800-466-4411

Some idiot calls up 800-446-4411, masking himself under a Google number claiming to be looking for #32 gage stranded wire, so he can sew it into his jacket to stay warm. The guy was a moron from the get-go, and when I challenged him in the least, the jerk hung up. Wait until sleaze marketing gets a whiff of this number.

Callers should be aware that Google will now cloak and mask under this 800#, so be prepared for stupid people at the other end of the phone. This happened at 5:56 PM, C.S.T., but I finally got to logging it now.

-AL

I got a call from the 8004664411 as well.  They asked for a product I sell.  I said I have it.  Made no sense.  Customers don't call from 800 numbers.

As Al points out in the first message in this thread, Google offers this tollfree number so you can make calls to business numbers for free, on Google's dime--you call 800-446-4411, and when it answers, you tell it the name of the business you want to reach (there are a lot of options, like just asking for a type of business, like pizza delivery), and it dials the number for you. It's explained at www.google.com/goog411.  You can look at it as either another way to make us feel warm and fuzzy about Google, paving their way to take over the planet, or as a genuinely useful (but abusable) thing.  I don't know if it can be tricked into connecting to any number, not just businesses.

The unfortunate part is that the company or person who receives the call will see it displayed on their caller ID, just as that very number (800-446-4411), so the service also allows callers to mask what number they're calling from.  As Al says, "Wait until sleaze marketing gets a whiff of this number."  And as RB found, sleaze in general has already gotten a whiff of this number's cloaking possibilities.  And to piercingvision, who says "Customers don't call from 800 numbers"--well, they did now.

Al's story about someone wanting to sew wire into his jacket to stay warm, is interesting.  Maybe he was going to wire it up to a power source and have an electric blanket jacket?  If there was no power source planned, THAT's what would have made it weird.

Got a call from 800-466-4411 the dude stut stut stuttered when he called asking about projectors. Didn't know anything about projectors or rear projection TV's.
Hung up on me

can a number call through someone else's cell? I apparently had some"one" use my cellphone wile it was still in my pocket to call this number. It was at 1:24 June 22, 2008; in WA. Is there any way that the number could have called itself?

Yes, and Yes... it is very easy to access someone's cell phone... and it is possible that you were spammed this number and it "redialed" it...
as to blocking others from using your cell? well removing the battery is about the only way... one of the systems our government put in place to spy on us and it's unclosable... they can also track your every move... Hmmm... looks like they (big brother) doesn't have to chip (micro chip I.D. implant) us after all...

So which part is wierd-
Him needing info
Him stuttering
Him assuming you might have info?

This number is associated with Google and the Goog-411 project.  If you get a call from this number then the person calling you used Google's free directory service.  (800) GooG-411.

Just because they used the toll free directory doesn't mean that the call is fake.

@Timothy

"one of the systems our government put in place to spy on us and it's unclosable... they can also track your every move"

You conspiracy theorists need a real hobby.  The "Government" has nothing to do with private cell phone carriers.  If you don't want to be tracked, then disable your GPS tracking option on your phone, or turn your phone off.  The rumour that this so-called government tracking can't be turned off comes from wildly imaginative TV & film writers.  Complete rubbish.  Stop trying to scare people with your parroted unsubstantiated rumour.

@The Google Guy

Thank you for providing a clear and concise statement of fact for 800-466-4411.

Let's get this straight .... if you receive a call from 800-466-4411, it is a call from someone who has used the Google service to reach you .... nothing more .... they may not know what they are talking about, looking for, or whatever, and just hang up ... but they have simply used that Google service .... they may have just been "trying it to see if it worked" .... and it DOES!!!!!

About the "Big Brother" knowing our every move through our cell phones, there are a lot of misconceptions ... unless someone deliberately downloads and installs one of the myriad spy programs now available over the internet into your phone, the only thing anyone can find out about your phone, without having it in hand, is it's location and sometimes your number ... and that could be done even with the original cell phones through triangulation .... now GPS does that. The new "spy programs" available for cell phones can INDEED turn one's cell phone into a true "bug" ... allowing someone to listen and even view what you are doing ... but at sometime, they must have had access long enough to your phone to get it installed.

Enough of the conspiracy hogwash ... that assumes that the Cretins in D.C. are smart enough to pull it off .... and we have seen in the past couple of decades, just how smart they are??!!!

I had 800-466-4411 show up as an incoming call on one of my cell phone bills, how is this possible?  its a plain old personal cell phone, i do not know how someone was able to call it using goog411??

They used GOOG-411. It's a free 411 service from Google, and they can connect you for free. That's probably what happened; the person called your store with GOOG-411. The phone number for that service? 800-466-4411.

who is this

This number can also appear when someone is using GIZMO5 and Google Voice to make calls. The Google Voice number will not show up on your caller-id, just the Google 800 number. I have Gizmo5 and Google Voice. When I call someone using this service they get 800-466-4411 on their caller id.

I tried to get a number from 800 446 4411, but the computer asked if it as business, residential or government and then asked me for city and state but not for the name of the person who's number I wanted to dial then it told me that there as no listing.  Unless it can read my mind by phone how could it know to whom I wanted to call?  screwed up system.

I WAS CALLED BY THE NUMBER 800 466 4411 AND WAS THREATENDED I WOULD BE KILLED. THIS IS NOT FUNNY NOR A JOKE! YOU JUST SIMPLY DO NOT CALL AND SAY THOSE THINGS. THEY CALLED SERVERAL OF TIMES AND THE MORE PHONE CALLS THEY MADE THE MORE VIOLENT THE SITUATION GOT.

I got a call and was told to register for the sex offender site!!!!! Complete B.S!! They said if I didn't register that I would be arrested!! These people need to be caught and punished.

I  have had numerous calls from this number since Feb./2010.   How can I block  the number?

How canI block this number??????????????

I received a call from this number; caller would not identify themselves.