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Beginner Phreaking
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First you need the number of a
local PBX exchange. A PBX is a long
distance company such as MCI, Sprint,
Metro, All-net, Skyline, etc. Each of
these companies has phone numbers
local to you for their customers to
dial out their long-distance calls.
One such number is 583-9700. This is
MCI local to Baltimore. However there
is not just one phone line on this
exchange. When you call the above
number, your call gets bumped to the
next open line. For this number, I
believe there are about 25 lines so
the phone numbers go from
583-9700 to 583-9725. It is rumored
that the numbers ending in 0 are
monitored and are therefor more
dangerous however I don't believe
that, your call gets bumped so
quickly that they wouldn't notice a
thing, it might be more dangerous to
dial the alternate numbers since they
may get suspicious as to why someone
would do that, so call the number
ending in 0 or 00.
To get some exchanges local to
your area, check the Elite board on
this BBS or others for info. Some
numbers start with 950. This exchange
is a free call from any pay phone
anywhere you are, so that people with
calling cards may make calls without
having any change. I have heard
rumors that these numbers are more
likely to have tracing on them than
the normal exchanges (ie. non-950).
Ok, when someone wants to make a
call using a PBX they call the
exchange and shortly after a ring
there will be a low steady tone, then
the person dials their code (anywhere
from 5-9 digits depending on the
company) then they dial the area code
they want to call and then the number
(without the 1-). So it goes like
this 57687(code)+301(area)+9979973(#)
. All together it would be
576873019979973. You need a touch
tone phone to do this. If you have
rotary service, use a pulse phone to
dial the exchange and then a touch
tone to make the tones. (A switchable
tone/pulse phone is useful if you
have rotary service). When you get
the numbers for the exchange make
sure you get the number of digits of
the code, you can figure it out if
you have to. MCI is 5 digits and the
code is short enough to do by hand,
any codes longer than that you will
have to scan for codes using a
computer.
Now how to get the codes: By hand:
Take out a piece of paper, a pencil,
a touchtone phone, and a comfortable
chair. Pick a 5 digit code (assuming
MCI) ending in 00, such as 89800.
Now you call the exchange, wait for
tone and dial code+area+number, you
will then immediately get a
recording, 'The access code you have
dialed is invalid...'. So you put a
check down marking that 89800 is not
a good code, then you call back and
try 89801 and so on. If you get a
good code your call will go through.
For the area code and number you
choose, you can choose anything you
want, you will know when the call
goes through. If it does, you have a
good code! Sometimes you will get a
code every 10 tries sometimes it will
take a couple hundred!
You may have noticed this is a
little tedious so you get yourself a
touch tone modem and a scanning
program (ask around or look in the
download files). The pogram will ask
you for a couple numbers and then it
will proceed to keep calling back
with different codes. When the PRG
asks for the number to call put in
the number of a BBS that you know is
never busy or better yet the number
of a mainframe such as 338-8600, cuz
when the computer calls it waits for
the carrier if the call goes through
and that's how it knows it's a good
code. If the BBS is busy then you
will miss the code. You can set it
and leave it on all night and when
you wake up you will have a few dozen
codes!
DANGERS:::The best way for them to
catch you is to look at the incoming
calls and see sequential codes being
dialed and if they are advanced
enough (or are good friends with AT+T
which only Sprint is) they may trace
you. The best way to beat that is get
a random scanner or write one, it's
not hard at all.
When you get a code, do not use it
for more than a month because
eventually the person whose code it
belongs to will get their bill,
scream at MCI (or whoever) and MCI
will either make them pay for the
calls (and lose a customer) or will
give the person another code. They
will either kill the old code or try
to trace if someone uses the old
code. So throw away the code after a
month. Sometimes you may stumble on a
code they may be tracing and you
wouldn't know it but there is a way
to check...Use the code to dial
301-997-9973, you will then hear a
whoop tone. If the tone is a steady
tone you are being traced. This is
only a rumor and I don't believe that
it can actually work because a trace
now a days takes milliseconds. But I
do use it just in case.
The biggest danger: MCI doesn't
know who made the call but on the
person's phone bill it will have a
list of the numbers you called, so
your friend may get a call from MCI
asking questions. Either make sure
your friend can handle the pressure
and not rat on you or just call BBS's
cuz when they call they will just get
a carrier and forget about it.
Ok, well there are you, good luck
and FOLLOW MY PRECAUTIONS and DON'T
GET BUSTED!! You will only get caught
if you do something stupid like use
a code too long or giving them to
your friends, the way almost everyone
gets caught is by someone telling on
them so don't tell anyone what you
are doing and don't ever mention this
file!!
Diverters
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214-824-8262 914-273-8237
312-678-8841 718-591-5500
203-563-0324 202-244-1000
602-987-2767 617-258-8270
914-353-0121 512-250-0061
201-233-6688 803-271-8122
313-294-9520 701-293-7041
617-879-7544 901-202-3928
607-722-4256 404-448-9533
404-477-0700 201-752-6000
301-879-7087 301-879-9913
617-655-8000 617-655-8040
312-678-9923 312-678-9952
617-655-0700 215-547-4747
617-383-9100 800-845-8824
800-327-3535 800-638-2000
800-634-0001 800-368-5680
800-424-4883 800-325-9990
800-637-0001 800-858-9000
Loops
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301-263-9926/9 619-748-0002/3
505-233-9900/2 505-865-9900/2
415-947-0044/5 313-528-9996/7
313-282-2891(-5) 512-250-0061(-3)
913-371-9988/9 416-868-1186/7
303-321-0000/10 402-779-0007/8
616-997-9996/? 714-525-1118/9
213-830-1118/9 714-591-1118/9
714-597-1118/9 714-598-1118/9
714-794-1118/9 714-535-1118/9
202-342-9947/8 313-678-9996/7
201-467-9929/30 201-761-9929/30
201-762-9929/30 201-764-9929/30
212-228-9979/? 213-365-1119/?
313-751-9996/7 313-477-9996/7
313-273-9996/7 414-781-0010/?
713-442-1799/? 805-544-0044/?
607-775-9917/? 607-775-9945/?
313-263-9996/7 313-247-9996/7
313-978-9996/7 313-977-9996/7
Canadian Loops:
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416-xxx-118617
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