Confusing ANI and Other Phone Tricks
by Lucky225
In this article, I will explain how to bypass CLASS services, spoof ANI to AT&T 800 numbers, and make free untraceable calls.
TSPS "0" Operator
Your TSPS operator can be a very useful tool when making calls from your home.
First of all, she can bypass all CLASS services. That is, if you dial through your local operator to make a local call, the called party will not be able to *69 (call return) your call, they will not be able to *57 (call trace) your call, and your Caller ID will show up as "Out of Area" or "Unknown."
If the party you're trying to call has *77 (anonymous call reject) on (a service that doesn't allow calls from people who dial *67 or have complete Caller ID blocking on their line), you can simply place a call through your local operator and she will be glad to connect you to the party with your Caller ID unknown.
When calling through the local operator, it is always a good idea to tell her you're visually impaired or having trouble dialing, otherwise you may be charged extra for the call.
Op-Diverting, Spoofing ANI, and Making Free Calls
Your local TSPS operator probably doesn't forward ANI unless they have ANI Identification Indicator (ANI II) equipment. To find out if your operator can pass ANI to 800 numbers, have her dial 800-346-0152. If it says your phone number, you're out of luck. If it says a 3-digit number (this is the area code where the operator building is located) followed by 000-0000, your operator can't pass ANI. If your local operator can't pass ANI, this is good because you can have her dial any 800 number and they won't know where you're calling from.
1-800-OPERATOR
The number 1-800-673-7286 will connect you to an AT&T operator. They can place collect, calling card, third-number, person-to-person, and credit card calls. On to the fun part. If your local TSPS operator doesn't pass ANI on to 800 numbers, have her dial 800-673-7286.
You will get, "AT&T, may I have the number you're calling from please?"
You can give her any phone number you want and they'll put that down as the number you're calling from. The possibilities here are endless. Spoofing ANI is a good one though. Tell the AT&T operator you're visually impaired and need assistance in dialing an 800 number. You can't call any old 800 number, only 800 numbers owned by AT&T or on the AT&T network, otherwise you'll get an error message.
However, some 800 numbers you can call through 800-673-7286 are TTY relay operators, and since your ANI shows up as whatever you gave the AT&T operator, any calls you make through the TTY relay service get billed to that number.
Another 800 number you can have AT&T dial is 1-800-BELLSOUTH (1-800-235-5768). Once you're connected, press 0. When you get the BellSouth operator, say you want to place a call to any number you wish. When they ask how you want to bill your call say, "To the number I'm speaking from." BellSouth will bill the call to the number you gave the AT&T operator.
More fun with AT&T is the "710 trick."
Op-divert to 800-673-7286 and tell her you're calling from any number in the 710 area code and want to bill the call collect. The party you're calling won't be billed for the call because 710 is a government area code and is not listed in AT&T's database so there are no rates for the collect call. It won't show up on the called party's bill or anything.
A few problems with these tricks - sometimes local operators don't want to dial 800 numbers and sometimes AT&T's 1-800-OPERATOR operator won't want to dial 800 numbers. Just tell them you're visually impaired and they shouldn't give you any trouble. If they do, just ask to speak to their supervisor.
If you are unable to reach an operator dialing 0 in your area, or if you live in PacBell land where they won't dial an 800 number if your life depended on it, try dialing 10-15-483-0 if you live on the west coast, and 10-16-963-0 if you live on the east coast. This will get you a Verizon Long Distance operator, she will be glad to dial any 800 number for you.
Call Forwarding Services
Yac.com offers a service that allows you to set up a call forwarding number in England. You simply dial the number in England and it forwards to almost any number in the world you want. This is good for not getting caught. If you have been exploiting BellSouth, the people you're calling will probably get a lot of calls from BellSouth or customers wanting to know why the caller's number is on the bill.
If you take advantage of Yac.com, you can op-divert and spoof your ANI over to 1-800-BELLSOUTH, then call the number in England that forwards back to the person you're calling. So then when the customer gets his bill, he will not be willing to call England to find out who it is, and if he is, you can just shut off the forwarding number at any time.
Pranking and Conferences
Remember, every time you're invited to an AT&T teleconference, feel free to spoof your ANI; as the conference is probably fraudulent. And it's always fun to spoof your ANI when making prank calls to 800-SOS-TACO or 800-TACO-BELL.
I'm not promoting phone fraud, this is all for learning and educational purposes, and you take responsibility for your actions and how you use this information. Maybe Bell will finally get their act together because this problem is not new, and it can be fixed.
Even TSPS operator buildings that can pass ANI II sometimes have backdoor numbers that will get you a local operator with an ANI-F (ANI Fail) and the local operator will have to ask you for your phone number and any number you give her will show up as the ANI when they place a call to an 800 number.
