got call too .. message said 'you have won travel points or discount or something of $2600 or $2601, press 1 to claim'

i just hung up

778 is cell prefix for BC

someone is using cell phone, probably pre-paid, to do automated dialing.  

but from people's reports above, nothing happens when you press 1.

i suspect it is some scheme to test phone numbers for viability.  perhaps they get our numbers from some harvesting method, then test them to see if answered, if press 1 or not, and if answerer was male/female voice, detect accent if any, and to record what people say eg do they swear, or ask who is it etc.

its a kind of intelligence gathering scheme.  prob can get some interesting demographic, marketing data doing this.

it is borderline illegal though as it is calling 'do not call' numbers, and if the users could get their heads together, we might discover that the harvesting method is illegal or unethical too.

778 numbers are cellphone numbers here in BC Canadathe automatic voice message when i picked up the phone said i won $500 travel dollars and press 1 to get the money

When I answered the computerized voice said I just won $260.00 and to press 1 to claim...  I waited on the line a few seconds (did NOT press 1) and the line disconnected...  Total SCAM!!!

I'm on Do Not Call list - I'm Ontario - "Unknown" came up and this number was on my mail, but no message left.

Called me on my cell this afternoon. When I answered it, all I heard was the microsoft windows "shutdown music" play 3 times (nobody in the background talking) so I hung up.

I got a call from these jerkoffs. My voicemail was not set up and I could not get to the call in time. I'm on a private list. WTF?