# Any Phone Number 666-6666 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671 "2010-12-29T01:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/1 "2010-12-29T01:43:00Z")
Is there any phone number in existence with the numbers “666-6666”? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/2 "2010-12-29T01:47:40Z")
Well, I googled it for you and found [this](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/23/mobile_number_sold/). I don’t know if you can afford it, though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/3 "2010-12-29T01:47:52Z")
[Yes](http://www.carmellimo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/4 "2010-12-29T01:48:30Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Is there any phone number in existence with the numbers “666-6666”? Why don’t you just dial it in every area code and find out for yourself? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/5 "2010-12-29T02:14:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [Yes](http://www.carmellimo.com/) Carmel is great. Good rates to the airports and the drivers speak English. And their phone number is easy to remember, because they are in the service of Satan. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/6 "2010-12-29T02:21:27Z")
If you don’t like toll free numbers, there are still a few that can be easily found with Google. (702) 666-6666 is a law office in Las Vegas specializing in getting people out of traffic tickets. (519) 666-6666 is some type of consulting firm in Ontario, Canada. The list goes on… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/7 "2010-12-29T02:28:57Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Why don’t you just dial it in every area code and find out for yourself? I think there’s a website out there about a couple of guys who called “867-5309”, using every area code in the U.S. No reason you couldn’t do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/8 "2010-12-29T03:15:37Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Why don’t you just dial it in every area code and find out for yourself? Because then he couldn’t get others to do it for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/9 "2010-12-29T03:17:10Z")
Whitby, Ontario has 905-666-xxxx. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/10 "2010-12-29T03:40:29Z")
Not a phone number, but I used to have a post office box #666. I was surprised they didn’t skip that one. Wish I still had it - I wonder if I could sell it for $270k like that cel phone number? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/11 "2010-12-29T03:46:37Z")
Louisville, CO has the prefix 666 for it’s local calls. (Phone numbers are 303-666-XXXX) I called, it’s Metro Taxi. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/12 "2010-12-29T10:15:23Z")
I do know that the 666 area code [has been retired](http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009566594), so there’s no chance of (666)666-6666. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/13 "2010-12-29T10:38:03Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I do know that the 666 area code [has been retired](http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009566594), so there’s no chance of (666)666-6666. Weird. That sounds like they’re talking about an exchange code of 666 in that article, not an area code. Here’s the [official area code map of Louisiana](http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?la), and it doesn’t mention 666 or 749 as an area code within Louisiana. Furthermore, the North American Numbering Plan wouldn’t not normally give out a geographical area code with the second and third digits identical. Such area codes are reserved for non-geographical uses, like 800. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/14 "2010-12-29T15:27:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Weird. That sounds like they’re talking about an exchange code of 666 in that article, not an area code. Here’s the [official area code map of Louisiana](http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?la), and it doesn’t mention 666 or 749 as an area code within Louisiana. Yes, it’s an exchange code. Here are a couple of churches in Reeves LA, from Google Maps: Reeves Bible Church 408 Emma Avenue, Reeves, LA (337) 666-2434 ‎ Reeves Baptist Church Louisiana 113, Reeves, LA (337) 666-2744 ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/15 "2010-12-29T15:58:40Z")
My old phone number was 410-666-02XX (don’t want the teeming millions to dial it) and about the first thing I did when I moved in was dial 666-6666. Not a working number. So, in Cockeysville, MD, it does not exist. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/16 "2010-12-29T16:09:27Z")
My cell number is mostly sixes, including a “666” string. When I got the number, the sales rep showed me a list of available numbers, pointing out that I probably didn’t want that one. I did. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/17 "2010-12-29T17:14:43Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Yes, it’s an exchange code. Here are a couple of churches in Reeves LA, from Google Maps: > > Reeves Bible Church > 408 Emma Avenue, Reeves, LA > (337) 666-2434 ‎ > > Reeves Baptist Church > Louisiana 113, Reeves, LA > (337) 666-2744 That’s funny. I have a magicJack and chose a phone number with exchange 666. A friend told me that he had a Baptist relative who would never call a number with 666 in it. I regarded not being called by Baptists as a plus. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/18 "2010-12-29T17:54:44Z")
Just did a reverse lookup in [www.canada411.com](http://www.canada411.com) for 666-6666. [Here](http://canada411.yellowpages.ca/search/?stype=re&sflag=&pg=1&what=6666666&where=-&rfn=)is what I got. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/19 "2010-12-29T18:17:12Z")
Right in my own [201](http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/s/reverse-phone-lookup/201-666-6666.html) area code ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671/20 "2010-12-30T02:20:14Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Yes, it’s an exchange code. Here are a couple of churches in Reeves LA, from Google Maps: > > Reeves Bible Church > 408 Emma Avenue, Reeves, LA > (337) 666-2434 ‎ > > Reeves Baptist Church > Louisiana 113, Reeves, LA > (337) 666-2744 Sorry. I must’ve misread the article. It was just something I when I was searching for examples for the OP, and I thought it was interesting. I need to be more careful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-phone-number-666-6666/565671.md?page=2)