Visual Traffic

Pay Per call telephone #s from NPA 800

What!!?? You must be wrong. 800 numbers are FREE.

The pay per call operators, mostly porno vendors, with a few psychics , and astrologers thrown into the mix, have found that there are long distance carriers that the 800 number can route to and they will route the call on to a destination. For the second stage of the trip, the call is billable and at the termination, the call is billable. The called party dictates the amount of charges.

Lets take a quick look at a bizarre situation. Consider for a moment that you have not restricted the lobby phone in your business. Along comes Mr. Ear(l) Candy, to see Mr. Smith, for whatever reason. Earl gives the receptionist a card and asks to make an 800 call.

"Sure, have a seat and use the telephone there. Mr. Smith will be with you in a moment."

Earl takes a seat, picks up the telephone and dials an 800 number he was given the night before by an aquaintance, the number is for "Aural Delights", a fictional pay per call operation in Netherland Antilles. I use the Netherland Antilles here because they bill an average of 11 million minutes each month. The recording asks Mr. Candy to enter his PIN number or press 2 to register. He presses 2, the announcement asks him to select a 6 digit pin number for "Universal Servicing". He picks a pin number, enters it, and presses #. Aural Delights collects the ANI for billing, YOUR ANI.

The recording thanks Mr. Candy, instructs that he must call back and enter his pin number to be fully registered, and disconnects just as Mr. Smith arrives.

Mr. Candy completes his days work and goes home. Later that night, he dials the 800 number and enters the PIN. The call is completed and Mr. Candy spends 10 minutes on line. He is not sure what the charges are going to be, but when a couple of months go by and he has not been billed, he begins to use the number frequently. He even shares the number with acquaintances, since it is "free".

But if you are checking the bills, you know that it is not free. If you are like most telcom personnel, you sign the authorization and ship it back to accts payable, whether you have read it or not.

Mr. Candy may not even know about you being billed, in fact he probably does not know.

This thing can really get out of hand. Think of the difficulty that a disgruntled or former employee can create. The calls are not even coming through your switch.

The telephone companies share in this windfall, are very protective of their customer, and vigorously pursue the calling party for "owed monies".

The new telecommunications bill danced the topic and avoided doing any real damage to the called (billing) party. The biggest dent came from the section of the telecommunications bill that said the operating telephone carrier had to inform the billed customer of the actual called number if the billed party demanded it.

In the past, the carriers would not tell you who had billed. If it were the desire of the federal government to shut down the 800 NPA deceit, they could have outlawed this or any similar practice. But there is a lot of money for the operating companies and they have a strong lobby in Washington.


Disclaimer

Maintaining this list is a constant challenge. Inaccuracies do occur. If you find an inaccuracy, let me know, I will call the number and if it is no longer in the categories listed above, I will remove it. Use this list at your own risk.


I am constantly working on this list. And therefore, I am always having problems with the organization. The biggest problem is the currency of the information. To aleviate this problem, I am beginning to add notes. This does not mean that an entry without a note is not valid. Rather that I will be rechecking it soon.

If you find an inaccuracy in the listing, let me know.

While the list is in transition, there are two formats in use.

200 2468
200 4257
200 4475
204 9686
204 9688
204 9692
205 4828
215 2223
218 3279 note 5
222 4475
227 7720
229 4875
229 4881
229 6628 note 5
229 7189
229 7294
229 7299
229 9123
231 4103
234 7863
234 8743
237 4498
238 5483
239 3402 note 5
240 4525
255 9388 note 5
262 5739
274 7611
274 7630
275 0200
275 4277
275 4437
275 4446
275 4739
275 4848
283 1469
283 3786
283 4386
283 7399
285 0000
285 4688
285 5223
285 5465
285 5486
285 6749
285 9027
285 6749
285 8995
285 9049
285 9051
286 4968
288 3825
289 6338
289 7465
294 2625 note 2
298 3499 note 1

300 3652
301 3369
304 9969 note 5
320 1770
320 3753
322 2109 note 5
322 4241 note 5
326 3251
326 3669
326 4688
328 3786
328 4688
333 5223
333 6454
335 6749
340 8110
340 8220
342 5432
347 2183
350 2990
350 4330
350 6440
350 6990

