Yet another in the endless scams, a new angle and ruse to get you to hop on the phone.
Sounds all buddy-buddy, drinking partners at the local pub for years, to call him back at 414-355-5333, or at 608-729-5477. Provides some fake name. The very scummy, nefarious Hodges-Directory came up. This smells of a total rat. Both are landlines, doesn't explain exactly who or what. Two landlines in two different area codes? If the called party was such great buddies with the caller, he'd been handing out his cell number insisting to please call day or night.