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356 lines
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9/11/92
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( ~~~~~SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN!!SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN~~~~~ (
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Presents... By Havok Halcyon
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IQ Calling Cards
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An activity that most phreaks and hackers will eventually come across in
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one form or another is carding. Phreaks in particular will often get
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involved in a sub-division of carding where they use things such as AT&T
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Calling Cards and whatnot to call where ever it is in the world their
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little hearts might desire. But AT&T and the other calling card makers
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have made it a little more difficult as time has worn on for people to
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exploit such cards, not impossible, but it is not as easy as it once was.
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But JUST when ya think that the phone companies may have finally started
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using their brains, finally started using that really bizarre thing you and
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I like to call - Common Sense, up pops a scheme that makes you wonder
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whether the same yutzes who run our country are the same people who run the
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phone companies. In this case the award for "Gee, You Sure Are A Fucking
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Stupid Bunch of Schmendricks" goes to Atlantic Bell for their brilliant
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invention, The IQ Card (Stangely enough, it is CALLED IQ, as in "We here at
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Atlantic Bell have an IQ of 11"). You may have heard their advertisement
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on the radio, "The ONLY card you need." Well, they sure got that part
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right.
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Often the hardest thing to do when playing around with calling cards is
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to get a valid calling card number. Well with these beauties you MAKE UP
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your own valid card number right over the phone when you order it. Here,
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lemme give you an example of what a conversation might be like when
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attempting to get your grubby little hands on one of these suckers. Or at
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least I'll give you something close to what mine was. Read the convo and
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I'll explain everything afterwards.
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---- Sample Phone Conversation Asking for an IQ Card ----
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R I N G ! ! R I N G ! !
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Operator: Hello, Dumb Fucks Are Us - Atlantic Bell, can I help you?
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Moi: Ah, hi. I'd like to order an IQ Card.
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Operator: Alrighty, can I have your name?
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Moi: Yea, it's Dick Hertz.
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---- Interlude ----
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(Hey, do you know someone named Dick Hertz??? No, whose Dick Hertz? <Ha!
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Get it? Write that on your sign-in sheet next time you have a substitute
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in class and watch her shout that out over the class. "HEY, WHOSE DICK
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HERTZ??"> Sorry, **I** though it was funny.. Nevermind)
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---- Extralude ----
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Operator: Okay, can I have your address?
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Moi: Yea, it's 69 Or Up Her Tush Lane. That's O-R, space, U-P,
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space, H-E-R, space, T-U-S-H, space, L-A-N-E.
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Operator: City?
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Moi: My-Little-Mohican (What my girlfriend calls my penis) City, NJ,
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66677.
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Operator: Okay. What is the name on the billing address?
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Moi: The name is Butt Hertz.
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Operator: And can I have your business (day) and home phone number?
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Moi: My home number is 908-777-6666 and my day number is the same.
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Operator: Okay. Now your card number is going to be made up of your ten
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digit phone number and a four digit pin. Would you like Bell to
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chose the pin for you?
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Moi: Nah. I'll do it, 2600.
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Operator: Would you like the number printed on the card?
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Moi: Umm. Yep, in case silly me forgets it.
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Operator: And how many calling cards would you like (actually, they'll
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probably ask you that a little sooner, but who cares)?
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Moi: One will be fine, thanks.
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Operator: Are you interested in Caller ID?
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Moi: Umm. Just send me some information on it.
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Operator: Alright then sir. You should recieve your IQ Card in about
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three weeks.
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Moi: After when will the card be active?
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Operator: After three working days.
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Moi: Yippie! Um, I mean, okay. Thanks, bye.
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C L I C K
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---- End Conversation ----
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Now first off I would recommend calling for the card from a payphone.
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The phone I used did not have the characteristic "9" in the number so that
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an operator would KNOW that I was calling from a payphone though, so it may
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have worked for me on a fluke. But it should work anyhow, just use a
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little social engineering, or you might be able to just go use a COCOT. Oh
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yeah, the number to call is:
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Atlantic Bell - 800.352.ONLY (Wow, they are clever. "The ONLY card you
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need." Wow, I'm so impressed.)
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Since it is an 800 number it REALLY doesn't matter WHERE you call from
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(remeber that all 800 numbers appear on your phone bill but are deleted
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just before it is mailed to you though). But just in case Bell records a
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Caller ID number, I would greatly discourage you to do it from home, unless
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you like fines and jail of course (and also pissing-off all the other
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people who read this file because they won't be able to use it anymore
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cause you screwed things up). Maybe your mom's office could be a
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possibility if it is big enough, or whatever. Just use your head; the more
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public the better.
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Second. If you are thirteen, or at least, if you SOUND like you are
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thirteen, please get someone else who you trust to do this. Don't ruin it
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for the rest of us. If a twelve year old calls a couple of times, Bell
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will think it a prank. A lot of times and they might start getting
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suspicious.
