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117 lines
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Information File
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Introduction:
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Not too long ago everybody use to call long distance through AT&T. Well
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recently as you have noticed it is time to make the switch. Many people chose
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MCI which actually not very suprising since the connection really is not that
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bad and the price, well much cheaper. Anyways I am going to be discussing
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diverters and their use in phreaking.
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Divertors:
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Divertors can be used for several purposes as I will list for you:
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Calling 976 numbers
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Calling 900 numbers
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Being Abusive To Operators
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Setting up conferences and sometimes
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using them instead of MCI or some other LD service to call for free.
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Definition of a divertor is basically
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just using someone elses phone line to call out on. Your goal is as you could
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guess is to get their dial tone.
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Why does it divert?
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Well there are still very old phone systems out there and what happens is
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this:
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Say you call someone and they are on a very old phone system and they answer
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you say 'Is Joe in?'. Normally they will say 'I'm sorry you have the wrong
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number' and they hang up! That was your goal, for them to hang up. When they
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hang up you just sit there waiting, and after about 20 seconds you will hear a
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dial tone! That is their dial tone! Amazing huh! Anyways here is the catch,
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just because its an old phone system does not mean that its going to divert.
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There are very few of these numbers in the United States that actually will.
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An example is the 617-655-xxxx divertor in Neidic, Ma. (not sure how 'Neidic'
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is spelled, but it is pronounced 'NAY DIK') Anyways this system happens to be vvery old and when the person hangs up it will indeed divert.
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NOTE:
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In the 617-655-xxxx diverter it is very likely that it will not divert every
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time sometimes you will have to call about 5 numbers until you get a dial tone
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when they hang up or as you now know, until it diverts.
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Other forms of diverting that I know of is this. It does not always have to
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be a old phone system. It can be very new phone systems too. This is
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accomplished through transfering of calls or also known as call forwarding.
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An example:
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A business man wants his calls that normally would go to his business line at
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work to come in at his home after work hours. What he does is arrange with
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the phone company to have his calls transfered or forwarded to his home phone
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number say after 5:00 PM every weekday. When you call his work number, say it
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was 555-555-5555 you would hear a ring or two then you would hear usually a
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different sounding ring that was where the transfer took place so what it did
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was called 555-555-5555 then transfered his call to the phone line say 555-555
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-9090. Now normally not always but when this guy picks up at home give him
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the same line 'Is Harry there?' and when he hangs up you should get the dial
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tone due to the way the phone company handles the calls. Many doctors use
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this call forwarding device for after hours for them and then some don't.
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What I would suggest is at around 9:00 PM some night open your phone book to
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the yellow pages and find your local doctors. Start calling all of them up in
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sequence and listen for that ring difference this suggests that the call is
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being transfered. There are actually even some places where it will say
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'Please wait your call is being transfered'. If it does transfer then when
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they answer ask for someone and when they hang up wait approximately 20
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seconds and it most likely will divert. Circle their phone number and
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continue your search.
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NOTE: I have stated numerous times to ask for someone like Hank or something.
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DO THIS! If you just sit there they will finally hang up but knowing that it
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was a PRANK phone call! You dont want them to think that because after
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calling every day sometimes they will get very angry and demand that the phone
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company put a trace on their line! The next time you call and just sit there
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you are a gonner. Please at least be considerate to them. After all it is
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their dial tone your'e using!
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Yes! Now the 617-655-xxxx diverters still divert except one problem is that
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because of the switch alot of people have MCI and MCI can not place 0-700 or
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976 numbers and a few others this is why sometimes the diverter really is not
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worth anything unless its a 800 divertor which means you did not have to
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phreak to get to it and you can then use the dial tone to call long distance
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for free (I prefer this method over code phreaking because it is ALOT safer
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and no one gets a crazy phone bill) or if it is not MCI and you yourself has
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MCI but can notmake a call you want to make to a 976, 0-700 and so on then you
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should use that divertor to do so.
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Here are a few divertors I have had for a long time and then a few new ones I
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have seen posted around. Thanks guys and gals for the contribution of them to
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all of us and also now that you all now how to find them I would appreciate it
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if you would leave me feedback on any BBS I happen to be on that you can find.
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(I suggest the BACKDOOR BBS!) if you happen to find a diverter. Well here
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they are.
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Obviously the 617-655-xxxx and:
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414-358-0700
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914-698-0131
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914-354-3100
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301-792-2507
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And some 800 numbers! These are great.
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The times given are EST.
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1-800-327-3535 (ask for DEAN) after 5:30
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1-800-634-0001 (ask for the # to their service center)
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1-800-457-0067 (let it ring for quite a long time then swear at
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the guy. He won't know what your doing!)
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1-800-222-4435 (After 5:30 tell them you want to rent a car)
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1-800-638-2000 (Weekends only)
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Well, that is it for now.
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