Hundred seventh edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Thu Aug 3, 2006 1:29 pm (PST))

Telespies

On 11 May John posted a weird "log" to the Spooks list. I must admit that I have never heard this before. There was a sound sample on this site but I don't know if it's still there when N&O is issued.
http://www.jeffwilson.org/ars/shortwave/craigslist.mp3

I don't know what this stuff is but it sounds a bit like our friends at WBNY, the Rodent Revolution station.

John writes: "I found sounds like a numbers station, only it's by phone. I ran across it on craigslist of all places. Can anyone verify what this is? I'll reproduce the text below in case it gets pulled. The post in question is at http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/mis/158815074.html

(Note: As far as I know the message is gone now - Ary)

Message: Mein Fraulein, I haven't heard from you in a while.
Won't you call me? 212////796////0735

The message at that number runs for around seven minutes and I'm at work so can't grab audio of it; it starts and ends with music and reads off a bunch of numbers in groups. The voices reading the numbers sound like - well, imagine the stereotypical ransom note cut out from letters in the newspaper glued together. Anyway, if someone could check it out and let me know what they think (or point me to somewhere to ask the question) I'd appreciate it. Maybe it's some weird telephone company test number or something?"

The transmission was as follows:

Male, non-accented english, recorded, groups repeated

Musical id
Group 415, Group 415
01305 01305 60510 60510 18079 18079 04606 04606 50100 50100
93000 93000 08203 08203 90130 90130 94069 94069 01207 01207
81080 81080 17028 17028 07906 07906 90220 90220 73038 73038
01401 01401 70150 70150 15073 15073 00402 00402 00680 00680
12013 12012 12510 12510 00540 00540 04091 04091 01401 01401
30150 30150 86022 86022 09608 09608 10660 10660 02082 02082
05507 05507 00020 00020 00000 00000 02208 02208 30290 30290
08022 08022 01200 01200 40710 40710 13065 13065 02709 02709
40190 40190 29014 29014 02200 02200 80020 80020 11083 11083
07300 07300 30260 30260 19000 19000 00700 00700 00000 00000

86 86
Musical id

Later that month a second telephone numbers transmission was found:

"Mein Fraulein, You must call me again soon. ///415///704///0402///

Like the first one it starts and ends with music. Same voices, same format.

Group 617, Group 617
06107 06107 80020 80020 21085 21085 00601 00601 30690 30690
06079 06079 01201 01201 50240 50240 07006 07006 01601 01601
70690 70690 95000 95000 01702 01702 40050 40050 14024 14024
00908 00908 70220 70220 67089 67089 07401 07401 00820 00820
10086 10086 07801 07801 30240 30240 04016 04016 02707 02707
30130 30130 15006 15006 09306 09306 91120 91120 20084 20084
00000 00000 00210 00210 03070 03070 03107 03107 60490 60490
65023 65023 02706 02706 70000 70000 07016 07016 01201 01201
7 7

The telephone number 415-704-0402 is registered to Pac-West Telecomm, but it is unknown who the user is.

(Info via John, Douglas, Zack, Rob, Jeff)