The calls from (206) 200-7100 and (206) 200-6011 seem to be the same type of call from a cruise company. They both start with a loud long fog horn. They are both very persistent, one or the other calls me daily on my cell phone. How did they get that phone's number? Today it was Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 @ 2:20 p.m from the. (206)200-6011 number.
Okay friends, I have some insight on this 'You have won a free cruise' call.
I was NEVER bugged by telemarketers and 'spam' calls for the first 2 years I've had this phone. I am a 'no-contract' user on the T-Mobile carrier service. I had always bought minutes cards from stores and did it that way, mostly for convenience. One weekend I was in the middle of a call and ran out of minutes (duh!). I searched T-Mobile's online site to see what my options were. One was to call a number, SUPPLIED by T-Mobile, which would accept my debit card. It was an important call that was interrupted, so I hesitantly used the above mentioned method to add minutes. AS SOON as the transaction was finished I IMMEDIATELY got this telemarketer call (the Free Cruise Winner variety!). I am CERTAIN there is a connection. When I got my monthly card statement it listed a third-party company in Oregon that handled my 'add minutes' transaction for T-mobile. So you folks do the math here: I never had ANY spam calls ... added minutes using the number supplied by T-Mobile ... hung up from the transaction ... and within 30 seconds got this effin' call that you folks have gotten, which I now get on a regular basis. Connection or pure coincidence? What do you think? It's not easy for telemarketers to get new cell numbers, most use some method of 'Demon Dialers' that just dial thousands of random numbers in minutes. Pretty sweet for a company who handles a transaction for a carrier, eh? Instant access to tens-of-thousands of legitimate user numbers. I tried to report my experience ... HA! Fell on on deaf T-Mobile ears. They (of course) knew nothing about what I was reporting. Sure they didn't, the third-party company they hired is not going to TELL them about their lucrative little scam!
I think it's a coincidence. I've had my cell # for 9 years, first w/ VW (contract) and just recently T-mobile (prepaid). I've been getting this cruise call for at least a year. Consider yourself lucky for having 2 years without the calls!
You are spot on. I am an ex T-Mobile non-contract carrier. Once my contract from T-mobile ended years ago, I had switched to no-contract, and then eventually went over to a family plan at AT &T for better phones and also because it was cheaper for me on a family plan. I got those calls ALL the time when I was on T-Mobile and I actually still get them because I carried over the same phone number from Tmobile. I wish I knew *how* to get removed from the list.