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               Ocean County Phone Punx Presents
                   OCPP02
                June 26, 1997


                Contents
                   Intro-Mohawk
            ScammerÆs Handbook-Mohawk
            Examples of Scams-Mohawk
              950 numbers-Mr. Seuss
            Slough of Despair-Checkmate
        Key Components of the Digital Switch-Mohawk
              Lineman Scams-Phear

Intro - Mohawk

    Well I guess were an official zine now.  I want to thank everyone

who has helped us and everyone who has emailed us saying how much we helped

them. Keep the mail commin.  This issueÆs main focus is on scams.  The

issues will come out the 26th of every other month until the zine gets

to big and it needs to be released monthly.

















ScammerÆs Handbook - the doÆs and donÆts of scamming - Mohawk



    When scamming there are certain rules you should follow so that you

donÆt get busted.  These "doÆs and donÆts should help you.



People that shouldnÆt scam

-If your stupid donÆt scam.  In order to keep yourself out of jail you have

to be smart.

-If you canÆt lie good.  Not only do you need to be able to lie good, you

have to be able to lie in an instant.

-If you have a criminal record.  If youÆve never been in trouble before the

police, storeowner, whoever will most likely believe your story.  Also, the

judge will let you go on probation if someone presses charges against you.

-Little kids.  No body believes little kids and everyone suspects them.





DoÆs


-Keep your mouth shut. When you pull off a scam, donÆt tell anyone. People

love to tell all their friends about how you ripped off a store.  Also, if

they ever wanted to they could hold it against you if you ever piss them off.

-Read the news paper.  Check out the police report published in your local

paper.  Try to read this as much as possible.  Look for people pulling off

scams and people getting caught scamming or stealing.  This will tell you

what stores have a lot of security and which scams not to do.  You can also

get ideas for scams and learn form other peopleÆs mistakes.

-Pay attention.  When your at a store or where ever try to pay attention to

the way people work, the storeÆs return policies, and the intelligence of

the employees.  If you do this, you can spot the potential for a great scam.

-Learn the store policy.  Go to a store an ask them about their return

policy.  See if you can spot any loop holes in it.

-Think.  Give your scam some thought.  Run it through your mind over and

over again.  Maybe you can perfect it, maybe youÆll realize that itÆs very

risky.

-Plan ahead.  Plan for the worst possible situation.  If you get caught,

what are you gonna do or say?

-Get a friend to help.  YouÆll need a good friend to help you.  Make sure

you have something on him just incase he ever wantÆs to bust you.

-Start small and work your way up.  Start with something small like a free

soda not a free computer.

-Look different.  When you try to scam something, look different than you

normally do.  Wear your hair a certain way, wear glasses, and put on clothes

that you donÆt normally where.  A hat works good too.

-Be Patient.  Some scams take time.  DonÆt expect the scam to pay off right

away.

-Use Cash.  You have to spend money to make money so make sure you use cash

and not a check or credit card.  If the store catches on to you, theyÆll

have all the info they need to find out where you live.



DonÆts


-DonÆt get greedy.  This is a way a lot of people get caught, they find a

great way to get something for free and they do it over and over again.

Every store will eventually catch on to your scam.  It may take a day or a

year but they will catch on.  Quit while your ahead.

-Never admit to anything.  If you do get caught never admit it.  Deny

everything for as long as you have to.

-DonÆt scam your work.  Stores suspect their employees more than they suspect

their customers.  Use your work to learn about scams but never do them there.

-DonÆt go back to the place that you scammed right away.  If you scammed

something really big never go back there.  They might still be lookin for

you.

-DonÆt go back to a chain store.  If you scammed a chain store such as 7-11

or Mc Donalds, stay away from all of them in your area for a while.  When a

chain store even thinks that they got scammed, they send faxes out to the

main office who then fax all the stores in the area describing what the

people looked like and what they did in hopes of catching them.

