Phone Phreaking: Telephone Scans And General Numbers

By simply calling every telephone number in an exchange, you could find some of the most amazing things (as well as hundreds of angry citizens you'd woken up in the middle of the night). Test numbers, numbers that told you where you were calling from, odd recordings, you name it. An easy way to make a name for yourself was to simply choose a given telephone exchange, dial everything in it, and casually report all the great stuff you'd found.

If time-consuming scanning wasn't your bag, you could just do a little side research in government and public documents, and find out interesting phone numbers as well.

Finally, you'll find some files that dealt specifically with the telephone numbers themseves; how the Phone Company assigned them, what they consisted of, what interesting issues were being raised by how the telephone system itself was arranged.

Filename	Size	Description of the Textfile
0800.txt	5874	Collection of Unusual 800 Numbers, by Emjay (May 24, 1988)
0800numb.txt	47931	Collection of 0800 Numbers by Cryton/Denzil and Defekt
10xxx.phk	6614	Collection of Equal Access Carriers, by Kingpin
10xxx.txt	6019	A Collection of 10XXX Numbers
1800hack.phk	4547	Fear and Loathing in the 1-800 NPA by Pica Man
1800hack.txt	5418	Fear and Loathing in the 1-800 NPA by PICA Man and POW! (February 12, 1988)
1800numb.txt	5238	Toll Free Numbers, by Redbook
1_700.log	16944	A 1-700 Call Log (1995)
227scan.txt	16240	Scan of the 227 Exchange in Downtown Boston, MA (December 25, 1990) by Meem/Rogue
266scan.txt	2000	Scan of the 266 Exchange, by Mudge and Wintermute (Boston Numbers)
312_976	2816	Listing of Chicago "976" Numbers, January 1987 by Leo Langevin
313exchg.dta	28741	313 Exchange Information
313prefx.txt	13064	Detroit Area Phone Prefixes
330scan.phk	2254	Sydney 02-330-xxxx scan list
4082.txt	6472	The Basics of Phreaking 950s #2 by Type A Maniac of the 408 Alliance
439scan.txt	46469	The Wardial Project, November 11, 1990, by Rogue and Meem (Dwontown and Midtown Boston)
500-700.txt	2239	Understanding 500-700-900-809? by Fred Coles (April 12, 1996)
503_541.txt	35919	The Oregon Area Code Split: 503 vs. 541 (June 2, 1995)
800-'s	11207	Toll Free Phone Numbers for Computer Products
800-bbs.txt	11254	Toll_Free BBS Numbers around the Country
800-risq.txt	1298	Warning Against Setting Up a 1-800 BBS Number, by Tesla
800.txt	1114	The 800 Modem List, by Bruce T. Goldman
800_4bbs.phk	4085	How to get an 800# so that everyone can call your hacker board
800carie.ass	44614	800 Service Number Allocation and Company Directory, from the Archives of Brian Oblivion
800com.txt	1232	800 AC Computer Numbers
800ext.txt	689	800 Long Distance Carriers and Extenders (August 25, 1987)
800help.phk	1995	Warewolf's collection of 1-800 WATTS Lines
800line.phk	3085	800 Line List
800m.phk	2996	800 Tollfree Numbers, by TAQA Vigilante
800mhz.phk	7044	800 - 1300 MHz Listening Guide
800npa.txt	45688	List of NPA Numbers Assigned, from Bill Hutting (March 1991)
800nums.txt	1845	Some Public Access 800 Numbers
800numss.txt	5924	A List of Toll Free Numbers, by Redbook
800pre.txt	4518	800 Prefixes
800prefx.con	5218	800 Prefizes, by the Researcher
800scan.txt	5642	"Recent" Breakdown of the 1-800-3XX Exchange
900_serv.pro	11975	Current 900 Prefix Assignments, from Patrick Townson and John R. Levine (October 1994)
900fraud.txt	1784	900 Number Fraud Case Expected to Set a Trend by David Thompson (April 2, 1992)
