Just got a call from 415-777-3456. It used to associated with Movie-Phone, but apparently no longer.
If you've been getting calls on a daily basis and no one is on the other end chances are that it is being made from one of those boiler rooms. The computer dials several phones at a time. The person who answers their phone first gets the special treatment--they're treated to a sales pitch.
I am supposed to be on a NO CALL LIST, but it just doesn't work, especially when these phone geeks who are in some other country hijack the system and get through. When I get a call from these heavily accented mother f*****ers, I put them through a psychological maze that leaves them baffled and angry. I play with them like the rats that they are. It does not solve the problem. But at least I leave them feeling like they are a parasite. And they don't even know what just happened in our phone conversation, because I talk to them pretending to be a crazy person, and then I belittle them.
I am supposed to be on a NO CALL LIST, but it just doesn't work, especially when these phone geeks who are in some other country hijack the system and get through. When I get a call from these heavily accented mother f*****ers, I put them through a psychological maze that leaves them baffled and angry. I play with them like the rats that they are. It does not solve the problem. But at least I leave them feeling like they are a parasite. And they don't even know what just happened in our phone conversation, because I talk to them pretending to be a crazy person, and then I belittle them.
It's still MoviePhone as of 11-14-11, in the CA Bay Area where I received the call. It hung up when I picked up after a few rings but I called it back (anon) and got a showbiz-sounding dude with voice prompts to find local movies. I assume the purpose is just to promote theater viewing.
I just received a call from this number and it was two guys pretending to some home security system company. It started like a wrong number, but then I corrected them. Then they proceeded to try to go with the flow. While we do have a home security by the company they pretended to be, what was the dead giveaway was that they were asking if we had a system in our home...and I had figured they should already know that we did and they wouldn't have to ask. Then they tried to do this good-guy-vs-bad-guy routine. So I told them that this sounded suspicious, and I hung up.
As others have said here, the name showed as AOL MOVIE PHONE (and I think Movie Fone would actually be correct if it were really that AOL service) on my caller ID. So please beware of these scammers!