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³ The Phone Losers Of America Present: ³
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³ Petty Scams and Telephone Tricks - Mostly by RBCP ³
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³ Written On April 8, 1990 Last Revision on January 09, 1995 ³
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³ For Informational Purposes Only. We're Not Responsible For Your Stupidity. ³
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Listed in this file is about every way that I've attempted and succeeded in
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swindling some place or person out of a few dollars (or cents). A lot of these
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methods should only be tried by the most pathetic and desperate person, as
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a lot of these tricks will get you just about enough to buy a meal or a joint.
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Also included are a lot of ways to bullshit your way around the telephone
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systems and companies.
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Dialing A Phone That Can't Be Dialed:
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Remember rotary pulse dialing? Before the modern days of touch tone dialing,
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you had to stick your finger in a hole and spin that stupid dial thing to call
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a number and that could really make exchange scanning a bitch. Today, you can
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hand a little kid a rotary dial phone and ask him to make a call on it and he'll
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look at you like you're crazy. "Where the hell are the buttons?"
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If you've ever come across a telephone (whether it be rotary or touch tone) and
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for some reason there's a lock on the phone or the dialing keypad has been
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disconnected, don't dispair. You can still make a call using the prehistoric
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pulse dialing technology.
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Let's say you want to dial the number "123-4567" so you pick up the phone and
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get your dial tone. Now quickly press and release the hang up button once. That
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should dial your number "1." Now repidly press and release the hang up button
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twice and you've dialed your "2" and so on. If you want to dial a zero, rapidly
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press and release the hangup button ten times. I actually got a disciplinary
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write up at work for teaching my co-workers how to do this after the manager
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disabled outgoing calls.
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Sometimes if the owner of the phone has a lot of custom calling services like
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call waiting and three-way calling, this method of dialing might not work
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because it messes up the timing of the clicks and you always get a wrong
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number when trying it. Usually it will but I've come aceoss phone that won't
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dial that way. It also could depend on the type of phone being used. Another
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way to get by a locked dial is to buy a touch tone dialer from Radio Shack.
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A lot of businesses out there have what's called a network phone system. This
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means they have a minerature phone company in the office which let's them
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restrict all kinds of things such as if one of their phone will be allowed to
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make outgoing calls. To avoid having employees chatting on the phone all day or
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a customer picking up the phone and dialing long distance, they usually restrict
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outgoing calls on a lot of the phones in the network.
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Sometimes you can pick up the phone and hit "Line 1" or "Line 2" or whatever and
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get a dial tone, you just won't be able to push any of the buttons on the phone
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to dial out. If you try, you eiher get a busy signal or nothing. The solution to
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this is to buy a pocket tone dialer from Radio Shack (The $15.oo model is fine)
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and dial the number with that. That way, you're not pressing the network's
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buttons so it doesn't know anything's going on and you get your phone call,
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whether it be across the street or in Austraila.
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If you pick up the phone and can't even get a dial tone, then you have to wait
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for someone to call you. When the phone rings, pick it up, answer their
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questions and get rid of them as quick as you can. When they hang up, stay on
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the line. In about a minute the phone company's equipment will reset and you
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should get a dial tone. From there just use your pocket tone dialer to dial out.
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In airports you'll find a big console with all the local hotels listed on it.
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To reach one of the hotels you press the button next to the hotel you want to
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speak with. Usually, this setup is nothing more than a speed dialing phone
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with all of the hotels programmed into the memory buttons. Use your Radio
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Shack Pocket Tone Dialer to dial anywhere in the world on these phones. Same
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goes for the rent-a-car booth.
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Exchange Scanning:
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This can be done either with a computer program or manually with the provided
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chart. Basically, it's calling up every single number in an exchange and
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seeing what kinds of interesting things you can find. Computer hackers use
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exchange scanning to find carriers. For example, if a hacker's school phone
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line number is 254-7950 a hacker will dial every number from 254-0000 to
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254-9999 to find the school's computer line. Hacker's are funny that way...
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If you scan numbers where the first two numbers of the suffix is 00 or 99,
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you'll find a lot of phone company related numbers like loop lines, weird
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recordings, sweep tones, etc. If you're looking for this type of thing it's
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best to find out what the phone company's local office prefix is and use that.
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Like if the phone company's billing office number is 556-4200 call up every
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number from 556-9900 to 556-9999 or 556-0000 to 556-0099. A real handy
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recording to find is the one that says, "Please deposit 25 cents." You can
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drive an operator bugshit with this number.
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Below is a chart that I made for hand scanning. You can do a whole 100 number
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exchange while you watch the Fresh Prince of Belle Aire. The chart is fairly
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easy to use. Let's say you want to dial every number from 618-254-9900 to
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618-254-9999. Fill in the Area Code box as "618", the Prefix box as "254", the
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xx box as "99" and fill in today's date.
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The first box would be for 254-9900, the second for 9901, etc. Starting on the
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next row would be 254-9910, 254-9911, etc. For each thing you find, fill in
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the appropriate box, telling what you found. I usually use letters to
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represent different findings, like "D" means the number has been disconnected,
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"R" means it just rings and there's no answer, "B" means busy, etc. Make a
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few copies of this chart and have fun with it.
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Oh, heh, heh, one thing I almost forgot to mention. The phone company doesn't
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like it when you exchange scan. I've done manual scanning in a LOT of different
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areas for long periods of time and nothing ever happened. However, if you have
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one of those computer wardialers that dials every single number in a prefix,
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they have equipment that detects this kind of thing.
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I have friends that have used these programs and the only thing that happens
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is the phone company sends them a nasty letter telling them to knock it off or
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else or they might get a call from the phone company. I'm always reading,
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though, in publications like Phrack about people actually getting BUSTED for
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exchange scanning. I don't know why, maybe it's considered harrassment to call
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someone and hang up, let alone call 1000 people and hang up. Just be warned.
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If you are going to use a computer, use the random scan and not sequencial.
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Privately Owned Pay Fones:
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I'm a really nasty vandalizer of private pay phones. I hate them mostly
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because I can't red box off of them. What is a privately owned pay phone? These
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are the ugly pay phones you see that don't have any kind of cool local telephone
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company or AT&T logo on it. These are usually owned by a grubby old man who has
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a small empiree of his own pay phones around town and he goes around collecting
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all the profits from the phone for himself, sometimes splitting the profits with
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the owner of the business where his phone is located.
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The long distance carrier for these phones is most likely someone you've never
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ever heard of that charges about three times as much as AT&T or Sprint would,
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and that's pretty bad. If you use your calling card on one of these phones,
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you'll notice when you get your bill what I'm talking about. A local call from
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one of these phone usually even charges you more than 25 cents.
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A good thing about private pay phones is that the phone line it's using isn't
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actually classified as a pay phone line, it's classified as a business line for
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a regular business customer which is why red boxing won't work. Pick up one of
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these phones and dial "zero." If you can get one of their operators, ask them to
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connect you with AT&T. Now AT&T probably won't even know that you're calling
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from a pay phone line. She'll probably assume you're either calling from home or
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your place of business.
