+================================+ < < < The How To Guide Of < < Phreaking In Australia !!! < < < < By Steve Mclellan & HE-MAN. < < < +================================+ IMPORTED ON 3/26/89 BY BLACK PETER (MAFIA DUDE) 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 Machine 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" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 you 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" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 say 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 there 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" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 prefy 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 satellite channel 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 -// =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Now get off your fat asses and call these great systems! 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