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Becoming More Informed...
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It was Sunday, January 19th, 1992. I was sorting through the local
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News Journal Paper and I discovered an article of interest in the local
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section. "Hackers don't leave calling card" was the title of this
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article. It seems a man named David Jarinko recieved what he thought was
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a large bill of $291.05. Then to his suprise he received a second bill,
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a mamoth 69 page bill totalling $6,834.39! There were calls to all over
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the US, all from Kuwait City, Kuwait. It seems all the troops from
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Operation Desert Storm called home with this card, which they probably
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received from a European hacker. The guy then called At&t and only ended
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up paying for his original bill with the Phone Company taking a big
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loss.
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The real useful information about all of this is what the phone
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companies already know or claim to know about these crimes. In the
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article a higher up in AT&t stated many times the cards are stolen
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from the company data bases and or CBI accounts. Then when AT&T start
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seeing the card pop up all over the place they check with the owner
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and if they can not contact the owner they cancel the card.
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Another interesting follow up article had to do with information on
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how someone could avoid becoming a victim of the scam. They recommend
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such common known ideas as not letting anyone see your card numbers
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when you punch them in at a pay phone and to absolutely never give
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out your credit card numbers on the phone. The article closed by
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reminding everyone the credit card fraud is a serious crime and the
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penalties are getting more severe than in the past. Another point of
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interest was that it said there are special agencies in the phone
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company, FBI and secret service are established to bring to an end the
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unlawful theft of services. My thoughts are that if they know this
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much, why don't they stop it right now? But anyway this text was made
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to inform you and let you know exactly what the agencies know.
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-The Godfather-
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Greetings Go Out To The Following:
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All The Members Of VIP
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Mr. Perfect
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The Mighty Fred
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And All The Cool Users On Warez For Masses
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Mike
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Thanks To Everyone who reads and spreads this file...
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I'll be writing more soon so keep an eye out for and dl them!
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