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  2. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  3. 15 Funny Numbers to Call if You Want to Crack Up - AOL

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    It’s not just a great number to prank call for kids—but adults can join in for a laugh and a touch of holiday enchantment. 2. Hogwarts Admissions: 1-267-436-5109. This prank call is quite magical.

  4. Telephone numbers in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Within Metro Manila, Rizal, and cities of Bacoor and San Pedro: 8123-4567. Outside Metro Manila, Rizal, and cities of Bacoor and San Pedro: 02-8123-4567. Overseas calls: +63-2-8123-4567. Since October 6, 2019, all telephone numbers with the area code 2 were migrated to eight digits, as mandated by the National Telecommunications Commission's ...

  5. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  6. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In Hungary, telephone numbers are in the format 06 + area code + subscriber number, where the area code is a single digit 1 for Budapest, the capital, followed by a seven digit subscriber number, and two digits followed by either seven (for cell phone numbers) or six digits (others). for other areas, cell phone numbers or non-geographic numbers ...

  7. Swatting - Wikipedia

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    Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage situation ...

  8. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    After a prolonged sting investigation, Secret Service agents swoop down on organizers and prominent members of BBSs in 14 U.S. cities including the Legion of Doom, conducting early-morning raids and arrests. The arrests involve and are aimed at cracking down on credit-card theft and telephone and wire fraud.

  9. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    All telephone numbers in Iran have 11 digits (initial 0 and ten digits). The first two or three digits after the zero are the area code. The possibilities are: (0xx) xxxx xxxx (for landlines), 09xx xxx xxxx (for cellphones) and 099xx xxx xxx (for MVNO ). When making a call within the same landline area code, initial 0 plus the area code must be ...