I hope this article will make the phone companies more aware of their problems.
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=====================[ The New AT&T Network ]===================== =====================[ by Lucky225 ]===================== It seems that AT&T was not to fond of my ANI Spoofing article that appeared in 2600 (17:4) Just a few days after I picked up a copy of the new 2600 and saw that my article had been printed, I started noticing a lot of changes in the AT&T network. First they shut off their 800 ANAC, a few days later calls that were routed to 800-673-7286 by the Verizon Long Distance operator were handled strangely. I began noticing that if I made a call through the Verizon Long Distance operator to 800-673-7286, I could place calls to 800 numbers NOT on the AT&T network, but that the ANI was being sent as '615-986-9873' or ANI II Pair 23 followed by areacode 904. Thus, calls placed through the Verizon Long Distance operator to AT&T's 800-operator could not be used to spoof ANI any more. The 615 number belongs to a PBX owned by AT&T in Nashville, TN. I could still spoof ANI on the AT&T network if I diverted through my local operator or various other 101XXX long distance carrier operators, but this April it stopped working. I soon figured out what was happening. AT&T has centers all around the country including Alaska and Hawaii. The way SS7 works, depending on where your calling from, an 800 number can be routed to various other places. For example their could be a nationwide 800 number that alows you to call from any where in the country, but say a person that calls the same 800 number from Florida could get routed to that business's office on the east coast, and a person that calls from California may get routed to the west coast office. That's what it's like when you call 800-673-7286, you get routed to the nearest AT&T center near you to take the call. So when I was making a call through the Verizon Long Distance operator to 800 673 7286 I would get routed to the Florida AT&T center because the Verizon Long Distance operator I got was based out of Florida(813), which is why when I had the AT&T operator dial an ANAC it would show 23-904(Florida). However, not all Verizon Long Distance operators are based in Florida, some of them are based out of Kentucky(606) which for whatever reason will get you the Nashville, TN Center. The Nashville Center is the only center I have seen so far that transmits ANI with ANI II Pair "00" and a full 10 digit phone number(615-986-9873) The AT&T Centers: As I mentioned, there are various AT&T centers throughout the country, and they are also the centers that handle the automated AT&T Long Distance operator services as well as 800-call-att and 800-operator. With the new upgrade that AT&T is implementing (wide spread across the country I preditct by now) each center is geting a total make over, there will be no more ANI spoofing to AT&T numbers, they are updating these centers so that you can call any 800 number through the AT&T carrier. Calls to 800 673 7286 that have an ANI fail will no longer use the phone number you give as ANI when calling other toll free numbers. Instead, ANI II pair 23 and the areacode of the AT&T center will be used. However, the best part is that you can place calls to toll free numbers without speaking to an operator. Simply dial 10-10-ATT-0(10-10-288-0) and enter the toll free number you want to call. The ANI will show up as ANI II pair 23 and the areacode of the AT&T Center, op diverting without even having to speak to the op! However you will notice that if you try to dial 800-call-att or 800-673-7286 it will apear that your ANI still shows up, this is because these numbers are handled by the same AT&T center. However any toll-free number not handled by the AT&T center(basically any toll-free number that's not used for AT&T operator services) will be processed with your ANI not being transmited. There are a few advantages and disadvantages of this new system. The only real disadvantage is that you can not spoof ANI any more. The advantages however are that you can place calls to basically any toll free number you wish without your ANI being passed simply by dialing 10-10-ATT-0 and then pressing in the toll free number you want to call at the AT&T prompt. You can even use this at payphones to call toll free numbers that don't allow payphone calls or to get around payphone surcharges. Op diverting used to be so hard, local ops not wanting to help you out, and 101XXX carrier ops only being able to be reached from certain parts of the country, and the real downside being that you had to talk to an operator, that by the way might listen in to your call, when trying to divert to toll free numbers, but now thanks to AT&T's new network that you can reach anywhere in the country by simply dialing 10-10-288-0 or even just 00 if you have AT&T, and you dont even have to talk to an operator you just punch in the toll free number you want to call on your touch tone keypad. You can even divert to that toll-free number using your modem to find out what that carrier is you always wanted to know is by setting your modem to dial 10-10-288-0, 1-800-xxx-xxxx, without fear of your ANI showing up. I'm sure AT&T logs your ANI and probably would take action if you were harassing a toll-free number long enough, but for now you can think of 10-10-288-0 as your own free ANI blocking service. Refrence:This is a follow up to an article in 2600 17:4 titled "Confusing ANI and Other Phone Tricks"