950dir.txt	1806	About the 950 Prefix, by The Courier of The Hitchikers
950ex.phk	1863	About the 950 Exchange
950slist.txt	1029	List of 950 Extender Numbers
950spbxs.txt	933	950 PBX's (An Explanation)
950tones.lst	3112	List of the 950 Exchange in the 405 Area Code by Phreaking Of the Industry (February 2, 1995)
959.phk	6739	The AT&T 959 Exchange
960sreal.txt	2934	950's: The Real Story
976.txt	2209	A 976 Exchange Directory
976dir.txt	1689	A Small 976 Exchange List (With menu/selection of a phreak section)
976ex.txt	1643	A 976 Exchange Directory
9999num.txt	5246	The Truth Behind Those 9999 Numbers, by Mark Bluebox
99scan.phk	4914	Exchange scanning in the 99XX portion of an exchange
99xx.phk	747	Jason's scan of the 914-277-99XX Exchange
99xxscan.txt	3229	99xx Telephone Scan, by Tom Brown (June 2, 1984)
99xxscon.txt	2048	99XX Scanning: A Primer
9x_front.txt	10252	The 9x Datakit Network Information File, by PBXPhreak
9x_sglng.txt	33233	Signalling Methods, by Khelbin
about311.txt	2048	The Pseudo-Area-Code 311 by Nigel Allen
acprefix.txt	5245	Calls with Area Code Prefixes: How They're Handled
agreatex.txt	2652	1-800 Extender PBX List Version 2.0 by X-Man
alf-1800.txt	4094	Special 1-800 Numbers, by the Anti-Bell Group (August 6, 1994)
alloop.phk	6801	Loops I've Known and Loved, by Dark Priest
allphone.phk	63188	An Extremely LArge List of Mobile Telephone Frequencies
alooplis.txt	2284	Understanding Loop Numbers (And a List)
area204doc.phk	15089	1991 Breakdown of the 204 Area Code
area306doc.phk	19466	1991 Breakdown of the 306 Area Code
area403doc.phk	23328	1991 Breakdown of the 403 Area Code
area416doc.phk	16981	1991 Breakdown of the 416 Area Code
area418doc.phk	14657	1991 Breakdown of the 418 Area Code
area506doc.phk	10167	1991 Breakdown of the 506 Area Code
area514doc.phk	11753	1991 Breakdown of the 514 Area Code
area519doc.phk	14224	1991 Breakdown of the 519 Area Code
area604doc.phk	19070	1991 Breakdown of the 604 Area Code
area613doc.phk	12204	1991 Breakdown of the 613 Area Code
area705doc.phk	13313	1991 Breakdown of the 705 Area Code
area709doc.phk	12922	1991 Breakdown of the 709 Area Code
area800doc.phk	16583	1991 Breakdown of the 800 Area Code
area807doc.phk	10245	1991 Breakdown of the 807 Area Code
area809doc.phk	36144	1991 Breakdown of the 809 Area Code
area819doc.phk	15451	1991 Breakdown of the 819 Area Code
area902doc.phk	12916	1991 Breakdown of the 902 Area Code
area905.new	4754	Toronto Area Code 905 Exchanges (effective 04 October 1993)
areacode.con	6000	Bell System Area Codes in Numeric Order for the USA and Parts of Canada
areacode.phk	5141	Now Completely-Out-Of-Date Area Code Listing
areacode.txt	3038	A Listing of Area Codes and Locations
areacodei.phk	4399	Dealing Away Area Codes, from Telephony Magazine
areacodelst.phk	1358416	Completely out of control Area Code/Exchange List (1.3 megs)
areacodl.txt	4954	Area Code Listing by State by The Juggernaut Of The Trade Brigade
attrout.phk	9020	AT&T/BOC Routing Code List
baiq.phk	5568	Revised Listing of Class Codes
blackpgs.txt	5120	The Federal Black Pages, by The Line Breaker
bob-4.man	72932	Area Code List by Net Runner
boldloop.txt	11136	Loops and Divertals by The Arabian Night, the Sensei and The Software Brigand
book_1.txt	10379	The Tower of Revenge's Famous Person Number List
book_2.txt	11194	The Tower of Revenger's Famous Number List (December 18, 1989)
bt-codes	11353	Exchange Information about British Telecom Exchanges, Who Mans What, etc.