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Your main piece of equipment here is going to be a phone book. (By the
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way, while I'm thinking of it, there is no start-up fee for the card. It
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is free. All "you" pay for are the calls made on it.) While the name you
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give to have the card under could be anyone living in the household (and
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they don't know who lives there. They could find out, but really won't go
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through all the trouble), they will ask you for the name on the billing
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address. Basically, that is just to whom the phone bill is mailed to.
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Example:
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There is this kid who you really despise. You call Bell and
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ask to get a card. You give them the name, Dave Smalldick
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when they ask for your name (it is really his). When they
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ask for the billing name, you say John SmallDick because that
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is his father's name and HE is the one the bill is mailed to
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every month. John SmallDick is the name on the billing address.
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TRY to get that part right, for I think they check on it. It is usually a
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good guess that the father pays the bills, but if you know the kid has a
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single parent, well then you eliminate all confusion. You'll need the
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phonebook to check addresses and names of the people who are heads of the
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household. And you could probably even do without the book if you are
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going to do it to someone you know. If you choose a random name, the
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phonebook is simple and available.
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Soon they'll ask you if you want to pick your pin number. For God's
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sake say YES. But, DON'T PICK SOMETHING CUTE!! If we have about 100 kids
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calling up and saying they want their pin to be 2600, people might start
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getting suspicious. Especially if there are phreaks using this file that
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are all concentrated in an area, which chances are there ARE going to be.
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Pick a number that you WOULD probably pick as a pin if you had to. Like
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the first four digits of an OLD phone number. Remeber, you ARE going to
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have to remeber the pin, cause you WON'T be getting the card. And try not
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to pick the same pin everytime. It may not mean much, but why get lazy and
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open up yourself to getting caught. And go easy on the number of cards you
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order. You aren't really gonna get them, so don't be cute and say twenty.
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Unless you really do WANT them for some reason of course by ordering them
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to a vacationer's house (make sure the mail isn't being held at the post
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office). But they can't easily arrest you for what you have in your memory
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while they can for what's in your wallet.
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As for the length of time to use the number... The card will reach the
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victim in about 21 days after you ordered it, after which they can call
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Bell and say "Hey, I never asked for this". And in the beginning you won't
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be able to use the card for the first 3 days after you place the order;
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until the card becomes active. So you are left with 18 days. I would
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round down to two weeks for saftey's sake. So basically, to make it
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simple, 17 days after you make the initial call asking for the card, STOP
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using the number. Actually, that is just a recommended number. If you
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understood my math, figure on a good time for yourself. If you wanted to
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lengthen the time, have the cards sent to someone's house who you know will
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not be home. They won't be able to call Bell and say "I didn't order these
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cards" until they get back and sift through their mail. Even then they
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might think its just a publicity stunt by the phone company (Last year AT&T
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sent out like 13 million calling cards of which only about 3% were actually
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requested), but why take the risk. If you can, check to make sure the
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people in the house don't get back early.
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The time you have to use the card CAN BE CUT SHORT depending upon when
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you order it. The best time, at least in my area, is like the last day of
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the month. After the three working days, I can call all over and the
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person won't get the calls on their bill until next month. I think you can
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understand the dangers of starting your calling on like the 23rd of a month
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and continuing its use for the full 17 days? Halfway through your time,
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the REAL owner of the card, the victim who gets it and the phonebill in his
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mailbox, says "WHAT THE FUCK? 15 CALLS TO BULGARIA, AND 2 TO NAPAL?!?!?"
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They call the phone company while you continue using the card in ignorant
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bliss. The phone company may allow you to place a nice little call during
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which they send some cops over to the payphone you are using.
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And just as with beige boxing, be sure to tell your callees that they
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MIGHT get a call from the phone company checking up on who called them,
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because of course the numbers you dialed will appear on the bill so your
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victim can complain about unmade calls. Here is a little article I picked
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by The Bootlegger about how to get around this...
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NOW IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF YE KNAVES
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HAVE BEEN CALLIN ME USIN UN-ORTHODOX
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TECHNIQUES OF WHICH YE OL TELE COMP
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ANIES TOTALLY FROWN UPON.HEE-HEE
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ALSO,FROM TIME TO TIME,I GET CALLS
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FROM TELE PERSONELL ASKIN BOUT WHO
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CALLED ON A PARTICULAR TIME & DATE.
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SEEMS LIKE I ALLWAYS FERGET & DONT
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KNOW ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS,BUT
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I DO HAVE PHUN ANTAGONIZING THOSE
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FOOLISH ENOUGH TO ASK STUPID QUESTIONS.
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ONE IN PARTICULAR WENT SOMETHING LIKE
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THIS.
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R-R-R-I-I-N-N-G-G
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HELLO
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THIS IS MS RICE FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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BELL,AND IM CALLING TO FIND OUT WHO
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CALLED YOU FROM THE PORTLAND AREA AT
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3.29 P.M. DEC 17,1985.
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WELL,FIRST OF ALL I DONT KNOW AND IF
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I DID I WOULDNT TELL YOU ANYWAY!
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WHAT!SAYS YE IRATE TELCO EMPLOYEE.
