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90 lines
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MONEY INCORPORATED DIGEST #51
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RELEASED 28 AUGUST 1995
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WRITTEN BY SLEEPY
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MONEY INCORPORATED ARE:
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SLEEPY
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SONIC FURY
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CCRIDER
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THE BIG CHEESE
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SEXECTUIONER
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JULIO
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OFFICER FRIENDLY
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TODAY'S TOPIC: EAT SHIT AND DIE! OR HOW TO OBTAIN NON-LISTED PHONE NUMBERS
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Non-published phone numbers are omitted from phone directories, but are easily obtained by calling
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directory assistance. Non-listed phone numbers are unavailable through either source, and telephone
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companies are becoming aware of some of the methods previously used to scam the numbers from
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unsuspecting local operators and service employees. The value of privacy to their non-listed
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customers is of great importance, and they try their best to assure that privacy.
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Non-listed phone numbers can be obtained from long-distance carriers (for the time being, anyway)
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in a limited number of circumstances. A non-listed phone number was obtained in this way in under
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two minutes (your milage may vary).
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I desired to obtain the non-listed phone number of Mr. Otto Feenbohm of Pendangle, KY. The area
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code is 502, and Pendangle only has one exchange, 827. (This is, of course, a ficticious account
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with no basis whatsoever in reality, hence all names, addresses, and phone numbers are invented,
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with the exception of the AT&T customer service phone number.) I know the name, address, and phone
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number of a friend, relative, or business partner of Mr. Feenbohm's for whom a call to Mr. Feenbohm
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is long-distance, and who I know has called Mr. Feenbohm in the last three months. In this case, I
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know that Otto's brother, Gunther, lives at 555 Castamilla Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90062, and calls
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him regularly. I use directory assistance to find that Gunther's phone number is 213-555-0277.
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For the moment I make the assumption that Gunther's long-distance carrier is AT&T. (It's a fair
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assumption. Most of the country uses either AT&T, MCI, or Sprint.) I make the following phone call.
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I dial 1-800-222-0300 (AT&T Billing information).
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Depending on when you call, the system may ask you to touch tone your home phone number. If it
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does, touch 213-555-0277 (Gunther's number). Touch '1' to speak to a customer service
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representative about a billing question.
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Her: "AT&T, this is Melissa speaking, how may I help you?"
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You: "Yeah, I've got a question about some charges that showed up on my long distance bill."
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Her: "What is your home phone number?"
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You: "213-555-0277."
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At this point, if AT&T is *not* Gunther's long-distance carrier, you'll have to come up with a
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plausible reason why Melissa shows no record of that phone number with AT&T. Either that or hang
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up. Then call the billing information number for MCI or Sprint until you find who he's with. If you
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have no luck, try a different friend or relative of Otto.
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Her: May I please have the name the account is billed to?
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You: Gunther Feenbohm.
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Her (sometimes): And the billing address?
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You: 555 Castamilla Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90062
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Her: Now, what was your question?
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You: Yeah, there are a couple charges on last month's bill that I don't recognize at all to a place
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in Kentucky...Pendangle, I think it was.
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Her (as she looks up Gunther's long distance charges): No, I don't find any charges...that was the
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July bill?
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You: Oh, I don't have the bill in front of me. I guess it may have been the month before last.
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Her: One moment. Yes, here it...
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You: It was a five-oh-two number I think. Five-oh-two, eight-two-seven...um...um...I don't have my
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glasses on, I can't quite read my handwriting...
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Her (her computer screen doesn't tell her that she's looking at a non-listed number, and she
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invariably helps by filling in the last four digits): Three-two-two-six.
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You: Yes, that's it. Who does that number belong to?
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Her: That number is an Otto Feenbohm.
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You: Oh, that must be the calls my wife made to the cousins who just moved. Yeah, thanks alot. That
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number again was..?
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Her: Five-oh-two, eight-two-seven, three-two-two-six.
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You: Thank you very much. Bye. (Always be polite to the people you scam. It's a karma thing.)
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If anything goes wrong, just hang up and try again with a different customer service
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representative. I tried it first with a number on my own long-distance bill, and got the last four
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digits of the number with no problem, then tried it for real and got my desired non-listed number
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in under two minutes. For free.
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COPYWRONG 1995, MONEY INC HOLDINGS LTD
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ALL RIGHTS SUCK.
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MONEY INCORPORATED ARE: SLEEPY
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SONIC FURY
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CCRIDER
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THE BIG CHEESE
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JULIO
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SEXECUTIONER
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OFFICER FRIENDLY
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