-DonÆt scam a lot of things in a small period of time.  After you scam

something big, lay low for about a month or two to make sure that you really

got away with it.  This way if you do get busted your excuse will look

better.  If you have to go to court the judge will give you a much lighter

sentence since itÆs a one time thing.  If you scammed 5 computers from 5

different stores in less than 2 months your excuse wonÆt hold up at all and

the judge will give you a much heavier sentence.

-DonÆt think  your Scam Master J cuz I am.  If your not careful you will be

caught.  Never get over confident  and think that you will always get away

with your scams.





Examples of Scams


    Easter Candy

    Get one of those easter candy order forms from  school or wherever

you can get it from.  Go around to an old age community if you have one by

you.  Tell them that you are selling candy for school and  that all the

money is going to help save the school's sports because tax cuts have

threatened to eliminate all of scholastic activities.  (Oh no not that what

are all the dumb jox going to do?)  They we be more than gladly to help

because you seem trustworthy.  Only accept cash because you'll get busted if

you try to cash their checks.  If they get pissed about that tell them it is

school policy to only accept cash because they got to many bad checks.  If

they still won't give you cash, thank them for their time and remind them

that because of them there we be no sports and therefore nothing to keep you

out of trouble and that you will harass them constantly  for the next ten

years.



    Walk-A-Thons

    No old age homes?  Have no fear! Don't you hate when people ask you

to contribute to them walk-a-thon things, well now you too will be annoying,

but rich.   You can either get a form from a real walk-a-thon and use that

or you can make your own.  I suggest getting real forms and then photo

copying the hell out of them.  Now go around to every one you know and ask

them to pledge for you.  You can even get desperate and put a picture of a

deformed kid on there and say it is your brother.   Some colleges say that

you have to participate in order to get in so you can even throw a college

name up top and say you need to get enough pledges in order to get accepted.



    Free Electronics


    Attention  customers free walkmans in isle 6! This scam works in

most big department stores but it all depends on the layout of the store

and the stores security.  The electronics department is usually pretty busy,

but if it isn't come back when it is.  First go to a different department

and get a bag, make sure it is a normal store bag.   Go over to electronics

and pick up a walkman and carry it over to the register and ask for a

refund.  They will ask for a receipt and of course you don't have it so

say you don't have one.   They will either say you can exchange it for

the same one or they will day that there is nothing they can do and then

you say oh shit I guess I am stuck with this and I have to keep it.  Put

it in the bag and walk out.   Presto new walkman.


    Computer Upgrades

    You should have a friend help you with this one because if you get

caught you can't talk you're way out of it.  Go to a computer or

electronics store and buy something like a graphics card or anything really

good and expensive.   Don't open it, just leave it in your car.  The next

day wait on line with just a receipt.  Have your friend go over and get the

exact same thing off the shelves and then he comes over to you and hands you

it and you car keys to make it look like he got it out of your car.  Make

sure you do this in front of an employee at the register.  Tell them you

want you to return it and they will call you a dumbass and tell you to go

over to customer service down yonder.  Go over there tell them your computer

blew up and you wanna return this and get your money back.   They give you

your money back and you still have the the first one you bought in

your car. There ya go free computer upgrades.


    Fast food places

    Fast food places are just waiting to be scammed.  There are so many

ways to scam them itÆs amazing they stay in business.

    In a place that has free refills get a cup off a table and take it

to the counter.  Ask them for another cup because yours is dirty.  They

wonÆt hesitate to give you a new one. When youÆre done with the cup keep

it and bring it back next time you come.  YouÆll never have to pay for

another drink again.



    Call them up and say they screwed up your order.  Be really bitchy

about it.  They will offer you a free meal to replace what they screwed up.

It helps if you say the employees were very rude to you.  You can also call

them up and say they forgot something that you paid for, like fries or

something.


    In places that donÆt have free refills get another cup off another

table and fill it with a little soda if thereÆs none in there.  Fill the

rest of the cup up with water.  Go to the register and say that the soda is

really watered down.  TheyÆll give you a new soda.


