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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That below number is the Ameritech RESPORG ID service and I recommend it too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The two main issues are that it only gives you a generic code (which you can usually look up here: http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/resporg/resporg-ids.html), and that “native” numbers (ones owned by certain carriers in certain ranges) get a “not in the DB” response.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Another RESPORG lookup number is the following one from Sprint, but this gets you to a person, not an automated system, and only during business hours: (800) 578-1000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you pay someone to act as your RESPORG, you should also be able to contact them and ask them to look it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> -Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jared Geiger<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> J. Oquendo<br><b>Cc:</b> voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] Rogue 800 number<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You can find out the resporg by dialing 800-337-4194. It'll give you the Resporg ID, carrier and the support number associated with that company.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:53 AM, J. Oquendo <<a href="mailto:sil@infiltrated.net">sil@infiltrated.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey all, just wondering slash curious about something. I have a client who had their domain pseudo-typosquatted and whomever is behind it went as far as registering a toll free number with a professional sounding AutoAttendant referencing the victim company's name and the owner on a dial by name directory. There are no accents/typos in the autoattendant and dialing an extension, as we all can imagine, is likely being call forwarded or trunked elsewhere.<br><br>In any event, I would like to track down what carrier is responsible for the number but have had no luck asking/enquiring/etc to my carriers (big 3-4 Level, VZ, Global, Paetec)... Any takers on tracking who owns this number?<br><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br>J. Oquendo<br>SGFA, SGFE, C|EH, CNDA, CHFI, OSCP, CPT, RWSP, GREM<br><br>"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to<br>ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things<br>differently." - Warren Buffett<br><br>42B0 5A53 6505 6638 44BB 3943 2BF7 D83F 210A 95AF<br><a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2BF7D83F210A95AF" target="_blank">http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2BF7D83F210A95AF</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>VoiceOps mailing list<br><a href="mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org" target="_blank">VoiceOps@voiceops.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>