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When AT&T answers, throw them a line like, "Yeah, I'm having trouble with my
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phone here. There's something wrong with the buttons and I can't get it to dial
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right. (Crying is optional) Could you try dialing the number for me?" and AT&T
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will be more than happy to help you dial that number. This works for local and
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long distance calls. Unfortunately, an operator can't dial a 0-700 or 900
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number for you.
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When dealing with some of the larger privately owned chains, the AT&T operator
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can tell that you're calling from a pay phone so a long distance call wont work.
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Since these pay phones use a regular line you can plug your own phone to their
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line and dial any number you want, bypassing the pay phone itself entirely. The
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phone wires are usually installed very amateurly so you shouldn't have much
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trouble locating them.
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When you find the phone wires, strip the outer covering, then strip the red and
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green wires, clip your phone to those two wires and start dialing random numbers
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in New Zealand. Don't actually cut the wires to the phone in half or the owner
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will be upset and hide the wires so you won't be able to do this anymore. Just
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strip them where no one will notice so you can come back and hook your phone up
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anytime you want. (This is called Beige Boxing, by the way.)
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To make yourself look less suspicious, you can hook up your phone, quickly dial
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the number you're calling and then pick up the pay phone and unhook your own
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phone. To the casual observer, you're just talking on a pay phone like any
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normal person, not screwing the owner out of hundreds of dollars. If he doesn't
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have a block on the phone you can dial 0-700 Alliance and 900 numbers this way.
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And if he does have a block on the phone, call up the phone company's billing
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office and remove the block, pretending to be him.
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A Shopper's Guide To COCOTS by Count Zero (More On Private Pay Phones)
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COCOT is an acronym for Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone. In other
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words, a COCOT is a phone that is owned or rented by a paying customer (most
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likely, a hotel or donut shop). A COCOT is not a normal payphone. The
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telephone company doesn't own it, and the telephone line is usually a normal
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customer loop (unlike payphones, where the phone line is a "special" payphone
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loop, allowing the use of "coin tones" to indicate money dropped in!) So a
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COCOT may look and smell like a telephone company payphone, but it is not.
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Why do COCOT's exist? Simple. Money! A customer owned payphone is money in the
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bank. You pay more for local calls and long distance is typically handled by
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sleazy carriers that offer bad/expensive service. The owner/renter of the
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COCOT opens the coinbox and keeps the money him/herself. Also, a particularly
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sleazy quality of COCOT is the fact that it does not receive incoming calls.
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This, of course, is because of money. If people are calling in to a COCOT, the
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COCOT is not making money and businesses always want to make as much money as
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possible even if it hurts the consumer. Think about it. It really sucks to
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call someone at home from a COCOT and then not be able to have him/her call
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you back to save money. "Guess I'll have to keep feeding the COCOT quarters!"
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First of all, you must understand that the COCOT is a mimic. Essentially, it
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wants you to think that it is just a plain ol' payphone. Pick up the handset.
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Hear that dialtone? Hah! That dialtone is fake, synthesized by the innards
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of the COCOT. You are at the mercy of the COCOT. Remember a COCOT runs off of
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a normal customer loop so, unlike a telephone company payphone where you must
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deposit money to generate coin tones that are read by the central office, the
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security of a COCOT depends solely on the COCOT phone itself. It's as if you
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took your own phone and put a sign on it saying "Please put 25 cents in this
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jar for every call you make." COCOTs are not naive. They won't let you near
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the unrestricted dialtone until you fork over the cash-ola. Or so they think!
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See, the Achilles' heel of the COCOT is the fact that all payphones must let
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you make 1-800 calls for free! It's not just a fact, it's the law. Now pick
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up the handset again and place a 1-800 call. Any 1-800 number will do. When
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they answer at the other end, just sit there. Do nothing. Ignore them. Wait
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for them to hang up the phone.
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Here's an example. Dial 1-800-LOAN-YES.
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[Ring, Ring]...[click] "Hello, you wanna buy some money? Hello? HELLO?!"
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[CLICK] (You will now hear some static and probably a strange "waffling"
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noise, like chh, chh, chh, chh, chh.) [CLICK] DIALTONE!
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Now what have we got here? A dialtone? Yes, you guessed it, the dialtone you
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now hear is the unrestricted dialtone of the COCOT's customer loop. So what?
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So I got an "unrestricted dialtone". Big Deal? You meathead, with an
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unrestriced dialtone, all you need to do is place a call via DTMF tones (the
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tones a touch-tone keypad generates).
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Now, try dialing a number with the COCOT's keypad. Whoa, waitasec, no sound.
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This is a typical lame attempt at protection by the COCOT. Just whip out your
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Radio Shack pocket tone dialer and try calling a number, any number. Place it
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just as if you were calling from a home phone. Call a 1-900 sex line. Call
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Guam. You are free and the COCOT's customer loop is being billed.
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Some COCOTs are more sophisticated at protecting themselves. Some will reset
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when they hear the dialtone. To get around this, make a loud hissing sound
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with your mouth into the mouthpiece after the 1-800 number hangs up. Get your
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tone dialer ready near the mouthpiece. When you hear the dialtone, quickly
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dial the first digit of the number you want to call. If you hiss loudly
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enough, you may be able to mask the sound of the dialtone and prevent the
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COCOT from resetting. Once you dial the first digit of the number you are
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calling, the dialtone will disappear (naturally). You can stop hissing like an
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idiot now. Finish dialing your free phone call. Also, some COCOT's actually
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disable the handset after the call hangs up (in other words you can't send
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DTMF tones through the mouthpiece). Oh well, better luck next time. However,
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most of the COCOT's I have run across only disable the DTMF keypad. So all you
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need is a pocket dialer to circumvent this!
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Other things to know: Sure you can't call a COCOT, but it does have a number.
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To find out the COCOT's number, call one of the automated ANI services that
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tell you the number you're dialing from or dial a friend from the COCOT who
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has Caller I.D. so they can tell you the number. Now try calling the COCOT
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from another phone. You will hear one of two things: 1) synthesized voice:
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"Thank you" [DTMF tones] [CLICK] [hang up] or 2) a weird carrier.
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A COCOT's number is only used by the company that built or sold the COCOT. By
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calling up a COCOT, a technician can monitor its functioning, etc. In case
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number 1, you must enter a 3 or 4 digit password and then you'll get into a
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voice menu driven program that'll let you do "maintenance" stuff with the
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COCOT. In case number 2, you are hooked to the COCOT's 300 bps modem (Yes, a
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modem in a payphone). Likewise, if you can figure out the communications
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settings, you'll be into the COCOT's maintenance routines. Personally, I
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haven't had much luck (or patience) with calling up and hacking COCOT
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maintenance functions. I just like making free phone calls from them!