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THAT PERSON MADE AN ILLEGAL CALL AND
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IF YOU DONT TELL ME WHOM IT WAS ILL
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HAVE THE CHARGES BILLED TO YOUR #.
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AH-HA THINKS YE OLE BOOTLEGGER.THIS
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DUMMY JUST SCREWED UP BAD.SO I ASK
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HER FOR HER TO IDENTIFY HERSELF AND
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GIVE ME HER SUPERVISORS # WHICH SHE
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BEGRUDGINGLY DOES THINKING I MAY
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GIVE YE INFO SHE DESIRES TO HER SUPV
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SINCE SHE JUST SCARED ME.HAR-HAR
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NEEDLESS TO SAY YE BOOTLEGGER KNOWS
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HIS LEGAL RIGHTS AND IMMEDIATELY CALLS
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HER SUPERVISOR.
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R-R-R-I-I-N-N-G-G
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HELLO
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IS THIS MS RICES SUPERVISOR AT PACIFIC
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NORTHWEST BELL?
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YES IT IS.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT AN EMPLOYEE OF YOUR
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COMPANY JUST COMMITTED SEVERAL FEDERAL
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FELONIES?
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OH MY GOD SHE EXCLAIMS,PLEASE TELL ME
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WHAT HAPPENED.
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AFTER EXPLAINING THE CALL TO HER AND
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TELLING HER THAT MS RICE COMMITTED
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EXTORTION AND FRAUD THREATS ON A
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INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION CARRIER
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AND ALSO BEING AN OFFICIAL REPRESEN
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TATIVE OF PAC NW BELL SHE HAS ALSO
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LEFT HER COMPANY OPEN TO CIVIL AND
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CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR THREATENING
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TO REVERSE CHARGES IN ORDER TO
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EXTORT ILLEGALLY INFORMATION FROM
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ME,AND I AM PLANNING ON CALLING YE
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OLE FCC,PUC,AND FBI TO PRESS CHARGES.
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PLEASE SAYS YE TELCO SUPV. ILL TALK
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TO MS RICE AND MAKE SURE NOTHING LIKE
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THIS EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
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O.K.SAYS I- BUT I WANT ONE THING
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I WANT A SIGNED LETTER OF APOLOGY
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FROM MS RICE ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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BELL STATIONARY.
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1 DAY LATER YE BELOW LETTER ARRIVES
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ON PAC NW BELL STATIONARY.
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IN REFERENCE TO OUR CONVERSATION ON
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12-18-85 REGARDING CALLS MADE TO
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YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER,I APOLOGIZE
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IF YOU FELT INCONVENIENCED OR
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OFFENDED.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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SINCERELY
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J.L.RICE
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SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
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STRIKE THE WAR MACHINE
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NUFF SAID-
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BOOTLEG
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It is good to have some excuses ready just in case you get the call like
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one day later in which you can't easily say, "I forgot who called me".
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Lord Thunder wrote an article for 2600 in which he suggested that you say
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you have an answering machine that doesn't hang up until the caller does,
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and you got a long obscene message and you'd like to know who did it too.
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But try to be original because SEVERAL other people have read that article
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too (as the telco may by now know). In general, keep the calls relatively
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low since only excessive billing is generally checked into, and only call
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people who know how to handle telco calls like the Bootlegger here. Sorry,
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your dear grandmother is probably out.
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Some final thoughts..
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o You might wanna try ordering one for your house first, you aren't
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going to use it, but just so you know what you are going to be
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asked.
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o I really don't know if companies other than Atlantic Bell offer
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these services, but I think if you wanted to you could social
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engineer youself a card even if you don't live on the Atlantic
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Coast. Maybe if you said something like you are going to want a
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card to use once you get home from your vacation in Chicago (if
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that is where you are calling from).
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o Try to make up your own excuses when you have to, and have
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them prepared. This goes for all aspects of phreaking. I happen to
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be very good at on-the-spot lying, but some people aren't. If you
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use the same excuses that are in this file or any others that you
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have read about for that matter, remeber other people may have seen
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it too. In the case of what is printed in 2600, THOUSANDS of
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people have read that, so if you say the same thing that the
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companies have heard many times over, they'll get suspicious. They
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won't have any proof, but why cause them to have any suspicion at
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all.
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Disclaimer: This article is intended PURELY for educational purposes. The
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author does not advocate illegal activity of any kind, especially something
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as downright discusting and putrid as phreaking. Our loyal readers are not
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to construe this file as implying any illegal activity on the part of
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ourselves, our friends, or our grandmamas. Use if this file for illegal
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activities will result in a firm spanking.
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Well that about raps up another file from SANctuary. We are always
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excepting new stuff and people, so if you are interested, just drop us a
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line or mail us if you can't call.
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Ripco ][ 312.528.5020
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Global Intelligence Center 412.475.4969
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Temple of the Dog 202.886.2283
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And I can personally be reached at:
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High Voltage 908.231.0252
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The Works 617.861.8976
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as well as through the other boards....
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