Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the caller id 
record it had
0018889666332
Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a Yahoo 
search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems to have 
something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and 966 seems to be an 
area code in the US.
So, any idea who called me? Or was the phone just acting up in the hot 
weather?
-- 
John Dean
Oxford

On 30/07/2008 18:17, John Dean wrote:

> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the caller id 
> record it had
> 0018889666332
> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a Yahoo 
> search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems to have 
> something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and 966 seems to be an 
> area code in the US.

You're probably right, for the wrong reasons, I'd break it down as

00 = international
1  = USA (or more accurately NANP)
888 = toll-free call (overflow from 1-800 free numbers)
966-6332 = number

A Google search for "1-888-966-6332" didn't give any results

Knowing how the Americans love using the letters on their phone keypads, 
it could stand for any of these words

http://www.phonespell.org/combo.cgi?n=9666332

I reckon it's 1-888-ZOO-OFFAL trying to call you :-)

On 2008-07-30, John Dean  wrote:
> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the caller id 
> record it had
> 0018889666332
> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a Yahoo 
> search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems to have 
> something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and 966 seems to be an 
> area code in the US.

00-1 (USA)
     888 (Toll-free)
         966-6332 (the rest of the number)

> So, any idea who called me? Or was the phone just acting up in the hot 
> weather?

You got an international spam call by the looks of it. If you had Skype 
(or some other suitable VoIP) you could call them back and annoy them at 
their cost...

(Skype will let you call US and UK freephone numbers without needing any 
calling credit.)

-- 
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell         Eridani Star System
   MailStripper - http://www.MailStripper.eu/ - SMTP spam filter
   Second Number - http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/

On 2008-07-30, John Dean  wrote:
> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the caller id 
> record it had
> 0018889666332
> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a Yahoo 
> search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems to have 
> something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and 966 seems to be an 
> area code in the US.
> So, any idea who called me? Or was the phone just acting up in the hot 
> weather?

That's a USA/Canada toll free number (+1 is the country code, 888 is the
area code, 966 is the exchange code).  I don't know who it belongs
to, but normally only companies will use a toll from number for caller
ID.

Dennis Ferguson

Andy Burns  wrote:
> A Google search for "1-888-966-6332" didn't give any results

Someone else has been called last week:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-966-6332

6331 is the University of La Verne, 6333 is the Frame it/Waban gallery in
Waban, Mass.  So it seems to be an individual allocation, or a lie.

Theo

Andy Burns wrote:
> On 30/07/2008 18:17, John Dean wrote:
>
>> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the
>> caller id record it had
>> 0018889666332
>> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a
>> Yahoo search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems
>> to have something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and
>> 966 seems to be an area code in the US.
>
> You're probably right, for the wrong reasons, I'd break it down as
>
> 00 = international
> 1  = USA (or more accurately NANP)
> 888 = toll-free call (overflow from 1-800 free numbers)
> 966-6332 = number
>
> A Google search for "1-888-966-6332" didn't give any results
>
> Knowing how the Americans love using the letters on their phone
> keypads, it could stand for any of these words
>
> http://www.phonespell.org/combo.cgi?n=9666332
>
> I reckon it's 1-888-ZOO-OFFAL trying to call you :-)

Kewl website.
Thanks to all for responding
Is there a website that identifies US area codes like the ones that do STD 
for the UK?
-- 
John Dean
Oxford

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:50:03 +0100,it is alleged that "John Dean"
 spake thusly in uk.telecom:

>Andy Burns wrote:
>> On 30/07/2008 18:17, John Dean wrote:
>>
>>> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the
>>> caller id record it had
>>> 0018889666332
>>> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a
>>> Yahoo search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems
>>> to have something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and
>>> 966 seems to be an area code in the US.
>>
>> You're probably right, for the wrong reasons, I'd break it down as
>>
>> 00 = international
>> 1  = USA (or more accurately NANP)
>> 888 = toll-free call (overflow from 1-800 free numbers)
>> 966-6332 = number
>>
>> A Google search for "1-888-966-6332" didn't give any results
>>
>> Knowing how the Americans love using the letters on their phone
>> keypads, it could stand for any of these words
>>
>> http://www.phonespell.org/combo.cgi?n=9666332
>>
>> I reckon it's 1-888-ZOO-OFFAL trying to call you :-)
>
>Kewl website.
>Thanks to all for responding
>Is there a website that identifies US area codes like the ones that do STD 
>for the UK?

Not that I know of (although someone here probably does), but googling
for "area code xxx" will probably do it in 99% of cases. You'll likely
pull up a local business or similar, or the wackypedia article, as
evidenced by http://www.google.com/search?q=%22area%20code%20920%22

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On 2008-07-30, John Dean  wrote:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>> Knowing how the Americans love using the letters on their phone
>> keypads, it could stand for any of these words
>>
>> http://www.phonespell.org/combo.cgi?n=9666332
>>
>> I reckon it's 1-888-ZOO-OFFAL trying to call you :-)
>
> Kewl website.
> Thanks to all for responding
> Is there a website that identifies US area codes like the ones that do STD 
> for the UK?

This one has data for regular geographic area codes:

    http://www.telcodata.us/telcodata/telco

I don't know of any which have data for non-geographic toll-free and
900 numbers though.

Dennis Ferguson

"John Dean"  wrote in message
news:6fc9kbFavq0gU1@mid.individual.net...

> Is there a website that identifies US area codes like the ones that do STD
> for the UK?

Try: http://www.lincmad.com/

Regards,

wayne

John Dean wrote in news:6fbm52FargjuU1@mid.individual.net:

> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the
> caller id record it had
> 0018889666332
> ..

Something similar reported here,
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/00188896663322

> You got an international spam call by the looks of it. If you had Skype
> (or some other suitable VoIP) you could call them back and annoy them at
> their cost...

Rang them on skype, and it some live chat talk thing.

"Andy Burns"  wrote in message 
news:qP2dnbCpb6WjNw3VnZ2dnUVZ8szinZ2d@posted.plusnet...
> On 30/07/2008 18:17, John Dean wrote:
>
>> Phone rang this afternoon, I didn't answer and when I checked the caller 
>> id record it had
>> 0018889666332
>> Which seemed like gobbledegook at first and didn't register on a Yahoo 
>> search. But, breaking it down, 001888 is a website which seems to have 
>> something to do with telephony http://www.001888.com/ and 966 seems to be 
>> an area code in the US.
>
> You're probably right, for the wrong reasons, I'd break it down as
>
> 00 = international
> 1  = USA (or more accurately NANP)
> 888 = toll-free call (overflow from 1-800 free numbers)
> 966-6332 = number
>
> A Google search for "1-888-966-6332" didn't give any results
>
> Knowing how the Americans love using the letters on their phone keypads, 
> it could stand for any of these words
>
> http://www.phonespell.org/combo.cgi?n=9666332
>
> I reckon it's 1-888-ZOO-OFFAL trying to call you :-)

More likely WON-MEDA[L]