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RBCP Notes on COCOTS:
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In Austin, Texas they have some private pay phones called a Fox Fone. Pretty
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lame name if you ask me. When you dial an 800 number on one of these it has
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the nerve to ask you to deposit a quarter. Now, to get to the unrestricted
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dialtone a quarter isn't a bad investment, however I've found that it doesn't
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ask for a quarter if you dial 102880 to get AT&T. When AT&T answers, you're
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home free.
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When you dial a long distance call legitamately on a private COCOT, the COCOT
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will dial a sequence of numbers like their authorization codes, etc. So when
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you get the unrestricted dialtone and try to dial a number direct like
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1-512-370-4680 you'll get a "your number cannot be completed as dialed"
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message or a busy signal. To get around this, instead dial 10288-1-512-370-
|
||
4680 and your call should go through.
|
||
|
||
If you're limited on the number of digits you can dial, just dial "0" from the
|
||
unrestricted dialtone and ask the local operator for AT&T. Then ask AT&T to
|
||
dial a long distance number for you. If you do it this way, you can't dial
|
||
700 and 900 numbers but if you use your Radio Shack tone dialer, it's no
|
||
problem. Dial a 700 number like 10288-0-700-456-1002.
|
||
|
||
Sometimes the AT&T operator will know that you're calling from a COCOT and
|
||
won't dial any free calls for you, but when she hangs up you can still use
|
||
your tone dialer (or the fone's keypad) to dial long distance.
|
||
|
||
Directory Asisstance:
|
||
--------------------
|
||
To get any listed phone number in the United States, all you need to do is
|
||
dial "1-AREA CODE-555-1212." If you don't know which area code the number's
|
||
in, just make up one or call local directory asisstance and ask that operator
|
||
what any area code is. Local directory asisstance can be reached at "411",
|
||
"1-411" or "1-555-1212." It differs from area to area. Pay phones that offer
|
||
"411" won't charge you for information. Some areas I've lived in only will
|
||
give me a phone number and say that if I want the address, dial 555-3131.
|
||
|
||
Toll free information can be reached at 1-800-555-1212 and of course, there is
|
||
no charge for this call. There's also directory asisstance for 900 numbers
|
||
which is 1-900-555-1212. International Information can be reached by dialing
|
||
102880 and asking for it.
|
||
|
||
1-800-COLLECT:
|
||
-------------
|
||
I'm sure that most of you are familiar with those annoying commercials for
|
||
MCI's 1-800-COLLECT and AT&T's 1-800-OPERATOR services. These two services
|
||
allow you to call people collect using an automated service. For people like
|
||
us, it provides a free nation-wide messaging service.
|
||
|
||
You dial 1-800-COLLECT. The automated operator asks you to enter the area code
|
||
and number you'd like to call collect. Then it say, "At the tone, please say
|
||
your name...(Beep)" where you get about five seconds to say your name.
|
||
|
||
Now instead of saying your name though, you can say a quick message like,
|
||
"This is Ron, call me at 801-234-7448" or "Honey, I'll be home in two hours"
|
||
or "Help me, I'm trapped in a phone booth in a black neighborhood!" The person
|
||
receiving the call simply refuses the charges after they hear your message and
|
||
nobody pays for it. 1-800-COLLECT is the best one to use because they give you
|
||
the most time to "say your name."
|
||
|
||
Ordering Free Phone Books From All Over The World:
|
||
-------------------------------------------------
|
||
Some people collect stamps. Others collect rocks. And certain serial killers
|
||
collect body parts. But imagine the fun of starting your very own collection
|
||
of telephone directories from around the world. You can be the proud owner of
|
||
directories from great cities such as London, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Miami
|
||
and little podunk towns like Celina, Ohio and Roscoe, South Dakota where the
|
||
"Local Attractions" section is only two paragraphs long... "Well, as far as
|
||
local attractions here is Jessup, Iowa go, we got Herb's brand new paint job
|
||
on his tool shed and Toothless Jim here plays a helluva banjo..."
|
||
|
||
Ordering the directories is quite simple. You can either bill the cost of the
|
||
phone books to your home phone or have them send you a bill for the amount.
|
||
The beauty part of it all is that you can bill it to any phone number in the
|
||
United States. In the past, I've billed my phone books to pay phones,
|
||
restaurants that give me bad service, the White House and Ameritech Corporate
|
||
Security.
|
||
|
||
The directory offices never seem to check up on the number you're billing to
|
||
nor do they check to make sure that the billing phone number matches the
|
||
billing address. Even if the person you'd like to bill it to has a block on
|
||
their phone, you can still charge directories to their number and a single
|
||
overseas phone book can go for a few hundred dollars. While I'm sure the
|
||
person you're billing to can probably have the charges removed, it sure it a
|
||
fun way to make someone you hate lose peace of mind.
|
||
|
||
If you're going to order a lot of phone books, your biggest problem would be
|
||
where to ship your phone books. It's best to get a post office box and have
|
||
them shipped there. I had phone books comming to me regularly for an entire
|
||
six months at a post office box and was never questioned once about it,
|
||
although I started getting letters saying I'd better pay them or else and
|
||
Gloria, who worked the front desk at the post office always wanted to know why
|
||
I got so many phone books all the time. (I told her I was an asisstant manager
|
||
for a telemarketing firm.)
|
||
|
||
You could also have it shipped to your next door neighbor or any vacant house
|
||
for you to pick up later. Occasionaly I even send one to my home and nothing
|
||
ever happens except that I get a letter every few months from them wanting
|
||
their money. Below is a list of numbers you can call to order directories.
|
||
|
||
DonTech.........................(800)-541-8000
|
||
Ameritech.......................(800)-xxx-xxxx
|
||
AT&T............................(800)-xxx-xxxx
|
||
U.S.West Directory Source.......(800)-422-8793
|
||
|
||
Pick a number and tell them you want a directory from wherever and give them
|
||
the billing number and address to be shipped to. In less than two weeks you
|
||
should recieve it. One thing to remember, though, is that you ask them to
|
||
deliver the books by regular U.S. mail unless you'll be somewhere to sign for
|
||
U.P.S. A lot of post offices won't accept U.P.S. Enjoy your new hobby!
|
||
|
||
Employee News & Information Lines:
|
||
---------------------------------
|
||
The phone company has a phone number that their employees can call up and find
|
||
out what's new with the company, how the company's stock is doing, what new
|
||
advances in phones have been discovered and how they're catching people like
|
||
us. To get a newsline number, call the phone company's main office and ask
|
||
them for it. Sometimes they won't know what you're talking about but keep
|
||
pestering them until they give it to you. Below is a small list of newslines.
