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Compuserve, Bob Hoskins, and The Definitive Guide To Fraud
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With every other cover disk offering a sliproad to the Superhighway, getting
on the Internet is easy. It's choosing what you get on with that's the
problem. That's why Compuserve's on hand if you want to get online.
Compuserve delivers Internet access to USENET newsgroups, FTP file transfer
and e-mail, as well as a commitment to new products as the Net grows.
What's more, everything is accessed from Compuserve's easy-to-use Windows
based interface, specially designed to avoid the netiquette faux-pas. You
also get thousands of Compuserve services ranging from personal finance to
"PA" News, Reuters to AA RoadWatch, the UK What's On Guide, technical
support, reference and arts. And it costs from as little as 6 pounds a
month.
For your FREE Compuserve software (Windows, DOS or Mac), FREE first month's
membership and 10 pound usage credit, call 9am - 9pm weekdays, 10am - 5pm
Saturdays. Or write to: Compuserve UK, 1 Redcliff Street, PO Box 676,
Bristol BS99 1YN.
On second thoughts, DON'T!
I will explain how to make your call to Compuserve free, as well as explain
how to fool the system into giving you ten days of free use..
1. Boxing, 0800 numbers, and YOU.
Let me introduce you to a friend of mine: the Bluebox.
Now, some of you will know this friend all too well, as he has featured in
many a long call to your favourite American board, but enough about Global
Boxing, (yes, I know we can all do it), for this file is aimed at the
newbies primarily..
Ok, first find a bluebox proggie. Something nice and configurable like
BlueBeep or Chicken Dial, (or maybe a box with preset tones such as RoxBox),
should do the trick.
Now, I will assume you know about boxing and have read the shit in the
CookBook about dialling 555-1212 and breaking the line with 2600 Hz etc.
Forget it, forget it all.
This is Britain. The good old UK. British Telecom offer Home Country
Direct services, these are for use by aliens. (No, not the grey ones that
kidnapped old Mr Collings and brought him back with an Alsatian's brain.)
Aliens as in foreigners that visit our country for whatever reason, usually
for a holiday (?) and want to call home with the minimum of hassle.
Take old Maria Fuentez for example thinking: "Oh, no. Me no wanna call
mi casa at extortionate rates for five minutos.. What can mi do?"
After finding the appropriate Home Country Direct 0800 number she can place
a call to her home and have it charged to her own phone bill.
That's fine for legitimate use, but what about us phreaks? Well, the lines
going to some of these countries use a system known as C5. C5 is controlled
by tones. Tones composed of two frequencies each. If you send the tones
down the line at the operator's equipment you can take control and, in
essence: become an operator.
You will have complete control over your call. You decide where the call
goes and how. Sound good? Wanna know the frequencies?
Ok then..
First you will 'break' the line with two tones.
.-------------.-------------.--------.-------.
| Frequency 1 | Frequency 2 | Length | Delay |
.--------!-------------!-------------!--------!-------!
! Tone 1 ! 2400 Hz ! 2600 Hz ! 150 ms ! 10 ms !
:--------:-------------:-------------:--------:-------:
. Tone 2 . 2400 Hz . 2400 Hz . 80 ms . 20 ms .
`--------^-------------^-------------^--------^-------'
The frequencies of Tone 1 are played together to make a 'clear-forward'
signal, this disconnects your current call to the Home Country operator.
The second tone is a 'seize' signal. Which grabs a line out so you can
dial wherever you want.
You will know when you've broken the line because the equipment you have
now taken over will let you know by making a <pleep-pleep> back at you.
Think of it like this:
YOu ----------------------------------------------------- Operator
Above is your link with the operator.. When you've taken control the story
is a little different:
y0U ---------------------. ------------------- Operator
\
\ .-----^
Your line out -------> \ |
`------ Wondering why you just
hung up on her.. :)
Once you've been successful you can then dial using the following tones.
.---------.-------------.-------------.
| Digit | Frequency 1 | Frequency 2 |
`---------|-------------|-------------'
.---------|-------------|-------------.
! 1 ! 700 Hz ! 900 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 2 : 700 Hz : 1100 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 3 ! 900 Hz ! 1100 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 4 : 700 Hz : 1300 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 5 ! 900 Hz ! 1300 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 6 : 1100 Hz : 1300 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 7 ! 700 Hz ! 1500 Hz !
!---------|-------------|-------------!
! 8 ! 900 Hz ! 1500 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 9 : 1100 Hz : 1500 Hz !
!---------:-------------:-------------!
! 0 ! 1300 Hz ! 1500 Hz !
!---------|-------------|-------------! .-------------------.
.---: KP1 ! 1100 Hz ! 1700 Hz !<! Also known as "A" !
C !---------:-------------:-------------!-!-------------------!
O ! KP2 : 1300 Hz : 1700 Hz !<! Also known as "B" !
N !---------:-------------:-------------!-!-------------------^-------.
T ! START ! 1500 Hz ! 1700 Hz !<! Also known as "C" or "ST" !
