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- phile #5 - intermediate insanity unincorporated (IIU) 1990
- typed by darkness
-
- mailboxing-
- thereof, and related subjects
-
- this phile is not for kiddies. if youve only begun to enter the phreak/
- hack world and/or are mentally immature, i do not recommend doing anything
- outlined here.
-
- first off, mailboxing. what it is. mailboxing, basically, is stealing
- peoples mail. the object of this is to obtain useful information. the mail
- is the lifeline for all people, and youd be surprised how many people just
- leave mail sitting around in their boxes. a warning.... stealing mail IS
- a federal offense, punishable by some horrid amount of prison time and an
- unmentionable fine. so dont take any of this lightly. when you go out
- to get mail, prepare yourself to go for broke if you get busted. also,
- the purpose of this is -not- to fuck people up, or get them pissed off.
- the object here is get retrieve information necessary to your hack/phreak
- career. now, onto the good stuff...
-
- methods of mailboxing
- ---------------------
- remember the first rule of mailboxing, an age-old rule for anything:
-
- --- you dont shit where you live ---
-
- this means that you DO NOT mailbox in your own neighborhood. mailboxing
- in your own neighborhood is the height of stupidity. while there is the
- factor of having a reason for being out there, if anybody fucks with you,
- you gotta ask yourself, what are you going to be doing? opening mailboxes
- and taking mail. right. so do you really want anybody who knows you to see
- you do this? call your parents maybe? or worse yet, you wake up in the morning with your friendly neighborhood pig patrol on your front door? hell
- no, you dont. while there is an advantage to being on "home turf", other
- residents of that "home turf" may recognize you. more stuff... mailboxing
- is definitly a night-time activity.
-
- general guidelines
- ------------------
- - pick a good neighborhood. not so rich that the police patrol it
- constantly, but not so poor you wont find anything. a suburban
- neighborhood is just fine. pick one that doesnt have too many
- streetlights. the darker, the better. also, dont pick out any place
- that has alot of night activity. for instance, a neighborhood full of
- people in their 20's will have far more night traffic, and more people
- up to see you doing nasty deeds, than a neighborhood that is primarily
- older people. druggy infested is bad too. they shoot first, and dont
- ask questions.
-
- - pick a good time. dont go at midnight on a friday night. friday is
- party night, with people coming and going in every neighborhood, including
- many many more police. same for saturday. sunday thru thursday are the
- best nights, with my faves being sunday and tuesday. sunday, because
- everyones going to bed early for work, and tuesday, well. no special
- reason, just always had good luck on those nights. its probably worthwhile to cruise through the neighborhoods on the nights you may want to mailbox.
- see how much activity is happening. also, the time you go is important.
- do not go anytime near the closing time of the bars in your area. police
- and drunks all over the place. 3 am to 4 am is good, with all the drunks
- usually being home, yet nobody up early for work yet either. as i said
- before, get a general idea of how much activity there is in your target
- neighborhoods.
-
- - always look around. always always always. if you think somebody is
- watching you or saw you, get out fast. constantly check out every house
- for lights and people looking out their windows. listen for voices and
- cars starting up or coming down the street. and should you happen upon
- the police, run like hell. if youre in a car, forget trying to lose them
- unless you know what youre doing. have a story prepared, and ditch any
- evidence if possible. study a map of the area before you go into it.
- know where everything is. you cant prepare enough, or be too cautious.
-
- - be sure that the neighborhood you are about to raid has a majority of
- its mailboxes on the street. some neighborhoods are paranoid as hell
- and therefore have all mailboxes up at the house. this is bad. you do
- not want to mailbox in such a neighborhood. there will always be some
- up by the house, so dont fret. make sure that at least a good portion
- are on the street.
-
- mailboxing on foot
- ------------------
- mailboxing on foot has many advantages. if the police happen by, you can
- basically feed them any bullshit you want to, such as bored, restless, tired,
- etc. or, you can easily hide if you think they may search you. shadows
- abound. wear dark clothing, but not too obviously dark. dont wear camo-
- flauge or anything stupid like that. in other words, make the clothing
- dark, but dont dress like a prowler or a burglar. when you reach your
- target area, check it out. look around. fix in your mind what youll do
- if you need to get out. now simply find a dark street, and start opening
- mailboxes. a portable flashlight is recommended for later. you can either
- riff through the mail and take what you want, or store in a bag to look
- through later. if you use the flashlight, get behind a big bush so that
- any curious bodies around wont see a waving bulb. obtain a red filter for
- the flashlight, if possible. however, there are disadvantages to this that
- you should be aware of. one, is that passerbys may question you. people
- in houses may call the police if they see you, or come out to deal with you
- themselves. (always fun!) second, is your speed. it will take awhile to
- get to your target area, and awhile to get back to your house. driving your
- car to a nearby spot and walking from there isnt necessarily a bad idea,
- but be sure that no ones going to call a wrecker.
