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If it's a lead-gen scam, shouldn't bogus contact/address info be the central part of the scheme?

Also, the six-minute requirement on the first call doesn't fit with a lead-gen scam. It actually seems like it would really drain the resources of a small company trying to drum up business.

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The phone number and extension is probably what's used to identify where the "sales lead" came from. As for the long-calls, there's probably a minimum connection time before the lead is considered "valid". "aaron" is probably telling everyone 6 minutes keeping in mind that this is a Craig's labor pool and they will probably only really do 2 minutes on average.

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