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- Free Mail!
- 10/16/87
- Version 1.0
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- Want to be able to mail letters for free? No postage required? It is
- possible to do, but I gotta warn you that it is a form of mail fraud to
- do it on purpose...so make sure you only do it by accident IF you do
- it at all...IS THAT CLEAR???
-
- Let's say you want to send a letter to your friend who lives in...
- Salt Lake City. You, of course, live in Chicago. Here is how you
- address the envelope...
-
- _________________________________________________________________________
- | {note lack |
- | Your Friend of postage |
- | 666 State Street stamp!} |
- | SLC, UT 84444 |
- | |
- | |
- | Your Name |
- | 69 Halstead St |
- | Chi-Town, IL 60000 |
- | |
- | |
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Pretty simple eh? Obviously you should use the accurate (real) addresses
- where indicated (no shit!). What happens when you mail this letter is
- the post office will mark it RETURN TO SENDER INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE.
- The sender, as indicated on the envelope, is your friend. Therefore
- good old Uncle Sam delivers it to the destination you sought. All for
- free!
-
- Why it works: The Postal Department regulation prohibit delivery of mail
- that does not have the proper postage. They must return it to the sender
- for first class letters. Now it may seem a little funny to see a letter
- that is supposed to be from Salt Lake in a Chicago mail box, but the
- postal workers probably won't notice and even if they do they can only
- assume that the letter is correct as addressed...they simply can't spend
- their time second guessing destinations. Because if they are wrong (and
- assumed it was mailed from Chicago and sent it thru the system to you on
- Halstead) they would be breaking their own rules by delivering non-stamped
- mail *as addressed*. The postal worker, even if he has time to notice or
- cares, simply must take the envelope at face value and follow regulations.
- Hence, it gets delivered to your friend.
-
- Glitches: Of the dozens of letters I know have been sent like this once
- in a while one will come back to you. With all the mail the post office
- handles some are bound to get thru the system and actually get delivered.
- It happens. Once I heard of the envelope coming thru with a postage due
- attachment. This should not happen normally. Post Office regulations say
- that postage due can only be done when the postage affixed is not enough
- to cover the cost. It can not be done when there is no postage at all.
- But again, sometimes it happens. Because of the potential glitch problem
- don't send important stuff this way. It may boomerang back to you or it
- may get caught up in the gears of post office red tape and just vanish.
- It is possible.
-
- Hints: Make the "return" address very complete and legible. Don't
- indicate in your letter inside or on the back flap that it may have
- been done on purpose (ie: I hope you get this letter...pretty cool the
- way I mailed it!). On the evelope will tip off an alert employee, inside
- could be discovered by a nosey mailman (don't kid yourself...they do read
- letters once in a while, but they just toss them away when done. I know
- a mailman who admitted it. This is how many letters get "lost") Also,
- it won't work for postcards. Make sure the envelope doesn't say address
- correction requested, or do not forward, or 2nd class mail...or anything
- else unusual. Just make it looklike your average law abiding
- letter mailed w/out postage by accident.
-
- Disclaimer/Statement of Facts: Mail Fraud is a big fucking crime. I
- don't use this technique (I just know of it), I don't suggest you do it
- either (but it's your choice). Reading, having, telling, and knowing
- this techinique is NOT against the law...neither is distributing it.
- IF you decide to try it the odds are %99.99999999999999999 percent that
- no one will ever know. But as a precaution NEVER admit, brag, tell
- anyone that you EVER mailed a letter w/out postage ON PURPOSE. We all
- make mistakes...even Ronny Raygun. Remember, the only scumbag that
- came out of Watergate with both his testicles was G. Gordon Liddy and
- he KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT. Learn by his example.
-
- But hey! I don't mean to get preachy. Have fun with this. Sleep easier
- now that the potential exists to mail free. Rebels unite, you have
- nothing to loose but your inhibitions.
-
- T H U M P R >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
- of
- ChicagoLand ////////////////////
-
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-
- PPS: I didn't originate this postage free system, someone told me about
- it many years ago. It is probably quite common but many I have talked to
- have not heard it so I thought I'd type it up and distribute. If you
- found yourself thinking..."how old" than you are right. If you found
- yourself thinking "how stupid" then go fuck yourself. Knowledge is
- power and must be distributed or we will all perish in a bourgeoise
- nuclear death.
-
- EOF
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