-
- mailboxing mobile
- -----------------
- mailboxing in a car is a totally different situation than on foot. in
- order to mailbox in a car, its usually necessary to have two people because,
- a) its damned awkward to drive along on the wrong side of the road, fumbling
- with steering wheel, brake pedal, etc, while riffing thru mail -or- just
- shoving it somewhere. b) cuz if theres a second person there, you simply
- stop at every mailbox for about 2 secs, grab the mail, and cruise. you can
- try it by yourself, but it is much easier with two. but be sure about the
- person you take with you. ie, all general rules of distrust apply. (see
- iiu file #1, bust avoidance for dipshits, and apply the same stuff) a few
- things you need to be aware of. in some neighborhoods, some people know
- everybody who comes and goes, and if they see a strange car driving around
- they may become paranoid. what else... leave your lights off (obviously)
- and you may want to use your parking brake, as that wont send bright red
- lights all around behind you. try to pick a quiet running car. 76 pintos
- are -not- ideal for mailboxing. (wheeze wheeze snap crackle pop) and dont
- be afraid to drive off in a hurry if you see someone standing on their
- porch looking confusing and pointing in your direction.
-
- to riff or not to riff?
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- should you riff through the mail and take only what you need, or just stuff
- everything into your car/pouch/whatever? well, you could be nice so that
- your victims will know that aunt ednas alright. then again, aunt edna might
- have put some cash in that envelope, hmm? on the other hand, do you really
- want to have garbage bags full of other peoples mail in your car? its all
- up to you, really. i usually just take everything, and sort through it
- later. you can find all sorts of interesting stuff in uninteresting
- envelopes.
-
- what to look for
- ----------------
- you know what to look for by looking at the return addresses on the
- envelopes. if youre just riffing through the mail, you have to check every
- address. if youre taking the load, check through them later. return addresses to look for: banks, credit unions, savings and loans, department
- stores, personal addresses, stock brokers, insurance agents, large
- corporations, etc. its mostly hit and miss, and you cant ever be sure
- whats in those envelopes.
-
- simple tips
- -----------
- - if youre taking every piece of mail you can lay your greedy fingers on,
- make sure to take some trash bags with you to stuff it all in. dont worry
- about looking at when you first get the stuff, cause you want to get as
- much stuff in as little time as possible.
-
- - if youre taking everything, when you get two or three trashbags full of
- stuff (or if you get paranoid and run off, or whatever) go somewhere safe
- (house, deserted parking lot, etc) and go through everything. youll have
- two stacks of stuff. a small one of stuff that you want, and a real big
- one of pure crap. stuff the crap back into the trash bags and dispose of
- it -anywhere but your house!- mall dumpsters, somebody elses trash, all
- over the highway, but not your house, or anyplace that can be associated
- with you.
-
- - dont be too greedy. dont keep saying to yourself "i want that american
- express gold card!" keep that up, and you will get busted. be content
- with small amounts of mail. two garbage bags may sound like alot of stuff,
- but with the sheer volume of mail thats out there, it isnt a whole lot.
-
- oh shit, porker patrol!
- -----------------------
- unlax, dude. cops stop many many people in one night. license checks,
- drunk checks, lots of stuff. now... if youve still got trashbags full of
- mail in your backseat, YOURE FUCKED. the cops gonna search for drugs or
- wotever, and find all this mail that isnt yours. you might as well kiss
- your ass goodbye for ten years or so. if youve gotten rid of everything
- but the good stuff, allow yourself some hope. first off, the good mail
- has to be in an obvious place. (ie purloined letter) glove compartment
- is a good place. if the cop isnt overly smart (not many of them are) they
- wont bother checking to see if the mail is actually yours. if they
- discover the mail, you may be able to use your social engineering skills
- to temporarily worm your way out of it. if you do get out on bail or
- whatever, immediately run away as far as you can. leave no trace of where
- you will be going and dont tell anybody anything. leaving the country may
- even be in order. think about it. lets say you raided one hundred
- mailboxes. they go back and check to see who thinks that they had mail
- taken. lets be conservative and say ten people think so, besides the ones
- who have their letters in your car, or on your person. fifteen people,
- maybe. thats at least fifteen counts of stealing mail, federal offense,
- etc. run far far away.
-
- closing
- -------
- mailboxing can be a great way to obtain information, but only if youre
- clever and have the guts to do it. be aware of the risks and dont let
- anything stand in your way if you think you may be heading for the
- slammer. oh yeah, i take no responsibility for your actions based on
- information found in this phile, this phile is for informational purposes
- only, etc etc etc.
-
- thanks to: us postal service, us guv for screwing up knight lightning's
- trail so bad they had to drop the case, dr ripco for putting his
- board back up, and lisa marie presley. cuz she looks so cute on
- the cover on the enquirer.
-
- no thanks to: usual fuckheads, commodore for building a goddamn machine
- that was born to crash, and all the k-rad kids with their
- k-rad boards getting their k-rad warez with their k-rad
- codez. so they can brag to their k-rad friends.
-
- (c) 1990 IIU publications - all rights in another dimension
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