Female recorded voice left message on my voice mail saying "...Press 1 and you will have a full 18 months to travel on your cruise. Don't wait, press 1 now to speak to a travel agent to reserve your cruise or press 2 to decline this offer and release it to the next selected winner."
202-870-5954 can't be the real caller number showing in my cel CID for this company and "taxes only" cruise "prize", as it traces to a DC Verizon cel block, whereas the automated dialer call I received came from a system that handed off to a Batavia, IL call center. The automated dialer illegally called mt cel, and the screening IVR message claimed I'd filled out a form to enter a travel contest. Obvious criminal identity fraud for the calling number, and criminal dialing of cels, but surprisingly, the handoff was to a "Raul Vargas" who apparently didn't have a screen with my callee info, and who was apparently honest about his company's pitch.
http://www.ustravelgroup.info/cruise/index.cfm was the promotion being pitched, "giving away" cruises subject to immediate payment of certain fees, to supposedly fill cabins of a troubled industry on Carnival and 2 sister cruise lines. Unlike most criminal scam telemarketers, this caller came across as willing to share real information about his company and promotion, with no idea he was conspiring in a criminal scam (I spent 19 minutes pretexting a desirable customer). Also, DNS for that domain is hidden behind a privacy service, as is the .net counterpart to the same site.
There's more about them on this site listed under phone 202-367-9272. Other sites have info suggesting this company is real, but scams people by issuing third party vouchers that are difficult to redeem, and isn't directly marketing or affiliated with the claimed cruise lines. Also on other sites is information suggesting this is an operation of the same group of businesses that have been sued for fraud by state Attorney Generals, for various business names associated with Harbor Resorts or VRMI.
Just the fact that they're illegally robo-calling cel phones means they are an interstate criminal scam, and complaints can be filed here:
as well as with the Interagency criminal task force, at www.ic3.gov
It's strange that they're also engaging in identity theft forging CID (additional grounds for complaint), as this operation appears "real", even though it's a criminal scam too.
I believe this same indecent happened to my husband and I just now. We did some research on a company calling itself "Cruise and Land Promotions." Same scam and same web layout as the one you've described.
I just got the same call too for "Cruiseandlandpromotions.com" I guess it is one of those too good to be true things. Sounds good but a little too fishy.
Some one called at this number. When I returned the call, the operator said that the country I am calling is having a busy signal. I don't know these people. I don't know how they got my phone. I don't want to call me back.