352 2992 Allure Escorts (note 4)
355 7547 note 5
355 4897 note 5
359 0069
359 9668
361 2883
365 3700
365 6725
365 9388
369 3825
370 4688
370 9617 A Aaron's Gay Dating (note 4)
374 4739
374 6100
374 8487
377 3655
377 5683
377 7883
377 8653
377 4569
380 4475
385 8958
388 5347
388 4897 note 2
388 8462
388 8636
392 2661
395 2661
399 2973
399 3848 note 5

408 0058 A Aabacus International Escort Service (Note 4)
408 9388
409 lips
414 4475
416 9377 note 5
419 6969
421 7883
423 9494
429 1661 note 5
429 4968 note 2
429 9964
430 9447 note 1 note 5
432 8906
433 0069
436 3660
436 8677 note 2
440 5425 aka LICK note 1
444 5425
444 6749
444 7399
448 7588 note 5 Pleasure Dome
450 8869
455 5472
456 3825
459 6253 note 5

468 2223
468 2868
468 2888
468 3283
468 3425
468 3825
468 4297
468 4475
468 4897
468 5239
468 5283
468 5347
468 5483
468 5683
468 5878
468 6454
468 7399
468 7558
468 7588
468 7825
468 7877
468 7883
468 8462
468 8587
468 8589
469 4383
470 2266 note 5
470 4869 note 5
470 5477 note 1
472 8381
473 2264
477 2742
477 3186
487 3655
488 9453
490 4865
492 1661

503 7267 Aaron's Rent A Gents A gentleman for ladies (note 4)
515 5425
531 3262
532 2223
536 6000
541 0007
547 7165
550 8286
553 2223
556 2569
563 9130
963 9160
568 1661
668 3337
668 3786
668 3798
668 5684
668 6279
668 8596
668 8955
572 0420
572 7210
575 4273
587 3283
588 3786
598 2248

600 5467 note 1
600 8483 note 6 www.gaysexlive.com
618 5654
626 6260
631 7465 note 5
643 0755
643 7643
655 2820
659 4222
659 6612
659 6744
664 4273
666 1122
666 3000
666 3825
666 6674 note 6 fantasex.com
666 4688
669 5526
669 7769
677 5347
677 6009
677 6366
677 6399
677 9447
678 2427 5425 8487
680 8788 note 1
681 2569 note 5
681 9453
682 9388
683 6090
685 2455
688 2662 6963
692 2888
695 2468 3786 5634
697 4257 7877
699 0020 note 1
699 2223 note 5
699 3100 note 5
699 3866

701 3337
713 7825
714 4865 note 2
722 9442
723 5016 5018 5472 7422
733 1398 5878 7825 7877 8237
736 7886
738 5878 8788
739 4475 5463
742 2499
745 1201 0028
748 7588
752 5199 5204
753 3369 4878 7548 8887
755 8000
756 1600
757 6338
758 4297
759 4323
760 4688 9453
765 4878 8788
766 2469 6749
771 7754 note 5 Dr. Susan Block (telephone sex therapy)
775 5839
777 1152 1249 3666 7825 9388
785 4676 note 1 note 5
785 4878
786 6749
787 7437
796 6969

800 1723 6278
800 8900 note 2
804 3655
806 8788 note 5
807 7597 7598 7602
814 4628 4635
816 5565 Adult Phone Fantasy (note 4)
818 4475
822 4775
825 1598 note 6 www.movo.com
825 4629
825 4688
825 7529
830 5669 note 5
843 2223
845 6662
846 2868
846 3301
846 3648
846 4361
846 5034 note 5 Discreet Sex Samples
846 6749
846 7393
847 3301 9388
854 5453 note 5
855 1717
856 3992
861 4300 note 5 Pleasure Dome
865 9882
866 8399
869 6662
869 9664
869 9681
872 3825 4475 4739
873 4642 7036 7037
876 0122 4639 4681 5639 5747 7393 7394 7825
877 0122 3655 5477
879 7825 9453
883 5477
883 4688 note 5
888 4475
888 4865 note 2
888 5472
891 7825
892 5575
895 7180
895 9299
898 5485 note 5

