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How to "steal" local calls from most Payphones
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Now to make free local calls, you need a finishing nail. We highly
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recommend "6D E.G. FINISH C/H, 2 INCH" nails. These are about 3/32 of an
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inch in diameter and 2 inches long (of course). You also need a large
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size paper clip. By large we mean they are about 2 inches long
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(FOLDED). Then you unfold the paper clip. Unfold it by taking each
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piece and moving it out 90 degrees. When it is done it should look
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somewhat like this:
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/----------\
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: :
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: :
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: :
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: :
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\-----
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Now, on to the neat stuff. What you do, instead of unscrewing the
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glued-on mouthpiece, is insert the nail into the center hole of the
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mouthpiece (where you talk) and push it in with pressure or just hammer
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it in by hitting the nail on something. Just DON'T KILL THE MOUTHPIECE!
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You could damage it if you insert the nail too far or at some weird
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angle. If this happens then the other party won't be able to hear what
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you say.
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You now have a hole in the mouthpiece in which you can easily insert
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the paper clip. So, take out the nail and put in the paper clip. Then
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take the other end of the paper clip and shove it under the rubber cord
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protector at the bottom of the handset (you know, the blue guy...). This
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should end up looking remotely like...like this:
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/----------\ Mouthpiece
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: : /
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Paper clip --> : : /
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: /---:---\
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: : : :------------>
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====================\---))): : To earpiece ->
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^ ^ \-------------------->
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: :
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: :
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Cord Blue guy
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(The paper clip is shoved under the blue guy to make a good connection
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between the inside of the mouthpiece and the metal cord.)
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Now, dial the number of a local number you wish to call, sayyyy,
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MCI. If everything goes okay, it should ring and not answer with the
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"The Call You Have Made Requires a 20 Cent Deposit" recording. After the
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other end answers the phone, remove the paper clip. It's all that
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simple, see?
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There are a couple problems, however. One is, as we mentioned
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earlier, the mouthpiece not working after you punch it. If this happens
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to you, simply move on to the next payphone. The one you are now on is
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lost. Another problem is that the touch tones won't work when the paper
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clip is in the mouthpiece. There are two ways around this..
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A> Dial the first 6 numbers. This should be done without the paper
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clip making the connection, i.e., one side should not be connected. Then
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connect the paper clip, hold down the last digit, and slowly pull the
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paper clip out at the mouthpiece's end.
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B> Don't use the paper clip at all. Keep the nail in after you
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punch it. Dial the first 6 digits. Before dialing the last digit, touch
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the nail head to the plate on the main body of the phone, the money safe
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thingy..then press the last number.
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The reason that this method is sometimes called clear boxing is
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because there is another type of phone which lets you actually make the
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call and listen to them say "Hello, hello?" but it cuts off the
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mouthpiece so they can't hear you. The Clear Box is used on that to
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amplify your voice signals and send it through the earpiece. If you see
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how this is even slightly similar to the method we just described up
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there, kindly explain it to US!! Cause WE don't GET IT!
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Anyways, this DOES work on almost all single slot, Dial Tone First
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payphones (Pacific Bell for sure). We do it all the time. This is the
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least, WE STRESS *LEAST*, risky form of Phreaking. And remember. There
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are other Phreaks like you out there who have read this article and punch
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payphones, so look before you punch, and save time.
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