caller called with no message from (778) 785-4596

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.

got call on cellphone, was curious so i went to a payphone and called it back (in case it was someone for real - i am from BC). And got that travel dollars message AND i pressed one becuase it was from a payphone anyways.

Then it told me to hold. and then after5 seconds it disconnected........

I got a call from this number too.so did my mom..same day.. about the same time

just got a call from this number.. it said that you have won 2600 to claim press 1...
i said f off and hanged up

I got a call from (778) 785-4596 on my cell.  It did come up that it was coming from British Columbia.  Did not answer, no message was left.