you from their phone list and that they remove you from ALL charities you are attached to.

As Tom pointed out to me, they aren't there to hound you or upset you, they are simply doing a job like everyone else (and for much needed funds for people less fortunate than most of us - and how do they know who is and who isn't?).

Have some patience and kindness people and it returns to you ten-fold.

I hope I've alleviated some angst for people now?

Take care all. Best wishes.

Guggi

I've had this number call me several times. I've been ignorning it, as I assumed it was just telemarketing.  However, today I got curious and decided to answer.  When I picked up, there was a busy signal on the other end?  They must have hung up just as I answered.  Craig's story about his mum and the $200 is absolutely disgusting.  I hope the local MP can do something.  They should absolutely reimburse her and also not contact her again in the future for donations.