R `---------^-------------^------.------' `---------------------------'
O ! A duration of 40 / 50ms should be
L | sufficient for each digit...
`-SIGNALS--------------------------'
Ok. So to start a call to say, a Compuserve node in Venezuela, we would
call an 0800 number which goes to Venezuela.
The 0800 you will use is 0800-962615. This number belongs to Citibank,
and will connect you to their office after a short message saying:
"Thank you for calling, please wait and you will be connected
to Citibank Venezuela..."
Oh, by the way, the message is actually in Spanish, but that's just about
what it says.
Once the message has ended you will hear a foreign ring-tone. Blast the
line with the break tone.
You will hear <pleep-pleep> and then silence. Now dial the number for
Compuserve's Venezuela node.
---RoxBox Users---
Load Roxbox from shell or startup-sequence and, when disk access has ended,
tap these keys in order, but seperately:
CTRL, Left-Shift, Left-Alt, Left-Alt
RoxBox will pop up in the top-left. Click on 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 or 9 to
bring a dialling-directory up. Press CTRL-E to edit an entry then click
on an empty position. Enter Compuserve in the 'Calling:' field and press
return.
Then enter !A-027-93-3233-C in the 'Phone #:' field. Hit return
again. It should say 'Status: Editing Complete.' Now press CTRL-S to
save your dialling directory. You now have a Compuserve entry in your
RoxBox phonebook which has just been saved to disk. :)
* When dialling with RoxBox, ensure you're in 'BoxFromUK' mode by choosing
* it from the pull-down menu or pressing Right-Amiga and 'A' together.
Note: The break tone RoxBox generates is fine for boxing Venezuela..
---End of aMiGa blurb---
The actual number is 027-93-3233. Here's a breakdown of what YOU will dial
using your nice Bluebox.. :)
KP1 - 027 - 93 - 3233 - ST
.----^ ^-----.-----^ ^----.
| | |
Tells the system you | Tells it to get off it's ass
want to place a call Is the actual and put the call through..
within the country number you are
you have broken.. dialling..
Note: KP2 is for international dialling.. (KP2-countrycode-0-number-ST)
If you have done this successfully you will hear another ring-tone, similar
to the one you heard after the Spanish message. When the modem at the
other end picks up you will hear another <pleep-pleep> and then the modem
sending it's carrier..
Oh yeah.. Have a terminal prog in the background ready to grab the line
with a command such as ATD for Hayes compatible modems. Just type in the
command, but DON'T PRESS RETURN. Click back in your bluebox window, dial
the Compuserve node and wait for it to answer.. When you hear it answer,
quickly click in your Comms prog and press RETURN.. That sends ATD to the
modem and makes it connect to Compuserve's modem. After you have pressed
RETURN, hang up your phone so the modems can establish a link.
You are now connected to Compuserve, Venezuela.
2. Bienvenidos a Compuserve Venezuela!!
Upon connection you will see a message from your modem informing you of a
connect, just like when you call your fave h/p/warez board. Something
similar to the text below will be seen.
CONNECT 2400
BIENVENIDOS A COMPUSERVE VENEZUELA
date: 1995-02-27 time: 20:42
*waiting for connect response
*waiting for connect response
*fac: p(128,128),w(2,2),d(19200,19200)
com
03VNZ
Host Name:
You will be greeted by the above text and prompted for the Host Name.
Enter CIS for the main Compuserve system. To terminate your call enter OFF.
After entering CIS you will be asked for your User ID. If you have an
account ready then enter it now. If not, I presume we want to generate a
new account. In order to do this we enter a special ID for account
generation. I use the one Computer Shopper likes to plaster all over it's
pages. :)
Enter 177000,5601 for the user ID and enter DENNIS as the password.
(When you enter DENNIS it won't show on your screen.)
In the unlikely event of that ID being invalid for whatever reason just
find a recent copy of Computer Shopper and rip their new ID from the
'Shopper Online' section.
If all goes well pretty soon you will be asked what language you would
like to sign up in. Just follow the instructions for whichever tongue you
prefer.
Oh.. It's twisting your arm about an agreement number? Type COMPSHOP. Yes
I know it's not an actual number but hey, it's Compuserve. Get used to
these little things... For a serial port enter COM1 ;) Naw, enter 92139
for the serial number.
Now here comes the endless, (and I DO mean endless), spooling of crap about
billing etc. Sorry, but you have to fill it in :( no details = no account.
Welcome to Compuserve! Please answer the following questions so
that we may begin your membership. The registration process is
free. (Note that nearly everything else on Compuserve is subject
to outrageous surcharges, but seeing as you're not gonna use your
REAL credit card details it don't matter!!!)
Press <CR> for more !
All the stuff that follows refers to where you live etc. Select first
Europe then the United Kingdom (Where's the king??)
Note: If you select say, United States as your location you will be
hassled for personal details such as ZIP codes and social security
numbers. IT GIVES YOU NO CLUE AS TO THE AMOUNT OF DIGITS etc, so
it's hard to register as an American. (Plus they can check the
authenticity of your persona within two days :( Therefore you won't
get your "FREE" ten day membership.