    DonÆt have enough money for a bacon cheeseburger?  Order a hamburger

and two minutes later go back to the counter and say they forgot the bacon

and cheese.  They give you a nice hot bacon cheese burger.  YouÆre not

getting it for free but youÆre savin a dollar.


    Gas Station Fun

(thanks to the ASSASIN for this part on gas stations)

    If you work at a gas station there are a lot of ways to make some

extra money.  After you empty a few quarts of oil in someoneÆs car keep a

few empty ones on the shelf and make them look like theyÆve never been

opened.  When some one asks you to put 3 or more quarts in their engine

put in 2 full and pretend youÆre putting in the empty one.  Make sure you

do this only when they ask for 3 or more because if someoneÆs oil light

is on and it is still on after you put in a quart they will get suspicious.

    When someone gives their gas card donÆt give it back.  Most of the

time they will forget to ask for it.  The next time someone says ten regular

put it on the gas card you stole and keep the ten dollars.  Do this until

the gas card is maxed out.


    Whole sale

    Another way to get stuff for cheap is to pretend that you are a real

company.  Look in magazines for ads that say wholesale orders only or

something like that.  If you donÆt see these ads call up places and ask

them if they have a wholesale order line. Call up and make up a fake

company name. Tell them the last company you  ordered through really

screwed you over and you just want to try out this company first and

 that youÆre gonna order in small quantities for a while.  Tell them

you will evaluate their service first and if they do good, you will order

a lot from them and that you will tell youÆre friends about them too.

Eventually they might keep calling you and asking you to order.  If that

happens make up some crap like your business is closed, it moved, or

you have already ordered from them under a different company name because

you have more than one company.


    Movie theater

    Buy a movie ticket.  Go in and get it ripped and them head for the

bathroom.  Stay there for a minute and then walk back out.  Go outside and

give your friend the ticket stub.  Walk back in and go to the bathroom

again. They wonÆt ask you for your ticket because they just saw you 2

minutes ago.  Then your friend walks in and shows them his ticket.  He

meets you in the bathroom and then you 2 go and enjoy the movie.  If

they ask you for your ticket pretend like your looking for it and then

after 2 minutes of frantically searching tell them you donÆt have it.

Bitch at them and then they will let you go.  It is important you go right

to the bathroom first because sometimes they watch you and if your in

the bathroom they will forget about you.


    If you want to do the scam by yourself buy a ticket and fold it in

half.  Flash it past the guy collecting the tickets.  He will think that

your ticket has already been ripped.  When the movie is over go back to the

window and ask for your money back.  Say you couldnÆt see the movie.  YouÆll

have to fill out a form and youÆll have your cash back.


    Free Magazines

    Have your friend go into a convenience store and put a magazine into

the middle of a newspaper.  Make sure you both have it work out before hand.

Have him leave and then you walk in.  Pick up the newspaper with the

magazine in it walk up to the register.  DonÆt wait on line, just drop the

money one the counter and say you just got a paper and walk out.  You just

bought a magazine and a newspaper for 50 cents.


    Free Playstation games

    If you have a playstation you better stop paying for games.  Find a

store with a good return policy, something like you can get your money back

up to ten days of your purchase.  Buy the game and after 9 days save it on

your memory card.  Bring it back to the store and get your money back.  The

next day go back and buy it again.  Repeat the process until you beat the

game.


    Free stuff in the mail

    This one is easy.   Call up a place and order something or wait

for a place to call you and ask you if you want them to send you something.

This is one of the only times where you should use your credit card.  When

it comes keep it but donÆt open it yet just incase.  Now UPS has

electronic shipping and when you sign it, they have your signature on

thier computer, so if they ask you to sign something just shut the door.

When it shows up on your credit card call them up and bitch at them.  Act

really pissed.  Say you never ordered anything and you never got anything.

Make sure you didnÆt sign for it when it came.  Tell them that some evil

hackers are out to make your life a living hell and this is just another

one of those times.  If worse comes to worse just send it back to them.

