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  Okay Students it's about time this information was released. There has
been enough "crap" circulated by Telescum that "Phreaking is just not possible
in Australia" - anything is possible if you really want to do it. Where there
is a will there is a way. I will start will the simple and "effective" methods
 of phreaking to the really difficult but managable methods of making phree
phone calls. Okay lets first start with the basics.

[1]. Don't let Telescum know that you are out there. Keep a low profile or
else you will get a Call Logging machine put on your line that records all
the numbers you have called with time, duration etc. etc.

[2]. Try not to receive to many ISD phone calls from phellow phreaks from
overseas and make sure other local "phreaks" or people that have been
targeted by Telecom Investigations Dept. (ie. They have a Call Logging
Machines on their line) NEVER call you.     Lets say a targeted phreaker "A"
makes heaps of calls to "XXX-XXXX" all the time. Mr.Telecom simply punches in
this number into the Leopard system and the "account information" (address,
customer name etc.) will appear on the screen. Then if they want you will get
a Call Logger on your line as well.   As for the ISD calls. A famous or
infamous? phreak (Know spending his time in jail - BIT MAPPER) was staying at
a remote location in Melbourne.     Telecom wanted to find him for "wire
tapping crimes" - all they did was look at ISD incomming telephone log. What
did they find ? Heaps and heaps of calls from overseas (United States) to a
certain phone number in Melbourne. Look like they found their man.

[3]. Make sure the phone line that you are using is NOT on a AXE exchange
(for obvious reasons ie. Fully computerised!). Phreak on Step By Step,
Crossbar or even ARF or ARE-11 (majority of exchanges in Australia).

[4]. Never abuse people on the phone which forces them to get traces put on
the line. I am not going to go into any great detail about the various types
of phone exchanges but thanks to Telecom you can obtain "Telecom Information
Kit No.3" -The Switching Place, which gives heaps of information on the
various telephone exchanges. Try Telecom Public relations or some other
department.

Method Number 1. - "Phool The Operator"
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Dial 011 (National Trunk Calls).Be nice & sweet to the operator. On AXE they
have the number you are calling from on their screen. On other exchanges they
have the first three digits of your phone number eg. 348. Here is a typical
conversation.

You  - "Hello, Sydney Please - 02 321 1234"
Oper - "Your Number Sir/Madam etc. that you are calling from ?"
You  - "348-5665"

The operator will probably re-check the number by reading it back to you.

Oper - "Is that straight through or Reverse charge ?"
You  - "Straight through please."

Now if you were very nice she will probably connect you without any checks to
see whether the number you gave her is really yours. But as I said it must be
a number in your exchange prefix. If your number is 348-2555 then you can
give her any other 348-XXXX number. She might check to see if it's you by
calling that number (on another line on her console) to see if it's busy. A
simple type of check you could say. A way around this is to find a number that
is always busy in your exchange area (there should be many that are always
busy) or if you have two phones or two phone boxes that are back to back, call
a number on one phone eg. 348-1212 then leave the phone off hook. Whether the
person answers that number or not it will be busy for 90 seconds. Go to the
other phone, call the operator (011) and then give her 348-1212 for the
number you are calling from!. You can also make conference calls (up to ten
people) using this same method. Check your phone book for information on
National conference calls. etc. If the operator asks to call you back then
you are a real dickhead cause you have alerted her in some manner. Wait a few
hours and try again.

Side Effects:   When the person who yo billed it to complains then this is
what happens. Telecom keep a record of the calls. So if you called a number
in Sydney they would probably get a call in a few months from Telecom saying
"Do you know anyone in Melbourne who called you for X amount of time on so
date. You see what they are trying to do - "Back Track the Call!!!" - The
remedy is simply Acute amnesia, Don't Know, Karn't Remember, I have many
people that call me from all over Australia etc. But be nice about it.

