Last night about 8:00 or so, I got a very odd call on my cell phone. Pretty sure it was a large-scale telemarketing operation, machine-dialed: I had to say hello a few times before the caller finally noticed I was on the line and responded. He claimed to be from the Franklin Mint, and started off by saying that someone had recently called them from this (my) phone number, and they were calling back to follow up. I said they must be mistaken, I hadn't called the Franklin Mint at any time. He actually said their records weren't mistaken, which kinda floored me.
I suggested that perhaps he had misdialed, thinking maybe someone with a similar phone # had called them. He said he didn't dial the number, it's automatically dialed for him (confirming that, yes, it was prolly a big operation, not just some lone-dude in his mom's basement). I asked him what the number was that he had called. He didn't answer directly, and went off on some tangent, suggesting that perhaps I had recently seen one of their infomercials...and that's about when I hung up.
I don't recall whether he ever actually stated my name or not.