|
||
|
||
Bell Atlantic....................(800)-647-NEWS
|
||
Ameritech........................(800)-893-LINE
|
||
(312)-917-9797
|
||
|
||
Main Numbers & Employee Locators:
|
||
--------------------------------
|
||
An employee locator is a service for Bell employees that helps you find out
|
||
exactly what department any employee of Bell works for. Sometimes automated,
|
||
you enter in the name of the employee on your touch tone phone and the
|
||
computer will rattle off their work phone number, street address and state.
|
||
Most locators have a live operator who you just ask for the information.
|
||
|
||
Usually the employee locator is the same number as the main number. To get
|
||
this number, call up directory asisstance and ask them for the phone company's
|
||
main number. Call the main number and if they're not the employee locator, ask
|
||
them for that number. In most cases, it's given to you, no questions asked.
|
||
|
||
If you can't get the phone company's main number from directory asisstance,
|
||
try calling the billing office and ask them. Below is a short list of numbers.
|
||
|
||
Bell Atlantic (West Virginia)..........(304)-954-6202
|
||
Bell Atlantic (Virginia)...............(804)-225-6300
|
||
Cincinnati Bell (Ohio).................(513)-397-5775
|
||
South Central Bell (Jackson, Miss.)....(601)-961-1327
|
||
Southwestern Bell (Little Rock, Ark.)..(501)-373-9800
|
||
U.S. West (Western U.S.)...............(800)-879-4357
|
||
Ameritech (Indianapolis, IN)...........(317)-265-2266
|
||
Southern Bell (South Carolina).........(800)-336-0014
|
||
Pacific Bell (Los Angeles, CA).........(213)-339-6622
|
||
|
||
Partylines:
|
||
----------
|
||
An interesting way to meet new people and sometimes learn new phone tricks is
|
||
to call a party line. You can find tons of party line phone numbers in
|
||
magazines such as "Rolling Stone" and "Spin." A majority of them are some kind
|
||
of sex line/lesbian line/gay line/weirdo line but sometimes you find a nice,
|
||
normal chat line that you can talk to people on.
|
||
|
||
Every now and then you'll meet a phone phreak who'd be happy to exchange
|
||
calling cards with you or teach you a few new tricks. And a lot of average,
|
||
honest people hang out on them but learn some method of calling for free so
|
||
they can talk without going broke. These lines can be VERY addictive. Only
|
||
regular long distance charges apply on most. Some of them want a credit card.
|
||
|
||
Hotel California........................(801)-234-SHIT
|
||
Underground Party Line..................(515)-945-6700
|
||
|
||
Automatic Number Identification (ANI):
|
||
-------------------------------------
|
||
When you dial an ANI phone number, a computer voice will tell you what number
|
||
you're calling from. There's a lot of ANI numbers out there but my favorite
|
||
one is 1-800-MY-ANI-IS. Call this number and a computer voice simply says,
|
||
"Your ANI is xxx-xxx-xxxx" and hangs up. I have no idea who sponsors this or
|
||
who pays for it but it's been there for a long time. Zak claims that ANI knows
|
||
the future and the past by dialing things like 1-800-MY-ANI-WAS or
|
||
1-800-MY-ANI-WILL-BE but for some reason I don't believe him.
|
||
|
||
If you have a friend with Caller I.D., call the friend from the phone you want
|
||
to identify and your friend can read the number to you. If you don't have any
|
||
friends, call a business who has Caller I.D. and tell them that you're the
|
||
phone company testing their Caller I.D. and ask them to read back your number.
|
||
|
||
Hacking Telephone Answering Machines by Doctor Pizz & Cybersperm:
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
It seems that lately there is very little discussion of one of the most
|
||
simple but useful and rewarding forms of electronic information gathering,
|
||
hacking the telephone answering machine. Almost everyone has one of these
|
||
wonderful devices these days, to catch important messages while they are away
|
||
from their phones, or to screen important telephone calls. Nowadays, they
|
||
typically have the added advantage of being accessible from remote telephones,
|
||
so one needs to simply call his or her answering machine, enter their secret
|
||
code, and then either retrieve new messages, or listen to anything they had
|
||
previously recorded on the incoming messages tape, or perform any of a set of
|
||
additional functions determined by which key they press on their touch tone
|
||
phone. They also typically ignore the fact that virtually anyone else can
|
||
gain access to their messages by entering the appropriate code. Hence this is
|
||
a wonderful system to gather information from anyone without their knowledge,
|
||
especially if they are technologically illiterate.
|
||
|
||
For the most part, there are two main types of "electronic password" used by
|
||
these systems. They are amazingly simple to crack, as they are typically only
|
||
2-digit or even 1-digit numbers. On some machines, the code must be entered
|
||
before the outgoing message is over, on others, it must be entered after the
|
||
outgoing message, and on more sophisticated models, it can be entered at any
|
||
time.
|
||
|
||
MODERN 2-DIGIT PASSCODE SYSTEMS:
|
||
These are the most common systems in use today, typically made by Panasonic,
|
||
AT&T, etc. In these systems, the code can be entered before during or after
|
||
the beep tone. For security reasons, we recommend BEFORE the beep tone, so
|
||
your intrusions are unnoticed... We will begin by discussing how to identify
|
||
the passcode.
|
||
|
||
Now, the question of how to hack their code. Well, this is so simple, you
|
||
don't even need a computer to do it. You can just enter all 2-digit
|
||
combinations until you get the right one (usually signalled by a series of
|
||
beeps on the other end). A relatively crude way was to enter each number in
|
||
sequence 01, 02, 03, 04,...,99. This works, but may take too long to enter
|
||
all numbers within the 20-30 second window we typically have before the beep
|
||
(The best time to play arounnd, as any tones entered after the beep will be
|
||
recorded on his incoming messages tape, and could let him know something is
|
||
up...). It is also important to stop as soon as you hit the right number, as
|
||
the additional entered numbers may be interpreted by the answering machine as
|
||
codes, and cause you to delete all their messages, or record a new greeting,
|
||
etc. That is really asking for trouble, and may cause them to try and change
|
||
their password (though it's usually only possible to choose from a range of
|
||
three consecutive numbers anyway...). Still, you need to be careful not to
|
||
let them catch on, eh?
|
||
|
||
A more sophisticated and fast way to do this is to take advantage of the fact
|
||
that such machines typically do not read two numbers at a time, and discard
|
||
them, but just look for the correct sequence, reading one at a time. In other
|
||
words, you can enter all 100 possible codes with roughly 1/2 the number of
|
||
keystrokes. Just enter as follows:
|
||
|
||
0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9,etc.
|
||
|
||
By reading in one phase we get:
|
||
|
||
0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,1 2,1 3,1 4,1 5,1 6,1 7,1 8,1 9,etc.
|
||
|
||
In the other phase we get:
|
||
|
||
0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0 8,0 9,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,etc.
