# 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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