It is the law that if anyone sends you something in the mail you didnÆt

order you have the right to keep it.


    Free admission

    Find a place like a county fair, carnival or anyplace that stamps

your hand so that they know you paid to get in.  Find out the color of the

stamp and get a marker of the same color.  Try to draw the stamp on your

hand the best you can.  Now wet your hand and smear it around really good.

When you go back in show your stamp and act really suprised that itÆs

smeared.  Say you washed your hands.  TheyÆll let you in no problem.


    Collectin for baseball

    Break out your old baseball, football or whatever uniform and go

stand in front of a convenience store with a cup.  If you donÆt  have a

uniform go to a consignment shop and buy one.  Open and hold the door for

people as they leave.  On your cup or jar write something like save our

sports.  Tell people that your raising money to keep sports in your school

because the budget cuts canÆt support them.   You can do this at a lot of

different stores.  This scam may sound like begging but youÆd be amazed at

how many people put 1 and 5 dollar bills in the jar.  Kids do this all

the time where I work and they make 1000's in a weekend.


    Insurance for your car


    This is a very risky scam and you should never so this.  This is

here for you to learn as all these scams are.  Well if you have a pretty

shitty car and you know itÆs gonna die soon why not get some money for it.

Make sure you have good insurance that covers collision.  You need a friend

for this.  Drive down a highway in your car and have your friend drive next

to you.  Wait till someone gets on your ass, you wonÆt have to wait long.

Then give your friend a signal and have him drive in front of you and cut

you off.  You then hit  your breaks and the car behind you rams your ass.

Your friend drives away and you couldnÆt catch the license plate.  The

person that hit you has to pay for your car because it is all his fault.

You then collect the insurance for your car because it is totaled.


    These scams are here for you to learn to protect yourself from being

scammed.  You should not try these anywhere.  In future issues we will have

more scams.
















950 numbers-Mr.Seuss
In conjunction with the Seuss Labs Crew



Introduction

    950 numbers (also known as Feature Group B), provide voice quality

toll-free phone access to a variety of end users (typically IECs). FGB is

either in the (old) format of 950-1xxx or the (current) format of 950-xxxx.

It's the last 4 digits (called the carrier identification codes) that make

950 numbers unique. CICs are assigned by Bellcore.

    The big reason why 950 numbers aren't a more popular option for toll

free service is that specific number can't always be reached. The rigorous

hardware requirements for 950 service also stifle their popularity.



Routing and hardware


    FGB trunking is a complex matter. Toll offices that allow FGB access

have a bank of trunks running directly to the subscriber. As soon as you

dial the prefix 950, you are first routed through the toll network over

either common transport trunks, specific 950 trunks, or the most common

option, FGD tandems, and then to the office serving that number. From there,

you are then connected to that number's private trunk group.


    The most common method for outgoing calls is to have the subscriber

MF into an access tandem (assuming that MF trunks are in use), and then

have the tandem office complete the call.

    There are a handful of hardware requirements for supporting FGB.

The following is required at the customer's premise:


  A bank of trunks running from their hardware to the toll office

  A time division multiplexer (TDM) to multiplex and demultiplex the trunk
  group.

  Equipment to place outgoing calls (typically MFing hardware).

  An ANI controller to dechiper ANI impulses.



Features and options


    950s can be configured in a variety of ways. External features

controlling call routing, and providing fraud protection are available

to the end subscriber.


Answer/disconnect:

    950 service provides a supervision feature at the POP, so as soon

as the connection at the customer's end is lost, the call is torn down.


Hunt groups:

    A FGB trunk can be terminated in a hunt group (like a WATS line),

provided a leased line is run between the customer and the CO. The line

being the only way to provide sufficient bandwidth to terminate multiple

voice channels.


Extended outlets:

    Theoretically, a 950 number can terminate in an extended outlet

like a WATS extender.


Special routing (like point of origin, time, etc.):


MF signaling:

    Yes, MF signaling is still used on certain FGB trunks. DonÆt get any

funny ideas about blueboxing off these numbers, in the usual fashion anyway.