|
||
|
||
So by proceeding as follows we enter the following matrix sequentially,
|
||
encompassing all possible 2 digit numbers:
|
||
|
||
|
||
0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9
|
||
1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9
|
||
2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9
|
||
3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9
|
||
4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9
|
||
5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9
|
||
6 6 7 6 8 6 9
|
||
7 7 8 7 9
|
||
8 8 9
|
||
9 0
|
||
|
||
The last zero is important, as it completes the cycle, and allows for the code
|
||
9 0, which is the only one not as yet allowed for. I must emphasize the
|
||
importance of quitting as soon as you get the correct code, and also do not
|
||
keep going after the beep, if you are on a modern 2-digit access code system.
|
||
This way, you can record the passcode for your future reference, and prevent
|
||
detection.
|
||
|
||
Now, we shall get on to the question of how to use their system, once
|
||
you've broken in. In general, it is recommended to obtain a copy of the
|
||
owners' manual for various machines, but I have summarized some of the basics
|
||
below.
|
||
|
||
PANASONIC
|
||
Here are the codes for a Panasonic Easa-phone KX-T1450. The KX-T2420 is
|
||
identical without Room Monitor function In this case, strange things happen
|
||
when you enter 5:
|
||
|
||
1 = Back Space (Rewind the OGM tape)
|
||
2 = Skip Forward (Fast forward the OGM tape)
|
||
3 = Reset (Go back to the beginning of the OGM tape. MAY CAUSE ERASURE!!!)
|
||
4 = Memory Playback (Listen to new messages)
|
||
5 = Room Monitor (!!!! Listen to what is going on in the room NOW !!!!)
|
||
(This is only available on some models... But, try it...)
|
||
7 = OGM-REC (Record a new greeting!!!)
|
||
9 = OGM-STOP (Stop recording the new greeting)
|
||
* = OGM Skip (Don't Listen to the OGM)
|
||
0 = Turn off the machine !!!!!
|
||
|
||
To set to the answer mode remotely,
|
||
1. Dial the phone number
|
||
2. Wait 15 rings and hang up
|
||
|
||
To turn off the unit remotely (!!),
|
||
1. Dial the phone number
|
||
2. Push the code number, wait for the beep, enter 0, and hang up.
|
||
|
||
Panasonic answering machines also respond to the user with a series of codes
|
||
which I will now outline. If you hear something different, you may not be on
|
||
a Panasonic system.
|
||
|
||
1 long beep : This is the "beep" after which people can leave their messages.
|
||
Also, this is sounded when the correct passcode is entered from
|
||
a remote telephone. (Same sound- Hint for software developpers)
|
||
It sounds when the tape has fully rewound, and after each
|
||
message is played back in entirety.
|
||
3 short bps : This sounds after the last message has been played back.
|
||
2 short bps : (10 seconds later) You are then being recorded - marker message
|
||
6 short bps : End of the incoming message tpe
|
||
6 short bps : (Quickly) Tape Broken (either incoming or outgoing)
|
||
|
||
Also, after entering the correct code, and after the one long beep, you will
|
||
hear n additional short beeps, where n is the number of new messages since the
|
||
last time the messages were retrieved. Remember, you can listen to earlier
|
||
ones on the same tape, by additionally backspacing from the first new message.
|
||
|
||
Anyway, that is a basic summary of the Panasonic answering machine system for
|
||
this machine. Many machines unfortunately do not have the Room monitor
|
||
function, so you can not see if you left your TV on, or anything like that...
|
||
Also, not all systems are identical, but on Panasonic machines, the numbers 1-
|
||
4 are the same, so this is the most important thing for you to remember
|
||
anyway...
|
||
|
||
AT&T
|
||
On AT&T machines, like the Answering System 1304, the passcode is again a 2-
|
||
digit number enterable before, during, or after the beep. Follow the same
|
||
guidelines as above.
|
||
|
||
After you enter the correct code on these machines, the system will
|
||
automatically begin to play back new messages. This is one key way to
|
||
distinguish these machines from the Panasonic ones discussed above.
|
||
|
||
To summarize the key functions for the AT&T system, look below:
|
||
|
||
2 Rewind tape (tape rewinds for as long as this key is depressed)
|
||
3 3 Clear messages (reset the tape to the beginning.)
|
||
5 Fast Forward (tape ffwds for as long as this key is depressed)
|
||
7 Replay messages from the beginning
|
||
8 8 Turn off the answering machine
|
||
* Record a memo (After listening to messages) OR
|
||
Skip the greeting (w/o entering code)
|
||
0 Turn on the machine (after hearing two beeps)
|
||
# Pause (for 5-7 seconds)
|
||
|
||
Basically this system is less sophisticated than the Panasonic. You cannot
|
||
change the OGM remotely (Damn!). As seen above, the codes are also quite
|
||
different, but fortunately they are easily distinguished by how they answer
|
||
after the security code is entered. The AT&T plays the messages, while the
|
||
Panasonic just beeps to tell you how many new messages are waiting. Here
|
||
also, the rewind and fast forward functions operate for the length of time you
|
||
depress the 2 and 5 keys respectively. On the Panasonic, they reewind or fast
|
||
forward for 15 seconds. Also, this system has a pause feature. By entering
|
||
the # sign, you can pause for a few seconds while listening to a message. One
|
||
extra safety (from your perspective...) feature is that on this system you
|
||
cannot erase messages until they have all played back, so you have less risk
|
||
of fucking up someone's system if it is an AT&T. You cannot change his
|
||
greeting, and it is difficult to accidentally erase his messages. If you wish
|
||
to do so, however, you must hit the 3 key twice after listening to the
|
||
messages in their entirety. To record a memo (why would you want to do
|
||
this???), you can press the * key after you hear 5 beeps (after listening to
|
||
the messages). Then begin to record. Also, the * key can be used before the
|
||
message is finished to skip listening to the OGM (useful for long distance
|
||
callers who are actually paying for the calls...) without the need for
|
||
entering a security code. To turn on the system from remote points, you need
|
||
to let it ring ten times, and after it answers with 2 "beeps", hit the 0 key.
|
||
It will subsequently be on. Similarly to turn it off, just enter 88. If the
|
||
machine answers the phone with no greeting, and just 2 beeps, it means the
|
||
tape is full. You can now enter the security code (without risk of them
|
||
recording the BEEPS!!!) and listen away for a long time!!! Basically, this
|
||
sums up the properties of the two most common systems I've encountered of the
|
||
2-digit passcode variety. SINGLE DIGIT PASSCODE MACHINES:
|
||
|
||
On some old model Panasonic and Phone Mate systems, the secret entry passcode
|
||
is only a one digit number(!!!). On these primitive systems, one merely
|
||
enters the correct number, during the message, and playback begins. The other
|
||
codes are simple to derive, and just for the sake of making this hobby a sport,
|
||
I will not give details for these systems. It is easy enough to figure them
|
||
out, and on these systems, it is hard to screw things up, as there is little
|
||
you can do anyway.
|
||
|
||
APPLICATIONS:
|
||
This can be a rewarding adventure if you decide to follow those instructions
|
||
I will point out some of the potentially entertaining, useful, and/or
|
||
informative applications of this technology.
