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Beginner Phreaking
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First you need the number of a
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local PBX exchange. A PBX is a long
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distance company such as MCI, Sprint,
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Metro, All-net, Skyline, etc. Each of
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these companies has phone numbers
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local to you for their customers to
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dial out their long-distance calls.
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One such number is 583-9700. This is
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MCI local to Baltimore. However there
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is not just one phone line on this
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exchange. When you call the above
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number, your call gets bumped to the
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next open line. For this number, I
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believe there are about 25 lines so
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the phone numbers go from
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583-9700 to 583-9725. It is rumored
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that the numbers ending in 0 are
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monitored and are therefor more
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dangerous however I don't believe
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that, your call gets bumped so
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quickly that they wouldn't notice a
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thing, it might be more dangerous to
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dial the alternate numbers since they
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may get suspicious as to why someone
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would do that, so call the number
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ending in 0 or 00.
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To get some exchanges local to
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your area, check the Elite board on
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this BBS or others for info. Some
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numbers start with 950. This exchange
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is a free call from any pay phone
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anywhere you are, so that people with
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calling cards may make calls without
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having any change. I have heard
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rumors that these numbers are more
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likely to have tracing on them than
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the normal exchanges (ie. non-950).
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Ok, when someone wants to make a
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call using a PBX they call the
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exchange and shortly after a ring
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there will be a low steady tone, then
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the person dials their code (anywhere
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from 5-9 digits depending on the
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company) then they dial the area code
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they want to call and then the number
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(without the 1-). So it goes like
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this 57687(code)+301(area)+9979973(#)
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. All together it would be
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576873019979973. You need a touch
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tone phone to do this. If you have
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rotary service, use a pulse phone to
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dial the exchange and then a touch
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tone to make the tones. (A switchable
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tone/pulse phone is useful if you
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have rotary service). When you get
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the numbers for the exchange make
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sure you get the number of digits of
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the code, you can figure it out if
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you have to. MCI is 5 digits and the
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code is short enough to do by hand,
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any codes longer than that you will
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have to scan for codes using a
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computer.
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Now how to get the codes: By hand:
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Take out a piece of paper, a pencil,
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a touchtone phone, and a comfortable
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chair. Pick a 5 digit code (assuming
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MCI) ending in 00, such as 89800.
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Now you call the exchange, wait for
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tone and dial code+area+number, you
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will then immediately get a
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recording, 'The access code you have
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dialed is invalid...'. So you put a
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check down marking that 89800 is not
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a good code, then you call back and
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try 89801 and so on. If you get a
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good code your call will go through.
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For the area code and number you
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choose, you can choose anything you
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want, you will know when the call
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goes through. If it does, you have a
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good code! Sometimes you will get a
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code every 10 tries sometimes it will
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take a couple hundred!
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You may have noticed this is a
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little tedious so you get yourself a
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touch tone modem and a scanning
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program (ask around or look in the
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download files). The pogram will ask
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you for a couple numbers and then it
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will proceed to keep calling back
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with different codes. When the PRG
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asks for the number to call put in
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the number of a BBS that you know is
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never busy or better yet the number
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of a mainframe such as 338-8600, cuz
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when the computer calls it waits for
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the carrier if the call goes through
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and that's how it knows it's a good
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code. If the BBS is busy then you
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will miss the code. You can set it
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and leave it on all night and when
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you wake up you will have a few dozen
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codes!
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DANGERS:::The best way for them to
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catch you is to look at the incoming
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calls and see sequential codes being
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dialed and if they are advanced
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enough (or are good friends with AT+T
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which only Sprint is) they may trace
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you. The best way to beat that is get
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a random scanner or write one, it's
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not hard at all.
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When you get a code, do not use it
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for more than a month because
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eventually the person whose code it
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belongs to will get their bill,
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scream at MCI (or whoever) and MCI
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will either make them pay for the
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calls (and lose a customer) or will
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give the person another code. They
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will either kill the old code or try
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to trace if someone uses the old
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code. So throw away the code after a
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month. Sometimes you may stumble on a
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code they may be tracing and you
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wouldn't know it but there is a way
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to check...Use the code to dial
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301-997-9973, you will then hear a
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whoop tone. If the tone is a steady
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tone you are being traced. This is
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only a rumor and I don't believe that
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it can actually work because a trace
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now a days takes milliseconds. But I
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do use it just in case.
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The biggest danger: MCI doesn't
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know who made the call but on the
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person's phone bill it will have a
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list of the numbers you called, so
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your friend may get a call from MCI
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asking questions. Either make sure
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your friend can handle the pressure
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and not rat on you or just call BBS's
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cuz when they call they will just get
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a carrier and forget about it.
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Ok, well there are you, good luck
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and FOLLOW MY PRECAUTIONS and DON'T
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GET BUSTED!! You will only get caught
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if you do something stupid like use
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a code too long or giving them to
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your friends, the way almost everyone
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gets caught is by someone telling on
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them so don't tell anyone what you
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are doing and don't ever mention this
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file!!
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Diverters
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214-824-8262 914-273-8237
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312-678-8841 718-591-5500
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203-563-0324 202-244-1000
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602-987-2767 617-258-8270
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914-353-0121 512-250-0061
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201-233-6688 803-271-8122
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313-294-9520 701-293-7041
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617-879-7544 901-202-3928
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607-722-4256 404-448-9533
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404-477-0700 201-752-6000
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301-879-7087 301-879-9913
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617-655-8000 617-655-8040
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312-678-9923 312-678-9952
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617-655-0700 215-547-4747
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617-383-9100 800-845-8824
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800-327-3535 800-638-2000
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800-634-0001 800-368-5680
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800-424-4883 800-325-9990
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800-637-0001 800-858-9000
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Loops
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301-263-9926/9 619-748-0002/3
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505-233-9900/2 505-865-9900/2
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415-947-0044/5 313-528-9996/7
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313-282-2891(-5) 512-250-0061(-3)
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913-371-9988/9 416-868-1186/7
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303-321-0000/10 402-779-0007/8
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616-997-9996/? 714-525-1118/9
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213-830-1118/9 714-591-1118/9
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714-597-1118/9 714-598-1118/9
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714-794-1118/9 714-535-1118/9
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202-342-9947/8 313-678-9996/7
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201-467-9929/30 201-761-9929/30
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201-762-9929/30 201-764-9929/30
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212-228-9979/? 213-365-1119/?
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313-751-9996/7 313-477-9996/7
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313-273-9996/7 414-781-0010/?
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713-442-1799/? 805-544-0044/?
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607-775-9917/? 607-775-9945/?
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313-263-9996/7 313-247-9996/7
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313-978-9996/7 313-977-9996/7
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Canadian Loops:
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416-xxx-118617
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xxx=868,245,292,592,599
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