However, it *might* still be possible to bluebox here. If you were to tap

into a trunk where it joins the subscriber's hardware, you could

theoretically seize a trunk and MF calls just like you were the

subscriber's equipment.  As you're backwards on the trunk, *forward* audio

mute will not apply.


WhatÆs out there?

    So what exists in this big, bad realm? Some pretty nifty stuff.

Direct lines to many long distance companies, a few COs, credit card

verification numbers, extended outlets, and most of all... nothing (but a

switch recording telling you your call canÆt be completed as dialed).















SLOUGH OF DESPAIR-Checkmate
A cyberpunk short story


    I lit my cigar as I looked out over the hazy, translucent clouds

outside the reinforced window.  A sense of security these windows were

believed to provide, with their bullet resistance.   Resistance, a strange

word at best.  As I took another long, sweet puff, I could feel the filter

in my throat whirring to life.  A fine Cuban, I thought as a rivulet of thin

bluish smoke rose to the ceiling.

    As I looked upon the glare outside the office window, I saw the

clean, dark calm of the night above.  Below, through the haze, I saw the

riots.  The hands of millions banging at my door, clapping synchronously to

a beat.  All these people, mislead by a leperous campaign, only now

uncovering the truths that I thought had long been beaten dead.  All the

reporters, the hackers and conspirators which dispersed the seed of fear

into the people  I had thought long ago they were done away with.  Even the

best cleaning teams aren't perfect, I guess.

    I took another puff, savoring its flavor until the taste turned

sour. What a damn shame it is, I thought.  What a damn shame.













Key components of the digital switch-Mohawk


    The typical digital switch has four essential components:  the

central processor, the switch matrix, a range of peripherals, and

input/output controllers.




Central Processor

    The central processor controls call processing activities for

example, assigning time slots and administering features such as call

forwarding as well directing system-control functions, system maintenance,

and the loading and downloading of software. To ensure reliability, the

central processor is generally duplicated on digital switches. Each call is

processed simultaneously on both processors; if the "hot" processor should

develop a problem, the system automatically shifts to the standby

processor without the caller noticing any interruption of service.

    State-of-the-art larger digital switches are increasing processing

power through additional specialized processors for functions such as

frame-relay data, ISDN packet handling, service control point functionality,

etc.. Digital switches for smaller, rural communities often adopt alternate

service access strategies that can be more easily justified for these

markets.




Switch matrix

    The switch matrix also referred to as the network handles the actual

connection of calls to their destinations. The latest switching modules,

such as the DMS SuperNode Enhanced Network (ENET), can process up to 64,000

channels in a single cabinet and switch wideband data as effortlessly as a

voice conversation.




Peripherals

    The typical digital switch has a range of peripheral modules to

interface the range of lines and trunks coming in from the network. The

peripherals convert incoming voice and data signals into the digital format

used by the switch and perform some low-level call processing tasks. Typical

peripherals include those that terminate lines, trunks, digital loop

carriers, and maintenance trunks.




Input/Output Control

    The input/output controller system provides access to the switch for

maintenance, billing, routine operations and administration, and loading of

software.
















Linemen Scams-phear.

    Well fuck, here we go.  Special thanks to whoever feels like

publishing this.  After all without information we are all truly lost.  Ever

been out beige boxing and thought to yourself, "self, this rules but there

has to be more".. almost as if something was missing? Well ill tell ya,  its

not an overwhelming urge to accept the lord as your savior. (so maybe IÆm a

little bitter) I was out just doing the usual beigeboxing the other night

and I thought to myself. "Why should I be forced to this in the dark at

night in fear of being caught?" And thatÆs when I realized I donÆt have

too, in fact neither do you.

    What better scam then to pretend your a lineman.  Hopefully if your

beigeboxing you know enough about phones to be a lineman if not you could

wing it if you had too.  So here's what you do.  Go buy a white hardhat.