bt_loc.txt	33703	The Location of British Telecom Telephone Exchanges
can.dat	7252	List of Access Numbers for Datapac and Tymnet Access Across Canada
canadad.txt	1371	Collection of Canadian Area Codes from P-80
carrier.txt	7136	The OCC 10xxx List by Bill Huttig (March 1, 1991)
carrier1.txt	123681	The Carrier Wave (ISSN 1086-0118) Volume I, Number I, October 1995
carriers.mod	7729	Carriers List #10 Volume 10, by MOD (February 1, 1987)
carriers001.phk	3500	800 Carrier List #1, 1989
cellphrk4.txt	8712	What's in a Number Assignemnt Module by the Mad Phone Man
cicslist.txt	6089	Alphabetical Listing of ICS and Carrier Identification Codes (CICS) from a Bellcore Memo by Bioc Agent 003, TUC, and Agrajag (November 1984)
cicslst.phk	6126	Alphabetical Listing of ICS and Carrier Identification Codes (CICS)
cidspec.txt	7168	Introduction to Calling Number Delivery (CND) by Rockwell
cna.txt	4224	Outdated List of CNA Numbers
cna1.txt	5504	List of CN/A Numbers for 1988
cna1doc.phk	1095	CNA Numbers of 1988
cna2.txt	4160	List of CN/A Numbers
cna2doc.phk	4231	More CNS Numbers
cna3.txt	4056	List of CN/A Numbers for 1988 by Fry Guy
cna3doc.phk	4127	Another complete 1988 CNA Listing
cna4.txt	1024	List of CN/A Numbers (April 1, 1989)
cna985.txt	2048	Customer Names and Addresses by Jack Flak (September 1985)
cnainfo.txt	7699	Redemption Soldier's Guide to CN/A
cnalist.txt	5120	Nationwide CN/A Listing ftom Cyprian Southack of The lost City of Atlantis
cnalst.txt	12871	Explanation and List of CN/A Numbers by LawBreaker
cnatext1.txt	4736	The Customer Name/Address System
cnu-020c.txt	80576	Phone Scan of Germany Modem Numbers
codesdoc.phk	14497	North American Area Codes (20 December 1991)
conferen.txt	1298	Teleconferencing Phone Numbers
cotrycd.txt	5211	AT&T International Dialing: Country Codes as of 2-17-85 by Lock Lifter
country.phk	5605	Country and City Codes, typed and Uploaded by Lex Luthor
ctrycodedoc.phk	12996	Country Codes (20 December 1991)
db001.007	11298	Loops N' Diverters, by The Arabian Knight, The Sensei, and The Software Brigand
db001.008	3005	950s: The Real Story, by The Wanderjahr
db001.018	1567	Unlisted Phone Numbers by Wanderjahr
db001.txt	1867	Unlisted Telephone Numbers from the Wanderjahr
dial10.phk	5888	1988 Western Hemisphere CNA Directory, from 2600 Magazine
dial11.phk	15360	Collections of all sorts of Weird Numbers
dial12.phk	1280	Eastlink Mailgrams Directory
dial13.phk	6272	Equal Access Override Codes by Scan Man
dial15.phk	4608	800 Prefixes by The Reseacher
dial27.phk	3584	E. Com Directory (US Postal Service)
dial30.phk	3584	Time/Temperature/Weather Numbers
dial31.phk	2048	Western Union Telecommunications Toll Free Directory
dial37.phk	5888	1986 Breakdown of the 1-800-325 Exchange
dialinfo.txt	2581	Area Codes: 1+10-Digit means Changes for Cross Area Code Customers in NE Telephone
diverter.sty	6596	An Interesting Diversion, by Lord Phreaker, from 2600 Magazine (October, 1985)
dontcall.phk	4673	The Scariest Number in the World, from 2600 Magazine
dpac-num.txt	1785	Unlisted Phone Numbers, by The Wanderjahr
e_1800.txt	3256	An update on Enhanced 800 Call Management Features
ex976.txt	1744	The Slipped Disk's 976 Exchange List
exchg976.txt	6074	976 Exchange Directory from The Hotel California
ext-loop.txt	15345	Micro World's Phone Book Database Version 1.0 by the Lineman (January 1, 1989)
extender.phk	1206	Scan Man's Extender List
famousep.txt	3511	Some Phone Numbers of Famous People
