Was asked by Al to leave a message for my boss that went something like this:

"Hi. Good afternoon. This is Al Hartwell. I was attempting to reach [name of your boss]. If you would, [XYZ], give me a call. My number is 972-481-2851. Again that name is Al Hartwell, phone number is 972-481-2851. Now, the reason I'm calling today, is we have some pertinent information with respect to the business and based upon the activities that we are seeing, we do feel that it may prove to be positive with respect to your company…”

Would only tell me his business was called “Generational”.

Got the same exact message today, 9-14-10 from Al Hartwell.

Just got a call from this person too.  Googled the name and number to see if anything came up.  Thanks for all the comments.

I'm a receptionist at my co.  Got the SAME  phone call just now and the man asked for our owner name by his first name.

"Good afternoon. This is Al Hartwell. I was attempting to reach ___"
"...reason I'm calling - we simply have some pertinent information with respect to the business and based upon the activities that we are seeing, we do feel that it may prove to be positive with respect to your company number is 972-481-2851 and again, that name is Al Hartwell."  Yes, he spelled the name "Al" too.  He did not volunteer company name: I had to ask (He said co name is 'Generational').  I was suspicious and conducted an on-line search and that how I found this forum.

I also go this message, but with Bruce Hinkley instead of Al Hartwell.