|
||
|
||
As the true weirdos that we are, we shall begin with what we consider the
|
||
truly entertaining applications... If you have ever read the Village
|
||
Voice, Screw or other such newspaper, you will notice a large number of
|
||
advertisements for "unlicensed massage parlors", "Oriental relaxation spas",
|
||
"Escort services", etc. Call some of those numbers, preferrably at off-duty
|
||
hours (6-9 AM??) and try to hack their answering machine codes, listen to
|
||
their messages, and let the fun begin. You can hear lots of perverts, and
|
||
lowlifes making appointments for "services" about which they are sometimes
|
||
graphic. Also, they often leave telephone and credit card numbers (What
|
||
fun!!!). In case they are married, think of the blackmail potential...
|
||
|
||
Further, these "adult entertainment companies" also often run help wanted ads
|
||
in the Village Voice, and other such publications. Call these, and you will
|
||
get a plethora of phone numbers for nubile young women who might believe you
|
||
are the proprietor of the establishment in question. You might be able to con
|
||
some "free samples" as a sort of "job interview"... (hehehe) Especially given
|
||
the illegal activity they desire to become involved in, they will be in no
|
||
position to complain when they find out you are not for real. Also, this way,
|
||
the girls are often not so jaded as the old pros. They will be trying to
|
||
impress you if you get my drift, so you'll "hire" them.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Let us move on to the informative espionnage type of application of this
|
||
technology. One could very easily use this technology to listen to the
|
||
messages of friends, and see what they are up to. If you are trying to call
|
||
your buddy Evan, and he isn't home, perhaps you can find out where he is by
|
||
going through some of his old answering messages. Say, Eric called him a
|
||
couple of hours ago and suggested that Evan come over to his place for some
|
||
beers. Well, you could then call Eric and voila, you may connect with Evan.
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||
|
||
Now, let us assume you have a girlfriend, and you suspect she might be
|
||
cheating on you, yet you do not wish to confront her about it without any
|
||
evidence, or certainty of her cheating. Well, her new beau probably thinks
|
||
her answering machine is secure, and calls leaving messages about their
|
||
upcoming dates, or various discussions of their relationship. If you can hack
|
||
her machine {actually, you might even look at the bottom (where the passcode
|
||
is usually printed...) to save time and energy.} you will be afforded with a
|
||
plethora of potentially incriminating evidence. Hehehe.
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||
|
||
A similar application can be when you have a new love interest. Suppose
|
||
there is some woman you are interested in, but you aren't sure if she is
|
||
available. A little phone answering machine surveillance can provide all of
|
||
the answers, and then some... In case she asks her friends about you, you'll
|
||
know everything she does. Also, you will learn details about her life, and
|
||
schedule, the better to run into her "accidentally", or strike up a
|
||
conversation about "common" interests...
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||
|
||
Now, if you know someone in the same profession, say musicians, and you call
|
||
his answering machine, and hear someone offering him a gig. You could call
|
||
that person back, and accept the gig in your name, saying the originally
|
||
called musician was unavailable, but suggested that you call. Then be sure to
|
||
erase the original message on your buddy's machine. He'll never be the wiser,
|
||
and you'll get more work. Though he may wonder why he isn't getting much work
|
||
anymore...
|
||
|
||
Changing the OGM is a good way to to get free phone calls. Change the message
|
||
to something like, "Hello?......Yeah.......Okay, sure, I'll accept the
|
||
charges!" Then you can third number bill a call to their number and when the
|
||
operator calls for validation, she thinks she's talking to a real person and
|
||
puts the call through for you.
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||
|
||
Fun With Voicemail:
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------------------
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Voicemail is a little more complex to hack than answering machines are. I've
|
||
experimented with a lot of voice mail systems and they all work pretty much
|
||
the same way. When you call your own voicemail to retrieve your messages, you
|
||
have to hit a certain key so you'll be prompted for your passcode. Usually
|
||
it's either the "#" key or the "*" key. On some systems it'll be the "0" key.
|
||
|
||
After you hit the right key, the system will say, "Hello, xxx" where "xxx" is
|
||
the box owner's name. The name would be something like, "Bob Smith" or "Mister
|
||
Smith" or "Bob with Gimpstate Reality." You can either use the same methods as
|
||
you do for the answering machines OR pull out the phone book and look up the
|
||
owner of the mailbox, either at his/her home or business.
|
||
|
||
Call their home (or business) and when they answer, say, "Hi, this is Roy from
|
||
Voice-Tel VoiceMail and we had another system crash this morning. I'm trying
|
||
to get everyone's accounts back up here, etc, etc. I'm not sure if your
|
||
message has been wiped out or not but I need your passcode so I can put that
|
||
back in there for ya." To date, this has worked every time.
|
||
|
||
Once they give you the passcode, thank them and immediately call their voice-
|
||
mail (before they do) and first change their passcode. Then, change their out-
|
||
going message to something that's very insulting to the owner. Just play
|
||
around in their box and have a really fun time. If you do all this after the
|
||
voicemail's office has closed (hopefully for the weekend) you'll get to play
|
||
in their box until the office reopens and the owner can call them and tell
|
||
them what happened.
|
||
|
||
Some boxes will call the owner at home after he receives a message to let him
|
||
know. You can change the number that the mailbox is programmed to call and you
|
||
can sometimes change how many attempts the system will make to call and how
|
||
often. In one case I changed the number to call to a guy's house I didn't like
|
||
and the atttempts every five minutes. After I left a message on the voicemail,
|
||
this poor guy would get a call every five minutes for eight hours straight.
|
||
The system would ask him for a passcode that he didn't know so there was no
|
||
way he could stop it. As long as I left a message every eight hours, he would
|
||
continue to get calls all weekend, every five minutes. By the time all this
|
||
ended, they had the local police and Ameritech Corporate Security (Yes, Jim
|
||
Bayless) looking for the source.
|
||
|
||
As far as usefulness goes with voicemail hacking, don't ask me. Some systems
|
||
will accept third party billing so you can use it for that. Other than that,
|
||
I always just hacked them for the fun of bugging the hell out of the owner and
|
||
enemies of mine.
|
||
|
||
Newspapers
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||
----------
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A little trick that I picked up in Galveston, Texas was to deposit my .50
|
||
cents into the newspaper machine and take out every newspaper in there. I
|
||
would do that with several machines until I had a good size stack and trot
|
||
over to Wal-Mart and impersonate the newspaper salesperson. The others
|
||
standing out there selling only got 50% of the profits while I was getting
|
||
100% minus my $1.00 investment. I was always worried that the Houston Post
|
||
truck would come by and ask me who the hell I was but he never did.
|
||
|
||
Free Meals:
|
||
----------
|
||
Most fast food restaurants have this silly little policy that goes, "The
|
||
customer is always right!" Therefore, they lose a lot of money to people like
|
||
me. There's a few ways that you can get free food from them.
