Mein Fraulien, you must call me

For those that love mysteries, get a load of this: Following a bizarre message on online personals website Craigslist, a mysterious recorded message has been found on a New York telephone number. It appears to be in some sort of code.

The bizarre messages starts with an extract of a tune by A-ha known as ‘Little Black Heart’, then fades into a long sequence of numbers divided into blocks of five, repeating each one. Each number appears to have been recorded separately, as each has a different voice. The message ends with the tune from the beginning being repeated.

Theories as to the origin of the message range from intelligence agents (spies) exchanging messages, terrorism, drug traffickers, a clever viral marketing scheme (perhaps for the new film The Da Vinci Code), a simple hoax or two cryptographic lovers exchanging messages.

A copy of the original recording is copied below:

    Group 415
    01305 60510 12079 04606 50100
    93000 08203 90130 94069 01207
    81080 17028 01706 90220 73038
    01401 70150 15073 00402 00680
    12013 12510 00540 04091 01401
    30150 86022 09608 10660 02082
    05507 00020 00000 02208 30290
    08022 01200 40710 13065 02709
    40190 29014 02200 80020 11083
    07300 30260 19000 00700 00000
    86

You can hear the strange recording HERE.

This was followed shortly afterwards by another Craigslist posting, this time with another number, and another recording, which you can listen to HERE

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