One of the great information search engines on the internet is Google. So It's no surprise scammers are using it for misinformation like bogus phone numbers.
Those of us from the Baby Boomer generation have seen a lot of technological changes over the years. Often, we forget some of the technology we're familiar with is foreign to our kids. Take a rotary phone, for instance. These kids are both curious and amused at this old technology for making calls.