|
||
|
||
1. Walk in and ask to speak to the manager. If the cashier tells you "no",
|
||
grab her by her big fat head and say, "Listen, man, I'm not going to jail for
|
||
you or nobody! Now let me speak to the manager." When the manager comes out,
|
||
say, "Hi, I'm Darin Kempton, I think my dad spoke to you earlier on the phone?"
|
||
|
||
She'll be confused and ask you to explain. "Well, he came through here this
|
||
morning (or yesterday) through the drive-thru and you forgot his Cheeseburger.
|
||
I was supposed to come here to pick it up or get a refund or whatever." It
|
||
never fails, she'll get a cheeseburger, give it to you and apologize.
|
||
|
||
2. A better way would be to do the same thing only call ahead and explain to
|
||
them what the problem is. Tell them that you were there earlier and the dumb
|
||
fuck working the drive-thru didn't put your Big Mac in the bag. Of course,
|
||
don't say dumb fuck and you can choose whatever kind of food you'd like. Tell
|
||
them you'll sent your son there to pick it up. If you pretend to be an annoyed
|
||
dad you'll get more respect.
|
||
|
||
Usually when you call ahead in some places, they not only give you the food
|
||
but they also include a "Free Meal" card. McDonald's is notorious for this and
|
||
a free meal includes a soft drink, sandwich of your choice and a large fries.
|
||
Just be polite over the phone but mad that your son has to "walk all the way
|
||
back there." Sometimes, some places will give a cash refund but they usually
|
||
(not always, though) want a receipt. If you can dig up an old receipt that'll
|
||
work. Don't get greedy and say something like, "Yeah, you guys forgot 200
|
||
Cheeseburgers for me today. My son'll be there to pick 'em up." Call me crazy,
|
||
but I don't think that would work.
|
||
|
||
Make sure your order is an ordinary one that people get all the time. If they
|
||
have enough time on their hands and it's a strange order, they might go back
|
||
through the tapes and say, "But we didn't SELL four number 2's today."
|
||
|
||
Want a free soda to go with your Big Mac and Fries?
|
||
|
||
3. Find an old cup. Either get one off of a table that hasn't been cleaned yet
|
||
or one out of the trash can making sure that it's not all slimey. Punch a very
|
||
small hole in the bottom of the cup with your keys or pocket knife to start a
|
||
small leak in the cup. Most fast food places offer free refills so take your
|
||
leaking cup to the counter and say, "I'd like my refill and this cup's got a
|
||
hole in it." They'll give you a refill and a new cup."
|
||
|
||
4. If the place doesn't offer free refills, get yourself a cup and fill it
|
||
with water. Take it to the counter and say, "There's something wrong with my
|
||
7-Up it tastes really carbonated and gross." When they're about to give you
|
||
another soda say, "Hey, could I have a Pepsi instead this time? Maybe that'll
|
||
taste better." Or pick whatever soda you'd like to have.
|
||
|
||
5. If the fast food joint is one of those that let's you get your own drink,
|
||
just ask for an ice water, dump out the water and fill it up with your soda.
|
||
|
||
Employee Discounts:
|
||
------------------
|
||
A majority of the stores in any mall offers a discount for anyone who works
|
||
anywhere in the mall. Always remember that you are an employee of the mall.
|
||
When you purchase something, ask the cashier if they offer the mall employee
|
||
discount. If they do, they'll knock off 10 or 20 percent of your purchase.
|
||
I've been doing this forever and have never been asked to prove that I work in
|
||
the mall. They always just take your word for it.
|
||
|
||
This also works in some airport gift shops. If you want to buy something at
|
||
one of those shops in the airport, tell them you work at one of the restaurants
|
||
or bars in the airport.
|
||
|
||
Free Movies:
|
||
-----------
|
||
If the theatre you're at has a doorman that rips tickets, and you want to see
|
||
the movie with your friend (or friends), it's easy to trick him. Purchase one
|
||
ticket for all three of you. Go in, let him rip your ticket and go sit down. A
|
||
second later, get up and approach the doorman, "Excuse me, sir? Could I go to
|
||
my car for a second. I forgot to turn off my headlights. I can't seem to find
|
||
my ticket stub anywhere. My memory ain't what it used to be since I got hit by
|
||
lightning." Unless he's a total asswipe, he'll let you go out to the parking
|
||
lot. If he won't, demand to speak with the manager and he will let you.
|
||
|
||
Go outside and hand your ticket stub to your friend. Come back inside and sit
|
||
down. Your friend now has a ticket stub to get in with. Repeat the process if
|
||
you want another person to get in. It's not a good idea to try this on slow
|
||
nights because they'll remember faces easier and won't fall for it. At busy
|
||
theaters it's a sure thing. Opening night of any popular movie will always
|
||
work.
|
||
|
||
And then there's always the old sneaking in the back door of the theatre that
|
||
I need not go into detail about. It's childishly easy. When a movie lets out
|
||
and all the people are rushing outside, go past them into the theater. If
|
||
possible, get a schedule of the theatre's starting and ending times for each
|
||
movie. This way, when your movie ends you can go directly to another
|
||
auditorium and see a different movie.
|
||
|
||
When you're just about done with your Coke, but there's maybe a half inch left
|
||
in the bottom of the cup, take it to the water fountain and fill the cup with
|
||
water. Take it to the counter and tell them it's disgusting and you want a new
|
||
soda. They'll give it to you.
|
||
|
||
Bring a dead roach to the movie with you. (Stop laughing and let me finish,
|
||
dammit.) When you're just about done with your popcorn, drop the roach in the
|
||
popcorn bag and take the bag to the counter and pretend to be horrified and
|
||
demand to speak to the manager. No telling what you'll get out of this one.
|
||
Could be anything from a free popcorn, a refund on your tickets or popcorn or
|
||
some free movie passes. They're always nice to people who find creatures in
|
||
their food.
|
||
|
||
Pay Phones:
|
||
----------
|
||
If you're the type that happens to have a handy list of stolen calling card
|
||
numbers, credit card numbers or a red box, you can hang around a pay phone and
|
||
sell long distance calls to tourists. You can make up your own rates just like
|
||
a real telephone comapany, charge extra for overseas calling, etc.
|
||
|
||
Another thing that's not as profitable but helps if you need a little spare
|
||
change is to hang out at a pay phone that gets used a lot. When someone starts
|
||
to make a call on it, stop them and ask them if they'll give you their quarter
|
||
if you get them a free call. I've never been turned down for this one. If you
|
||
use your red box, it'll really impress them.
|
||
|
||
Pay Phone Stuffing:
|
||
------------------
|
||
I read about some guy in the 70's that made around $100 a day, stuffing pay
|
||
phones at the college until he was caught. Basically, shove a bunch of toilet
|
||
paper up the change slot on a pay phone.