Method No. 2  - "The Long Arm of AT&T"
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AT&T provide many great services to their customers (unlike some other
moronic "phone company"). One of these services is called AT&T Direct. You
can call these AT&T direct operator numbers from virtually any major country
in the world toll free. Their purpose is for you to make a AT&T calling card
call to any "normal" number inside the United States. By Normal I mean a
XXX-XXX-XXXX type number - you cannot call 1-800's or 950 dialups etc. Also
you can make a "collect" (reverse charge) call to any "normal" number. A
calling card is issued by the local phone company in the US to a subscriber
and consists of the persons number and a four digit code or password. Lets
says your US number is 206 248 0301, if you had a calling card then your
number could be 206 248 0301 8860 where the last four digits indicate the
code or password. AT&T calling cards are always like this. Telecom Telecards
(Sik) have letters in them as well. Here are the Dialups for AT&T and other
countries phone companys:
USA AT&T DIRECT             0014 881 011  (& 012 013)
UK DIRECT                   0014 881 440
JAPAN DIRECT                0014 881 810
CANADA DIRECT               0014 881 150 I have not checked Japan and Canada
but for UK direct they except BT cards and reverse charge as well. You can
obtain calling cards from US phreaks or just by hanging around at the
airports (mostly US airports) - ie. the need for a US contact. This method
is pretty safe as all they know is you are calling from Australia. You could
be in Darwin, Perth, or Sydney and they would not know. But of course they
can use the "Back Tracking Method" to find out who you are. The people who
you call will just have to not be chickens and tell the phone company over
there conducting the investgation that they "did not know who was calling
them" - just some phreak from Aussie. Acute Amnesia is good for you. Also
with AT&T direct you can get them to make a Collect Emergency Interupt if
the telephone Number is busy. They will ask for a name so just give them any
name etc. With a phreak I knew in the states, I made interupts with the name
of "Fred Loop" - he refused. He then rung one side of a local loop he knew.
I made a collect call to the other side. He was there waiting for the call so
he said tothe operator "Yes I accept the call" and we could talk on the loop.
As for reverse charge phone calls to phone boxes - they work in Aussie, UK
and some boxes in the US.

UK -  Phone Boxes ther have the number written on them. Arrange a time & date
with a mate then make a collect call to the number.
Aus - Same here but boxes don't display the number. Try CLI (55-241) or if
that don't work ring 0101 (International) abuse the oper etc. then if they
have your number they will call you back and then you can talk to them there.
Or ring 0176 and say "someone needs to call you back at this box can you give
me the number, read the cabinet number to her then she should give you the
phone number of the box.
US -  Their systems is pretty much computerised, they will probably call the
COIN op and tell you that that number is "barred" etc. BUT you can do it to
older type public phones, Crossbar or Step By Step etc. Old Fortress
Phones in the "older" country areas. Following the AT&T direct information,
if you have heaps of calling cards you have the world at your fingertips.
Cause from there you can dial PBX's, MCI, SPRINT, ITT, METRO, etc. etc. and
do what any normal US phreak can already do.
Including such luxurys as "Alliance Teleconferencing" & "Blue Boxing". For
that information I suggest you contact US phreaks or read the files already
available on phreaking in the US.

Method No.3  -  "Blue Boxing - it works"
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Okay Blue Boxing is possible from Down Under to the US system. Call a number
in an old exchange area (ie. Non ESS switching) that does not have 2600hz
traps etc. and while the phone is ringing or before it gets picked up - hence
the US phone systems sends out a charge signal (an actual tone) so OTC start
charging you for it. So while it's ringing blow a 2600hz and you have
captured a trunkline thats costing you $0.00. You see phones in the US don't
stop ringing unless you hang up the line. Here in Australia it's 90 second
timeout. You can do anything while your Blue Boxing but simply here is how
you make calls.   Blow a 2600hz (+ Pink Noise if necessary) then you should
get a Ker Klunk and silence. To make a call Blow - KP + Number + ST then you
will get connected. To reset the line just blow another 2600hz. Of course if
you are an expert you can stack trunks, divert calls, and even make calls
into Australian Inward lines hence phreak "Telecom" - which as you know is
not officially "possible" HA HA HA HA HA.  Here a sample Step By Step "old"
US exchange: 609-953-XXXX.  You can usually tell these exchanges cause they
have a "Warbly" weird type ring tone. Not a pure type ring you get on US. ESS
exchanges. You can box ISD direct, but I would prefer AT&T direct oper and it
is "safer". If you are going to Box ISD direct use a phone box. (No Coins
Needed - HEHE)

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This article is meant to be a introduction. You should try to learn yourself
rather then having all of it presented on a Silver Platter. You will need a
TouchTone generator (on your phone or a Tandy Keypad) and a Blue Box. There
are files from the US on how to make your own or you can get a program for
the 64 or for the Amiga (there is Basic Listing attached to this article)
which will generate all the tones you need. There is also other information
out there which I cannot reveal as yet. There is a special "0014 XXX XXX"
access number which gives you a priority sattelitechannel phone line. Ie.
Phree calls anywhere to ANY number and crystal clearcomms. Just look out for
yourself and write your own Phreaking files on certain topics (eg. Boxing to
Rate & Route etc.) in order to educate yourselfs. Just obey the Golden Rule's
and you will last forever:

[1]  Never Talk to Telecom Investigation People.
[2]  Deny it all. Even if they beat you up.
[3]  Develop Acute Amnesia.
[4]  You can't get caught "RED HANDED".

I hope people learn from this and one day look back and say that we were the
"Phounding Phreaks" for Down Under.




        //- Later, Steve Mclellan in association with HE-MAN -//