Yup, if the company is big, call or email the "front desk" or 411 number of whatever and ask to talk to that specific person. There are about a zillion ways to do this properly and the poster did none of them, sheer amateur hour.
For what it's worth I have worked at places where its a fireable offense to talk to anyone about past employees. You'll be referred to our co-employer (insperity) who will only give you mm/yy of beginning and end of employment and not a word more.
