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3RD PARTY FRAUD & VOICE MAIL SYSTEMS
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3rd Party Dialing was first brought to my attention when it was listed
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on my telephone bill. I was billed by some person(s) without my authorization.
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This happened about 3 times on the same bill, and all of the times I got the
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charges dropped.
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A few weeks later, after paging through the telephone book for downtown
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prefixes, I noticed information on 3rd Party Calling, which included:
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HOW TO PLACE 0+ CALLS
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Third-Number Calls
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1. Dial "0" + Area Code (if needed) + telephone number.
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2. If you hear a tone, ignore it, and a billing operator will come
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on the line.
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3. Tell the operator you are placing a third number billed called.
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4. Give the Area Code and telephone number you with the charges billed to.
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5. The operator will call that number to verify acceptance of the charges
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on calls from coin pay phones. No verification on calls from
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non-coin pay phones.
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The line that caught my eye was like #5. This line pointed out that calls
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from pay phones had to be verified, while non pay phones needed no
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verification.
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With experience, I found out that sometimes there is nothing a person can do
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about unauthorized 3rd Party Calls billed to a another person's number. A lot
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of the times, the operator you call to complain to will simply tell you there's
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nothing they can do.
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With this in mind, I realized that you could bill a call to anybody's number
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and get away with it, and no charges directed to you. Although, as many of you
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know by now...this not safe. For one, you are directing attention to yourself
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as a Fraudist/Phreak. Secondly, on the person's bill that your billed the 3rd
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Party Call to...that person has your number and where you called. Bell can
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also use that information to take action if they feel it necessary.
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One alternative would be to complete a 3rd Party Billed Call from a pay
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phone. This however brings up a question. Who is going to accept the charges
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if you don't want to pay for it in any way?
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Here is what I came up with for 3rd Party Calling Fraud:
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First, you need a (VMS) Voice Mail System/Box. You need a Centragram or
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PhoneMail type VMS to handle the call. The reason you need these types of
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VMS's, is because Centragram/PhoneMail type VMS's are direct dial. You don't
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have to enter a process extension number such as 8509. These types of VMS's
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bring you directly to the box.
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You don't know what Voice Mail Systems are? Look for a file. But, here's a
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layman's description of VMS's. You can say that VMS's are distance answering
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services. They are usually set up in other prefixes you can dial in/directly
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on to. They include instructions on how to use them, and have system
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passwords. In respect, they are electronic mail devices...only they use voice
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communications instead. You can find these by scanning, if you have one local.
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Anyways, having a VMS handy...reset your System Greeting to say: "HELLO"
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Pause for approximately 5-6 seconds...then say casually, "YEAH SURE."
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In between the HELLO and YEAH SURE, the billing operator will say something
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like, "JOHN DOE IS BILLING A CALL TO YOUR NUMBER, WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHARGES?"
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Now go to a pay phone and dial any number anywhere you want, in this
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format: 0+612+555+1212. Ignore the tone you hear for calling card holders,
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and wait for an operator to come on. The operator will announce her/his-self
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as a billing operator and ask you how he/she can help you on billing the call.
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Tell the operator, "THIS IS A 3RD PARTY CALL, MY NAME IS JOHN." Include a last
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name if you wish, but it's not necessary. No real names of course also. The
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operator will call the VMS and he/she will hear the previous recording of you
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saying "HELLO" etc.
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After the operator hears an affirmative from the VMS...the operator will say
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thank you, then put the call through. The only person that gets billed for
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the call is the business/person that owns the VMS that you used by hacking the
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default password.
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I've found out that you can dial overseas, and anywhere in the United States
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this way, with no problems or bad connections. If you have a portable computer
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with an acoustic couple...you can go online. It would be suggested to do this
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in a car, so as not to draw attention during the day. I've tried to set up a
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conference by the 800 Conference Operator and requesting to set up a
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conference. You have to give her the person's numbers and names you want to
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conference with...and the number you want to conference billed to. The
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operator will verify this if you are at a pay phone. I have figured out what
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the Conference Operator asked the 3rd Party as of yet...to time the responses
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preset on the VMS, but if anyone can, it would prove to be very useful.
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Another technique might be to bill 976's to your VMS if you into that.
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Again, you need to attempt to time the perfect responses to the operator's
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questions to the 3rd Party.
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*A Word of Warning*: In most cases, the Operator you handle the 3rd party
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call with will stay on the line. So it's good to have a conversation with
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yourself on the VMS for about 30 seconds after connection if you are making a
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collect call to the VMS.
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