Got a call, went to voice mail. Google voice message (rough translation):
And then a few seconds. I'm gonna give you access to a pre recorded message. That's gonna show you exactly how to start putting $10000 or more in your pocket in the next 10 to 14 days and $10000 OR more every 10 to 14 days after that. This message will absolutely blow your mind. So press one right now if you wanna find out exactly. Gotta put $10000 or more of your pocket every 10 to 14 days. I guarantee you have never seen anything like this. Up until now. So press one right now to get all the details, or press 9 and I do you know if you'll never hear from you again.
Sounds like an attempt to process stolen or counterfeit checks, or do money laundering, or recruit money mules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_mule
A money mule or sometimes referred to as a "smurfer" is a person who transfers money acquired illegally (e.g., stolen) in person, through a courier service, or electronically, on behalf of others. The mule is paid for their services, typically a small part of the money transferred. Money mules are often dupes recruited on-line for what they think is legitimate employment, not aware that the money they are transferring is the product of crime. The money is transferred from the mule's account to the scam operator, typically in another country. Similar techniques are used to transfer illegal merchandise.
Mules recruited online are typically used to transfer the proceeds from online fraud, such as phishing scams, malware scams or scams that operate around auction sites like eBay. After money or merchandise has been stolen, the criminal employs a mule to transfer the money or goods, hiding the criminal's true identity and location from the victim of the crime and the authorities. By using instant payment mechanisms such as Western Union the mule allows the thief to transform a reversible traceable transaction into an irreversible untraceable one.
Money mules are commonly recruited with job advertisements for "payment processing agents," "money transfer agents," "local processors," and other similar titles; the real benefit to the criminals is not the work carried out by the mule, but that the criminals are distanced from the risky, visible, transfer. Some money mules are recruited by an attractive member of the opposite sex. Candidates are asked to accept funds and to forward them, less a relatively small payment for themselves, to a third party, which they can do from home. Legitimate companies use escrow services for this kind of work.
This jerk tied up my phone for 6:14 minutes with a pre-recorded message trying to sell me some bullcrap money-making scheme. I had to wait that long until I could get a voice mail to leave a message that he better not call my number again. Would like to see a class-action suit against this creep.
If I was making a movie about con artists, and I needed someone with a voice who sounded just like what a con artist's voice should sound like, it would be the guy on the recording from the call that came from this number.