feds.txt	4747	The Layman's Guide to Federal Agencies by Mr. Xerox of The Elite Phreaker's Club
fema.directory.txt	557036	The FEMA Telephone Directory (FTD) As of November 1992
fn.txt	9216	13th Floor Enterprises Presents a Phun List of Phone Numbers
funvoic.txt	2560	Fun Voice Numbers
gescan.phk	2335	Scan of Numbers in the 518-385 exchange, by The Guru
getoff.phk	1290	Getting Off the Earth, if you Want To
getoff.txt	1252	Getting off the Earth, if you want to
good614num.phk	2086	Scen of 614-221-XXXX Numbers
govdialp.txt	3469	Some Government Dialing Numbers
govern.phk	1999	United State Government 1-800's.
govern.txt	2046	United States Government 1-800 Numbers
govtbbs.phk	15870	Goverment Bulletin Board List, 1993
hyaena.txt	75387	Hack and Phreak File #1 by the Hyaena
info2.hac	8630	Automatic Number Identification
info6.hac	5409	PCP List v1.1 - 8/31/88
intenext.txt	1024	An "Intense Extender List"
internat.phk	11264	International Country and City Codes, by Jolly Roger of the FA Mafia
intrfreq.txt	823	Itnernal Frequencies Used by the Phone Company
inwats.txt	3993	The Septic Tank INWATS Database Volume I (June 26, 1986)
is01npasis.hac	109934	International NPA/City Code Listing w/Zone Info from Aeon Flux
ittdials.con	5668	ITT City Call Access Numbers
lata_nam.tab	10884	United States LATA Numbers as of August 5, 1991
latanumsphk.hac	8854	United States Telephone LATA Numbers
ld_carri.lis	32157	List of All Carriers operating in the United States
leftloop.txt	5450	The Phreaker's Guide to Loop Lines by Lefty Carlson
legion.phk	4143	The Legion's 800 Listing
linkline	12310	Linkline 0800 by System Network News
linklist.phk	4880	Linkline Computer List
linkops	1592	International Operator Lines by Phantasm (February 25, 1992)
list11	22624	Collection of Phone-Connected Computers
list12	1484	List of 950 Numbers
list14	6328	CNA List
list15	3385	800 Numbers for LD Carriers
list3	2684	Loop File, by Quasi Moto and Blue Archer
list4	1281	The 1-800 Voice Mail Systems
list5	4218	Collection of Software Companies and Telephone Numbers
list6	23583	Hacking and Phreaking Numbers List
list7	8055	TUFF Extender List
list8	2236	Mainframes and Miscellaneous
local950.txt	2308	How to Find Local 950's, by The Prowler and Ice Cube (August 22, 1989)
locsprnt.txt	12715	Local Telephone Numbers for Acces to Sprint Netowrk (1985)
loop.bk	11776	The Book of Lops by Elric of Imrryr from The United States Warez Force
looparou.txt	4879	Loop Arounds by The Phoney Phreak and the Jabberwock
looplist.phk	2357	(Old) Loop Numbers
looplist.txt	11523	Collection of Telephone Loops
loops	8483	Loops Explained, Author Unknown
loops!.txt	7914	A Large List of Loop Numbers
loops.2	7591	Second List of Telephone Loop Numbers
loops.phk	2929	Loops, by Quasi Moto and Blue Archer
loops.txt	7678	The Phreaker's Guide to Loop Lines by Lefty Carlson and Landau Limited
loops_2.txt	7684	The Book of Loops by The Arabian Night and the Sensei
loops_tx.txt	7723	Very Large (And Completely Outdated) List of Telephone Loops
loopslst.phk	7904	Large List of Telephone Loops
loopsn.txt	11352	Loops N' Diverters by The Arabian Knight, The Sensei and The Software Brigand
loopstuf.txt	6993	A Couple of Loop-Related Textfiles
mainfram.txt	9994	Mainframe Numbers
massexcgdoc.hac	15231	Massachusetts Exchanges, by Brian Oblivion
mciacces.phk	1467	MCI Access Numbers
mcidials.con	2753	List of MCI Access Numbers
metrport.txt	2914	Metro Access Ports, from The Lost City of Atlantis
milnetd.phk	7670	MILNET Access Numbers, with an interesting mish-mash before it.
