Unfriendly Numbers

by Secret Squirrel

Despite some new consumer protections in the telecommunications law, some pay-per-call providers are still misleading the public into making "free" 800 calls that end up costing significant sums of money.

Below is a list of some 800 numbers that advertise or charge for services.  New numbers continue to pop up all the time.  The owners of these numbers technically follow the law, but the telcos refuse to deal with the misrepresentations because they ultimately profit from all fraud.

This information was recently liberated from internal MCI documents and was originally compiled by Joe Stevens of MCI Network Services Systems Integrity.

215-2223 
234-7863 
234-8743 
238-5483 
252-0224 
260-6749 
274-7465 
274-7611 
275-3825 
275-4277 
275-4437 
275-4446 
275-4739 
275-4848 
283-1469 
283-1496 
283-3733 
283-3786 
283-4386 
283-7399 
285-0000 
285-4688 
285-5223 
285-5465 
285-6749 
286-1469 
289-6338 
289-7465 
300-3652 
326-3251 
326-3669 
328-3786 
328-4475 
328-4688 
333-5223 
333-6454 
335-6749 
342-5432 
365-6725 
365-9388 
369-3825 
374-4569 
374-4739 
374-8487 
377-3655 
377-5683 
377-7883 
377-8653 
378-5425 
388-5347 
388-8462 
388-8636 
392-2661 
393-8895 
395-2661 
414-4475 
419-5425 
419-6969 
420-2661 
432-8906 
436-3660 
444-4323 
444-5425 
444-6749 
456-3825 
468-2223 
468-2868 
468-3283 
468-3825 
468-4475 
468-5239 
468-5878 
468-6454 
468-7399 
468-7588 
488-9453 
496-1661 
515-5425 
541-0007 
547-7165 
550-8286 
553-2223 
555-5472 
568-1661 
568-3337 
568-3786 
568-3789 
568-6279 
572-0420 
589-5940 
626-6260 
643-0755 
643-7643 
666-3000 
666-3825 
666-4688 
667-6009 
669-7769 
677-5347 
677-6009 
677-6366 
678-2427 
678-5425 
678-8487 
684-5465 
685-2455 
688-2662 
688-6963 
692-2888 
695-3786 
695-5634
697-7877 
699-3866 
701-4475 
723-5472 
733-5868
733-5878 
733-7825 
733-7877 
733-8237 
733-8239 
736-7886
745-0228 
745-1201 
746-1692 
752-5199 
752-5204 
753-3369 
753-7548 
753-8788 
756-1600 
759-4323 
760-4688 
760-9453 
765-4878 
765-8788 
766-2469 
766-2789 
766-6749 
770-2442 
775-5839 
777-1152
777-1249 
777-3666 
777-7825 
777-9388 
790-3825 
795-4323 
800-1723 
800-2976 
800-6278 
807-7595 
822-4475 
825-4629 
825-4688 
833-2523 
843-2223 
846-2868 
846-3648 
846-6749 
846-7393 
847-3301 
856-3992 
866-8339 
869-6662 
869-9664 
869-9681 
871-4739 
872-3825 
872-4739 
873-4642 
876-4639 
876-4681 
876-5639 
876-5747 
876-7393 
876-7625 
876-7825 
877-0122 
877-3655 
877-5477 
879-7825 
879-9453 
883-5477 
887-0122 
888-5472 
892-5575 
916-6969 
920-2868 
922-3825 
925-7390 
926-2200 
929-2442 
929-4878 
929-8788 
933-2738 
933-3825 
933-8258 
933-9913 
934-3255 
937-2888 
938-2661 
938-2697 
938-2866 
938-2868 
938-3425 
938-3768 
938-3873 
938-4875 
938-7399 
938-8487 
938-8928 
944-5347
944-6969 
945-2424 
945-2473 
945-2661 
945-3166 
945-3382 
945-3736 
945-3786 
945-3825 
945-5347 
945-5465 
945-6662 
945-8487
947-2661 
947-4323 
949-3669 
949-3699 
949-4688 
949-7399 
950-4739 
950-6749 
955-1717 
955-5165 
955-5465 
955-5477 
955-9447 
959-2625 
959-5465 
964-4475 
964-5472 
967-4323 
967-6725 
967-6749 
995-9938 
999-1061 
999-2223 
999-2625 
999-3825 
999-4553 
999-5477 
999-5683 
999-6666 
999-6749 
999-7825 
999-8255


State         NPA     Exchanges

Arizona       602     676-XXXX
              602     960-XXXX
California    213     346-XXXX
              510     550-XXXX
Colorado      303     960-XXXX
              719     898-XXXX
Florida       305     926-XXXX
Idaho         208     960-XXXX
Louisiana     504     636-XXXX
Maine         207     940-XXXX
Maryland      301     915-XXXX
              410     915-XXXX
Massachusetts 413     550-XXXX
              413     940-XXXX
              508     940-XXXX
              509     940-XXXX
              617     550-XXXX
              517     940-XXXX
Michigan      515     945-XXXX
Minnesota     507     960-XXXX
Missouri      618     668-XXXX
              913     661-XXXX
Nebraska      308     960-XXXX
              402     960-XXXX
New Hampshire 603     676-XXXX
              603     940-XXXX
New Mexico    505     960-XXXX
New York      315     540-XXXX
              315     550-XXXX
              315     970-XXXX
              516     540-XXXX
              516     550-XXXX
              516     970-XXXX
              518     540-XXXX
              518     550-XXXX
              518     970-XXXX
              607     540-XXXX
              607     550-XXXX
              607     970-XXXX
              914     540-XXXX
              914     550-XXXX
              917     970-XXXX
              212     336-XXXX
              212     479-XXXX
              212     540-XXXX
              212     550-XXXX
              212     691-XXXX
              212     741-XXXX
              212     764-XXXX
              212     803-XXXX
              212     970-XXXX
              716     540-XXXX
              716     550-XXXX
              716     970-XXXX
              718     540-XXXX
              718     550-XXXX
              718     898-XXXX
              718     970-XXXX
Ohio          216     931-XXXX
              513     499-XXXX
Pennsylvania  215     556-XXXX
              215     764-XXXX
              412     556-XXXX
              610     556-XXXX
Rhode Island  401     940-XXXX
South Dakota  605     960-XXXX
Texas         214     703-XXXX
              512     766-XXXX
              713     766-XXXX
              817     892-XXXX
Utah          801     234-XXXX
              801     960-XXXX
Virginia      703     844-XXXX
              804     262-XXXX
Washington DC 202     915-XXXX
              202     926-XXXX
Washington    206     960-XXXX
Wyoming       307     960-XXXX

"900/976" look-a-likes, also known as "stealth number," are used to catch spillover of pay-call services from 900/976 exchanges in crowded metropolitan areas.

These stealth numbers were recently liberated from internal AT&T, MCI, and Sprint records, and compiled into the most comprehensive single list of such numbers to date.
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