The “best bloke in Australia” says he is kicking himself for not recognising the voices of radio hosts Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, after the duo prank called him and had him agree to act as a reference for a total stranger.

Yesterday, the comedians dialled a random phone number in a segment aimed at testing whether people would lie to a prospective employer for someone they had never met.

Good sport and Melbourne resident James Lord answered, and agreed to act as a reference for “Tim Barnard” – a job applicant who had added a random number to a list of references on his resume.

"Sweet as, no worries dude," Mr Lord said, appearing to take the request in his stride.

Later in the show, Lee called Mr Lord pretending to be a potential employer and the unsuspecting punter followed up on his promise.

James Lord has become an overnight sensation after a prank call between him and radio hosts Hamish and Andy went viral. (Facebook)

He fabricated a story about his relationship with “Tim”, and explained they had met at a football club 10 years ago.

Mr Lord told 9news.com.au he is an avid listener of the duo’s program and had always hoped he would one day be the victim of one of their prank calls, sure he would recognise their voices.

“I thought yeah I’ll be able to pick it,” he said with a laugh.

“I’ve always hoped I would be stitched up and I’d recognise their voices, but yeah it didn’t work out that way unfortunately.”

During his conversation with Lee, the fake employer-to-be, Mr Lord praised “Tim”, and spoke of his fictional mate’s involvement with fundraisers and his willingness to help out the club's treasurer.

"What you see is pretty much what you get with him, he's a go-getter and when he says things are going to get done they get done," Mr Lord told Lee.

Mr Lord said he didn’t regret his decision to help “Tim” at any stage during the call, not even as Lee grilled him about what his so-called-friend’s second language was.

“After I went along with it I just thought ‘Well I better follow through on this and do my best’,” Mr Lord said.

“I didn’t want to say a language in case it wasn’t the one he had listed, so I did my best to get around that.”

Blake eventually interrupted the call to reveal the prank.

"James mate, you are the best guy in the world, you are the best bloke in the world James!" he said.

The radio hosts later said on Facebook they had “accidentally found the best bloke in Australia” – a title Mr Lord said he’s is more than happy to accept.

“I’ll happily live with that,” he laughed.

“I’ll take it.”

Mr Lord said he has been “inundated” with Facebook posts, messages and friend requests since the video went viral yesterday.

“I just have random people sending me requests,” he said.

“I’ve got about 500 now.”

Of all the things to have happened to him since yesterday, Mr Lord said it was one particular benefit of the prank which made him the happiest.