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InvisibleLongStrangeTrip
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Weird phone call...
    #12802438 - 06/25/10 12:39 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

This may be stupid, but I guess this is the place to ask.


I had a very weird number call my cellphone not long ago; 1888-555-5550.

555 area code??? I thought that was a joke area code>? Has anyone ever heard of a call from a 555 number?!

Sorry for my stupity/ignorance


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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: LongStrangeTrip]
    #12802544 - 06/25/10 01:05 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Those 1888 numbers are usually telemarketers, people trying to sell you shit, or ask you to fill serveys. Usually when you call them back, no one picks up but theres a automachine that asks you to push what ever number to get you off their list.

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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Theguest]
    #12803928 - 06/25/10 05:24 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

The area code was not 555, it was 888.

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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: LongStrangeTrip]
    #12803953 - 06/25/10 05:30 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

1888 means an 888 area code. 555 was the first part of the actual phone number: 555-5550 with an area code of 888. Totally a telemarketer.

Edited by nooneman (06/25/10 06:00 PM)

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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: nooneman]
    #12804078 - 06/25/10 05:58 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Or a Debt Collector.:thumbup:


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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: c1dh3d]
    #12806986 - 06/26/10 09:32 AM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

c1dh3d said:
The area code was not 555, it was 888.





lol ha no shit, got me there :rolleyes:


I called the number back after it called and I got a message saying that "the # you dialed does not exist". It just seemed odd, thanks for the responses.


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"o puer, qui omnia nomini debes"; "You, boy, who owe's everything to a name"~ Mark Anthony

"Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum."; "Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system."~ Cicero


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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: LongStrangeTrip]
    #12808169 - 06/26/10 03:05 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

LongStrangeTrip said:
I called the number back after it called and I got a message saying that "the # you dialed does not exist". It just seemed odd, thanks for the responses.





The area code is 888 and the prefix is 555.

Its not odd, anyone can set their callerID to anything they want.

Probably a telemarketer in this case.

I recommend spoofcard.com. 

I have had lots of success using it to set my caller ID to someone elses CID who works for a company, then call that companies helpdesk and ask them to change my password.  Since the callerID says I am calling from their office phone they just do it no questions asked.

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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #12808184 - 06/26/10 03:07 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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Alan Rockefeller said:
I have had lots of success using it to set my caller ID to someone elses CID who works for a company, then call that companies helpdesk and ask them to change my password.  Since the callerID says I am calling from their office phone they just do it no questions asked.



That is some epic social engineering sir :thumbup:

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InvisibleLongStrangeTrip
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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #12809138 - 06/26/10 06:02 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Alan Rockefeller said:
Quote:

LongStrangeTrip said:
I called the number back after it called and I got a message saying that "the # you dialed does not exist". It just seemed odd, thanks for the responses.





The area code is 888 and the prefix is 555.

Its not odd, anyone can set their callerID to anything they want.

Probably a telemarketer in this case.

I recommend spoofcard.com. 

I have had lots of success using it to set my caller ID to someone elses CID who works for a company, then call that companies helpdesk and ask them to change my password.  Since the callerID says I am calling from their office phone they just do it no questions asked.




Well thanks for that Rockefeller! :thumbup:


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"Once in awhile, you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right"~  (Grateful Dead)

"o puer, qui omnia nomini debes"; "You, boy, who owe's everything to a name"~ Mark Anthony

"Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum."; "Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system."~ Cicero


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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #12809518 - 06/26/10 07:41 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Alan Rockefeller said:
Quote:

LongStrangeTrip said:
I called the number back after it called and I got a message saying that "the # you dialed does not exist". It just seemed odd, thanks for the responses.





The area code is 888 and the prefix is 555.

Its not odd, anyone can set their callerID to anything they want.

Probably a telemarketer in this case.

I recommend spoofcard.com. 

I have had lots of success using it to set my caller ID to someone elses CID who works for a company, then call that companies helpdesk and ask them to change my password.  Since the callerID says I am calling from their office phone they just do it no questions asked.





huh. Whut?  I am just dumb...  But what are you doing here?  For what purpose?


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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Dickhead]
    #12809655 - 06/26/10 08:13 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Awebig said:


huh. Whut?  I am just dumb...  But what are you doing here?




Using a callerID spoofing calling card to change someones password on them without their permission.

Quote:

For what purpose?




Profit.

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Re: Weird phone call... [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #12810534 - 06/27/10 12:39 AM (13 years, 10 months ago)

:money::scott::goose:


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