Any white hardhat will do,  just as long as it fits right, I mean why be

uncomfortable in the midst of phreaking?  Then rummage through your closet

(I know, I know, I wouldnÆt want to go in there either) until you find a

longsleeve light blue shirt.  Grab a pair of jeans too.  All right now, put

it all on and look in the mirror.

    Believe it or not you will look a whole hell of a lot like a

lineman. Or at least enough for the general public to be fooled.  Now what

your missing are tools.  No lineman's outfit is complete without tools.

    A utility belt isnÆt a bad idea but not a necessity, I've never used

one.  You need a red phone, baseless of course.  Preferably a lineman's

handset, but those aren't always just readily available.  If you want one

bad enough though just swipe one out of a Bell truck.  The important thing

is that whatever phone you have, it's red.  Remember were fooling the

general public here.  You also have got to have a 7/16" hex driver,

preferably with a red handle but beggars can't be choosers.  Hell when you

swipe the phone just swipe the hex driver too.  In fact, if you can, take

the whole tool belt.


    You also need a small flashlight, poor lighting or something, you

never know.  All right,  you've got the outfit, tools, and a need to phreak.

    Where to phreak at though?  I mean you donÆt have a big white truck

with all sorts of compartments in it to make you totally legit.  So you have

to maintain a low profile.  Always pick a spot and then park a block from it

and walk there.  Starting off you should hit a few houses.  Places where

nobody's home, at work or something.  Just walk up there and open up the

phonebox,  act like you belong there.  I guarantee no one will even question

you for a minute.  After you feel pretty confident move on to bigger and

better phreaks.  Go hit a local business or two, but go inside and tell them

that you were sent from their phone company, whatever it is and that you are

doing a routine check on the lines because there's been some trouble a few

lines down etc.. Then go find the box,  if you want,  ask them to show  you

the phone setup in the building.  This is the best way to get confident

about a scam like this.  Check it all out, pump them for information.  Then

go back to the box and make a few free calls.  If your going to go this far

though you should probably have a lineman's handset.  Looks a lot more

professional. Then move on to large apartment complexes.  These are

especially nice because the lines are always grouped together.  At least

four in each box.

    So now you have your method down and you feel pretty confident. What

can you really do with these new amazing lineman's powers?  Well you know

that jerk your always pranking?  Now you can go to his house and fuck his

shit up in broad daylight.  In fact go to the door and talk to him about his

phone service for a minute or two.  Ask him if he's been having trouble with

the lines,  so on so forth. Ask him if he minds if you come in for a minute

and have a look at the phone lines in the house.  Walk around and pay

attention.  You never know what youÆll see,  potential black mail info, or

maybe a bill with his ss# on it. Then explain to him that due to maintenance

purposes your going to have to disconnect his line for an hour or so.  Then

go out to his phone box and do just that.  Then go back up to the house and

tell him that you have an emergency and have to go, but you'll be back in

just a few minutes.  Leave.  Gee, did I forget to hook your shit back up?

Now the next time you call him you can tell him exactly what he looks like

and what his house looks like.  He would probably never suspect the lineman.


        This would probably be the point where you're wondering if this is

all just bullshit or not.  Well, I'll tell ya. Or not. I have done this and

it works.  Just maintain a very cool composure.  Never act nervous or let

the "victim" think you are unsure of yourself.  Never go out any later than

4:00 or so, and don't stay in any one place for more than 20 minutes.  One

more cardinal rule, if you see a real lineman, or a phonetruck, get the fuck

out of there.  As much as I hate to think about it, impersonating a lineman

is a crime, and so is phone fraud so don't hang around.  The linemen will

know a fake when they see one.

        That's it.  The lineman's scam can be pulled off by anyone, but

don't ever forget that it is a scam, and should be done cautiously.  So

if your just tired of the same old beigebox routine and need a change of

pace, just say fuck it.  Go be a lineman, you'll thank yourself.

                phear <PLA> <OCPP> <HBS>




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