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

same as everyone else..........just did not answer. no message, no call back.

Just got a call from this number in OTTAWA, Ont. Canada -- did not take the call -

scum bags - why can't something be done with this unwanted system of auto dialling.

got a call from (778) 785-4596 telling me in a recorded message that I'd just won 2600 travel dollars and that I should push 1 to claim them. I hung up but checked for this message on the web and found that other callers have had this same call only from an Alberta source. ?I too have added my cell phone number to the Canadian Do Not Call list but they've obviously found a way to circumvent this.

yep, same number called me this afternoon; did not answer though. I'm actually from british columbia so i'm used to the 778 area codes, but this number came up all whack on my phone... i think it's a v.o.i.p line of some sort because usually when a 778 number comes up on my phone it comes up normally since i live in the area and have a 778 area code myself. I have had myself on the do-not-call list for a few months and have had no problems with any telemarketers until today. by the claims made by other posters regarding free vacations, my guess is that this company is making illegal calls since i'm not the only one who has recieved them while on the list, according to this forum. i'm finding out how to report this number..... i can't f****ng stand telemarkets, bunch of straight-up do***ebags. i always hate hearing them say "well i'm just doing my job, sir," because there's always the option of getting a job where you don't f****ng piss people off for a living. f*** 'em... -  end of rant. -

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 up778 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.