misp70.phk	1692	Exchange Scanning (99XX)
modem.lst	5475	Some Toll Free Modem Numbers
modemnum	3818	A Collection of Modem Numbers
mongel.msg	1792	Mongel tells you about 800 numbers
mornumbr.txt	15083	Phun Phreak Numbers #1 by Red Baron of Metalland East
myscan1.phk	3651	OUTTATIME's Scan Series, 216-526-99xx
neatnums.phk	2043	Hodge-Podge of Computer System Dialup Numbers
new800sc.phk	5705	800 Dialin Numbers
newexcha.txt	1229	The Schedule for new Exchange Numbers in 1993
nocaughtatt.phk	4706	How to Change your Telephone Number on the AT&T Network
npa800.phk	46334	800-NXX Numbers Assigned to Who, 9/21/1990
npa_nxx.phk	1103489	Massive, Massive List of all Area Codes and Exchanges
npalistis.hac	8033	World-wide NPA Listing with Zone Info
npas0495.txt	7998	The April 1995 NPA/NXX Report (May 19, 1995)
npasac.phk	39677	Telecom Digest Guide to North America Area Codes
numbaz!!.o_g	11501	Some New Numbaz 2 Hack (1990)
number.phk	2229	More Numbers from the Enterprise: Loops, Dialins, Phone Numbers, etc.
number.txt	2190	General List of Telephone Numbers
number_c.1	28655	The Numbering Crisis in the World Zone 1 by Carl Moore (November 1993)
numberin.phk	2110	The Numbering Plan, by Terminus
numbers	17998	Numbers for the 976 Exchange
numbers.lst	77541	Hacking and Phreaking Numbers
numbers.txt	2639	General List of Weird Telephone Numbers
numbers_.txt	2504	Some Fun Places to Call, of course lacking Area Codes and Therefore Useless
numbersp.phk	1842	Newsworthy Persons' Fone Numbers, by The Slipped Disk
numbs25.txt	4112	A Scan of 800-600-00xx by Jennifer Martino (June 28, 2000)
numbs26.txt	2720	A Scan of 630 231-99xx by Jennifer Martino (1995)
numbs27.txt	3462	A Scan of 800 999-99xx by Jennifer Martino (1995)
numbs28.txt	3533	A Scan of 847-301-99xx by Jennifer Martino (1995)
numbs29.txt	3286	A Scan of 630 307-99xx by Jennifer Martino (1995)
numlist4.txt	4876	A Collection of Different Unusual UK Numbers
numlist6.txt	919	Collection of Phone Numbers: The Hacker's Intelligence
oc005.txt	2341	3rd Number Billing Accepted, part I, by Demon Phreaker
oldmsgs2.txt	7174	Telenet Numbers by Roger Olson (February 13, 1983)
outdials.nfo	2652	List of Outdial Phone Numbers from the Internet
own800.phk	1649	800 Exchanges and Who Owns Them
pacbell.txt	4477	Pactime Computer Access List
part3_tx.txt	53513	A Self-Described "Most Comprehensive List of Dialups Ever Published"
phone-.txt	6491	The Phone Phun Information Sheet #3 (March 1985) by Elric of Imrryr
phone-2.txt	4567	The Phone Phun Information Sheet #4 by Elric of Imrryr
phonefun.txt	6402	Phone Phun Information Sheet Volume 1 Number 3 (March 1985)
phonenums.txt	4980	List of 800 Numbers, BBSes and Interesting Phone Numbers
phonespa.txt	4612	The Phone Phun Information Sheet (Volume 1, Number 4)
phphnum8.txt	15276	Phun Phreak Numbers #8 (List of Telephone Numbers)
phreak-.txt	16384	Phun Phreak Numnbers #8
phreak7.hac	6929	Loops I've Known And Loved
phsxnum.phk	3536	Phone Sex Number List
phsxnum.txt	3455	Large Collection of Phone Sex Numbers
phun.txt	24576	Phun Phreak Numbers, Written by The Joystick
phunlist.phk	5320	A Phun List of Phone Numbers by 13th Floor Enterprises (May 1985)
phunnums.phk	1613	Phun Fone Numbers!
