it seems someone took the movie breaking all the rules to heart...

Wasn't there a 1-800 number you could call to do this for you a while back? It would call the person and tell them you weren't interested or something.

On a related subject, sort of.
I once found absolutely serious online company that was offering services of personal phone numbers with multiple secretaries to cover up for one's infidelity.
You would leave fictional numbers of fictional offices/hotels to your wife/girlfrnd and they would pretend to be hotel reception, office secretary, mortician, hospital nurse anything you want them to be.
You make a story, they back it up I thought it was hilarious and enterprising.
Never used them though , so I don’t know how good they are. I swear.