|
||
|
||
It's a trick getting the toilet paper up there just right. There's sort of a
|
||
trap door in there so it makes it almost impossible to do but it is possible.
|
||
Stuff enough in there to stop the coin flow but not too much to where a person
|
||
using the phone will be able to tell there's anything in there. You don't want
|
||
them removing it and stealing all your profits. To make sure it works before
|
||
you leave the phone, put a penny in the coin slot. Since a pay phone doesn't
|
||
accept pennies it'll come right back out. If your penny doesn't come back, you
|
||
know it's working.
|
||
|
||
A few hours later, or the next day take out all of the toilet paper and a ton
|
||
of quarters should come out with it. To make your pay phone the most
|
||
profitable, you can put the other nearby payphones out of commission with a
|
||
slegde hammer or by simply cutting the wires on them.
|
||
|
||
Free Collect Calls:
|
||
------------------
|
||
Give your girlfriend the phone number to the pay phone. When you want to talk
|
||
to her, call her collect, using a code name that she'll know like, "Peterhead."
|
||
When the operator asks her if she'll accept the charges, she'll say, "Hell no,
|
||
not from THAT asshole!" Then she hangs up the phone and calls you right back
|
||
at the pay phone so neither one of you are charged.
|
||
|
||
You can also make a list of codes for each other, each meaning a different
|
||
thing. Like a collect call from "Mike" would mean, "I'll be home in about an
|
||
hour." A collect call from "Axl" would mean, "Call me at the pay phone at
|
||
7-Eleven," and a call from, "Fred" would mean, "Listen, bitch, I've found
|
||
another woman who can satisfy me sexually so I never want to see you again!"
|
||
Well, you get the idea. It's a nice little quarter saver if you're poor. You
|
||
can use a different name for every pay phone in town for her to call back.
|
||
|
||
Video Games:
|
||
-----------
|
||
Tell the manager of the arcade or 7-Eleven or whatever that their video game
|
||
stole your quarter(s). Sometimes they'll give you a quarter, no questions
|
||
asked and sometimes they'll want to put the quarter in themselves to make sure
|
||
you're not pulling a fast one on them. Either way, you win.
|
||
|
||
If you REALLY need the money or you're just hard up to play the New Super-
|
||
Advanced Mega Ultra Street Fighter VII Classic, you could squirt a bunch of
|
||
super glue into the coin slot so when they tried to put money in it wouldn't
|
||
work and they'd be sure to give you your money back. Sure, the store would
|
||
have to spend hundreds of dollars fixing the machine but, hey, you got a
|
||
quarter, didn't you?
|
||
|
||
This also works with soda machines, snack machines, pay phones, etc. In a lot
|
||
of colleges they have those snack machines that carry food items that cost
|
||
$2.25 or more! You can go to the nearest college book store or maybe the
|
||
cashier in the cafeteria and they'll give you a refund or mail you a check for
|
||
that amount.
|
||
|
||
Shoplifting:
|
||
-----------
|
||
What can I say? It's shoplifting, we've all done it. You can do it either for
|
||
the free merchandise or for the money. If you shoplift a $20 shirt you can
|
||
bring it back later and get a $20 cash refund. Usually they want a driver's
|
||
license and sometimes (although it's rare) they'll only give you a store
|
||
credit slip.
|
||
|
||
Actual shoplifting isn't always neccessary, though. In a busy store you can
|
||
take something off the shelf and bring it directly to the customer service
|
||
desk for your refund. Here's a few tips for idiot shoplifters:
|
||
|
||
o Right before you shove the item in your purse or jacket, look EVERYWHERE for
|
||
cameras and employees. Remember that if you can see them, they will usually
|
||
see you. It's better for them to see you looking around suspiciously than
|
||
for them to see you steal something because you didn't look around.
|
||
o Steal things that they wouldn't expect you to steal. If you bother to notice,
|
||
the cameras are mostly located over the front cash registers, over the
|
||
electronics (Never steal from electronics!), jewlry and make-up because
|
||
those are the things people are always taking. Take things like men's
|
||
clothing, bed sheets, curtians, bathroom supplies, tools, anything that
|
||
doesn't have a camera hovering above your head.
|
||
o Use the buddy system! Let's say you want to steal a bed sheet that's $35.00
|
||
but there's a camera over you WATCHING. Have your friend hold up a blanket or towel,
|
||
pretending to admire it or show it to you while hiding you from the camera's
|
||
view. While the blanket is up, steal the sheet.
|
||
|
||
Due to all of the refund fraud (I actually know a couple of female that
|
||
literally made a living off of K-Mart fraud), a lot of stores won't give you
|
||
cash anymore if the refund is over ten bucks and you don't have a reciept.
|
||
Instead, they'll mail you a check or a money order for the amount of the
|
||
refund which is just as good as cash, you just have to wait a couple weeks to
|
||
get it. K-Mart just started doing this a few months ago.
|
||
|
||
Vending Machines:
|
||
----------------
|
||
You can trick a Pepsi machine into think that you're putting in dollar after
|
||
dollar so you'll get every soda in the machine. Use a squirt bottle (like a
|
||
Windex bottle or something similar) and fill it about 2/3 with water. The
|
||
other third should be filled with salt. Find a secluded Pepsi or Coke machine
|
||
and squirt the entire bottle into the dollar bill slot.
|
||
|
||
After a certian amount of salt water is poured in there, you'll be able to
|
||
push the buttons to get sodas one after the other until the machine is totally
|
||
emptied out. I usually take everything except for the diet soda. Diet soda
|
||
sucks. I've only done this now three times but it's worked every time. Try not
|
||
to leave any finger prints just in case they decide to investigate.
|
||
|
||
It seems to me that if you're putting in a constant flow of dollar bills into
|
||
the machine for a 55 cent soda you'd get 45 cents back for every one you stole
|
||
but for some reason you don't get any money, just the soda. Who am I to try
|
||
and understand the physics of soda machines. This would probably work on
|
||
snack machines with dollar bill slots too, although I've never tried. It's
|
||
hard to find a secluded snack machine. Who's knows, maybe even dollar bill
|
||
changer machines will work.
|
||
|
||
Anyways, you can either save these sodas, give them to friends or sell them to
|
||
the tourists on a hot summer day. Imagine sitting next to a soda machine in
|
||
front of K-Mart that sells sodas for .55 cents each. You could sit there with
|
||
an ice chest full of them and sell them at .40 cents each or something. A few
|
||
hours of that could probably get you a hefty profit, not to mention a short-
|
||
term jail sentence.
|
||
|
||
I was told by a friend that you can take sulferic acid and pour it into the
|
||
coin slot on a soda machine using a piece of paper to funnel it in. I've never
|
||
tried this or seen it done, but it could work. (Wouldn't acid eat through the
|
||
paper, though?) Chlorox or some other kind of bleach can be used as a sub for
|
||
sulfuric acid.
|
||
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