903 4736 note 4 Abby's Live Playmates
905 5548
906 8665
909 7588 note 5
910 4897
916 6969
919 8665
920 2868
925 0800
925 5847
925 6161
925 7390
925 7478
925 7390
926 2200 3055
927 9377
929 2422 4878 8788
931 4053
932 0690 note 5 Pleasure Dome
932 4977
933 2738 3825 8258 9913
934 3255
937 2428 A Phone O Gram Telephone Escorts (note 4)
937 2888
937 7399
938 2639 note 5
938 2661 2697 2866 2868 3425
938 3482 note 6 DITA organization
938 3786 3873 4875 5477 5683 7399
938 8487 8928 9447
942 9304
944 5347
944 6969
944 9294
945 2424 2473 2661 3166 3382 3736 3786 3845 5465 5347 5465 6662
945 7387 7887 8487
947 2661 4323
948 6906
949 1661
949 2668 note 6
949 3669
949 4688
949 7399
950 4739
950 6749
955 1717
955 5165
955 5465
955 5477
955 6253
955 9447
956 5472
956 5477
959 5465
964 0115
964 5472
967 0118 note 5 Sex Samples
967 0121
967 1823
967 4323
967 6725
967 8110
977 7774
978 6749
983 7399
984 5472
986 3283 note 5
990 4865 note 5
995 3825
995 9938
998 9377
999 1061
999 2223
999 2625
999 2867
999 5477
999 5683
999 6666
999 6749
999 7825
999 8255
999 9388
999 9453
999 9739

And for those of you who have been running a pool on when there would be an
888 number posted, wait no longer.

888 653 4739 note 5

note 1 San Francisco Bay Guardian April, 1996

note 2 San Francisco Bay Area Reporter, August 1, 1996

note 4 San Francisco Yellow Pages exp September, 1996

note 5 San Francisco Bay Guardian August 14, 1996

note 6 gathered from alt.sex.telephone August 14, 1996


Psychics and Astrologers

Source is 1996 AT&T Toll Free National 800 Directory (except as noted)

Disclaimer

I make no claims about the validity of any of these operations, their operators or their participants

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203 2806 Simply Astrological
216 7446 Pearl Stars
217 2091 Psychic Connection ? TV Ad September 1, 1996
238 4295 All India Astrological Services
278 1768 Jamaica Religious Supplies, Inc.
291 6726 Lady Lee
292 5307 Helene Woodman Cushman - Astrology - (note 4)
332 3733 American Psychic Club (may be a free call)  TV Ad September 1, 1996
352 5611 Reverend Dresser Whitley
358 1981 La Toya Jackson's Psychic Network (Zodiac Group, Inc.)
377 6122 Del Rey Coomputerized Astrological Services
366 5588 Zodiac Group
448 9460 Morris Fonte Consultant
453 9025 Roma Enterprises
472 4333 The Yellow Pages Psychic Network (Zodiac Group, Inc.)(note 4)
480 4827 Guiding Star Astrological Services
525 5674 Lori King International Licensed Psychic (note 4)
527 8761 Astrologer Richard Nolle
537 6277 Astro Annie
544 4033 Astro Intelligence by Astrolabe also sells software at 843 6682
547 6246 Robin Lee Collier Astrological Center
550 4697 Da Juana Byrd's Psychic Advice Line
557 3233 Psychic Reality (note 4)
600 3401 Jennifer Baltz Clairvoyant (note 4)
618 2111 A Palm Beach Psychic Line
626 4343 America's Psychic Source aka Psychic Roundtable aka Professional Psychic Love Line
664 6601 Pallas Athena
668 1971 Johnson and Associates
700 2323 Brigitte Neilsen's Witches of Salem Network (note 4)
729 7148 Bottom of the cup tea room
750 7779 Mother Love's Love Psychics (note 4)
788 2672 Psychic Readings by Edgar William
793 0590 Richard S. Tolley Astrologer
814 6111 Psychic Line, Inc.
821 5673 Lorena Psychic Counselor
842 9591 Vedic Gems and Astrology
864 2729 Ann's Psychic Readings
874 4377 Jon Farle Intl
992 0154 Howard Psychic
994 1800 La Toya Jackson's Psychic Network (note 4)