poi-3rd-.txt	4049	How to Bill your Calls to a 3rd Number "The Second Edition) by BiC (March 4th, 1995)
prefx950.txt	1617	The 950 prefix by The Courier of The HitchHikers
prfix532.phk	559	Number Scan of 532
psy900.txt	222224	How to Work the 900 Number Psychic Lines, by Bruce Daniel Kettler (April 18, 1994)
santabrb.txt	10166	Pay Phones for the Santa Barabara District 805
scan.phk	4635	What is War Dialing? By Bungalow Bill
scan.txt	1987	Scanning in the 99xx part of each exchange, by Bioc Agent 003
spnt_acc.txt	3697	A List of Sprint Access Numbers
sprint.txt	1756	Sprint Access Numbers, 1985
sprintports.txt	3582	List of Sprint Access Ports
state.dat	43880	Domestic Asychronous Dial Service at 300, 1200 and 2400 BPS
states.pad	1945	List of States and Zip Codes
swbcd.txt	2475	Southwestern Bell Computer Dial-ups by David Lightman and The Administration
tan.txt	37767	Telenet Access Numbers by Daredevil of P/HUN
telco.phk	29501	List of all Telephone Companies in the United States, 1992
telcoloo.one	8929	Telephone Loops Explained
testnums.phk	4871	Telco Test Numbers, by Shadow 2600
thebooko.txt	12443	The Book of Loops by The United States Warez Force
tln1284.txt	5123	Toll Library Numbers as of December 1984 by Shadow 2600
tlxcodesdoc.phk	11146	Telex Country Codes List
tml01.hac	27147	The Master List #1 (July 1991)
tollfree.num	11144	Toll Free Numbers for Computer Products
tymnet.ods	1732	Tymnet Outdial Phone List
ukdialup.txt	26625	UK Access Phone Numbers by NMI (May 22, 1992)
ultrad3.txt	10880	The Ultimate in WarGames Dialers (Ultradial 3.0) by Paul Levy
unlist.txt	4278	How to Obtain Non-Listed Phone Numbers (August 1, 1995)
unlisted.txt	1534	Unlisted Phone Number Gathering
vaxnums.txt	2554	Some Vax Numbers from Section 182
vend800.txt	10735	Toll Free Numbers for Computer Products
vox0800.txt	3646	Collection of 0800 Link-Line Numbers
wats.phk	9978	WATS:800/900 Company Ownership Reverse Database, by Professor Falken & The Aptolcater
wats.txt	9978	WATS Version 1.0: 800/900 Company Ownership Reverse Database by Professor Falken and the Aptolcater (1992)
watse.txt	6259	WATS Extenders
watts.phk	1226	WATTS Lines, 1-800's, by the Warewolf
wdial200.txt	7614	Documentation for a "Wargames Dialer" named WildDialer version 2.0

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