Ok, now's the time to reach for the phone book. Just flick through with
your eyes closed and plant your finger on 'A (Unsuspecting) Weiner.'
Mr Weiner is your ticket to forbidden pleasures. Huh huh huh, CooL!
Right, try to read the shit Compuserve is overloading your modem with..
It IS tempting to just smack return at each prompt, but reading the stuff
can help you get round the system quicker when you're eventually in.
(It also helps to understand the crimes you are now comitting.)
WARNING! Providing false or unauthorised billing information constitutes a
serious crime.
Yeah, rite.. Heheh. What that really means is this:
WE RUN A LAME SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T DO REAL-TIME CREDIT CHECKS.. Please
abuse it at your leisure because we can't touch you in any way. So feel
free to spend your virtual money.. After all, it doesn't REALLY exist.
Mr Weiner will be asked which plastic to melt for the new account. Simply
choose from the extensive range of cards on offer and crank up the right
generator. It yums up CCWiz Visas and Mastercards. If you're really stuck
for a number find a valid Mastercard and add eight. That will satisfy it
for the time being...
Be sure to read and understand their Service Agreement Terms, because you
don't want to go spending money on something you don't want or need.
Just proceed with member registration and have a sleep while the terms and
agreements scroll past ;)
By moving beyond this page you are indicating your acceptance of our Service
Agreement Terms covering your use of the Service. Indicate your acceptance
by typing the word AGREE at this prompt and pressing the carriage return
key.
:
Ok, type agree!
Enter the 'Mailing Information' how it appears in the phone book.
1 Last name: WEINER
2 First name: ABDUL
3 Company:
4 Street: 69 Weiner Street
5 Town/City: Weinerville
6 Post Code: I69 &JO
7 Day phone:
8 Evening phone: 0800 SPANK
Enter OK and get your Credit Card ready.
Visa account number (example: 4444 4444 4444 4444)
: ENTE RTHE NEWC ARD#
Try entering 4444 4444 4444 4444 ;)
For a card expiration date just pluck one from the air.. 12/96 is one of
my favourites. Again, for the bank just enter anything.
If you've entered the number alright you should have no hassle. Just type
OK again and continue on your way.
Why not order a subscription to Compuserve Magazine at NO ADDITIONAL COST??
Time to wade through more crap, this time about the charges for Compuserve's
shitty services. Hmmm. A few smacks on RETURN should do the trick :)
Please enter the type of equipment that you will be using to access
Compuserve Europe. (Europe? Er, shouldn't that be Venezuela?)
1 IBM PC <------------ Has some nice Windows-Based Compuserve software
2 Other MS-DOS Models <- Same here!
3 Apple Macintosh <---- Has got MacCIM software..
4 Apple II (With AppleCat modem??)
5 Commodore
6 Amiga <------------- No software :( NComm will suffice!
7 Atari
8 Olivetti
9 Compaq
10 Amstrad
11 Other
12 Exit Member Registration (Hey, we're almost done.. No need to quit!)
Well, what can I say? Select what you think is appropriate.
LISTEN UP!!!
Here comes the VITAL stage. Here's when you can tell if you're accepted
or not.
If you get:
Thank you. We will verify your member registration entry.
Press <CR> for more !
Then basically hang up and try a different card.. If you get the thank
you message with no <CR> pause and then a paragraph about giving you your
PERMANENT User ID number then you're in.
Well done if you didn't fuck up. Write down the User ID and Password if
you like. (I prefer to assign them to F-Keez. You then don't have to have
lots of little pieces of paper with User ID's cluttering your desk and just
waiting for your Mum to enter the room and ask what they all mean..)
3. So I'm in.. What now?
Well, it's entirely up to you. Different services can be accessed by
entering the menu number, that will usually lead to a sub-menu. It might
help to imagine the system as the roots of a tree, type TOP to climb back
up to the trunk of the tree (The MAIN menu..). By selecting menu options
you 'dig' deeper into the information services Compuserve provides.
You can also use keywords to access some of the menus. For example: GO CB
will take you directly to the CB Simulator (I recommend channel 34 on Adult
band one). To read your mail type GO MAIL.
To send mail out into the Internet you would GO MAIL and then Compose a new
message. After entering your message you would choose SEND and enter the
normal E-Mail address of your m8, but remember to put INTERNET: in front.
I wouldn't mind some feedback on this file so why not send some mail to me
by entering INTERNET: noakes@delphi.com when you select SEND.
You also have an Internet E-Mail address as soon as you have a valid account
on Compuserve.
Your address simply becomes: 100xxx.xxx@compuserve.com
* Note that the , in your User ID becomes a . when sending Internet Mail to
* the Compuserve system.
Once you've sent E-Mail from Compuserve to the Internet you will be notified
that the 'Receive Internet Mail' feature on your account is not enabled.
You will be given instructions on how to enable it so messages can be
received.
That's about all you need to know mail-wise. I would like to give a quick
summary of some useful things to know about the CB Simulator.
After entering GO CB you will be presented with a standard Compuserve menu
detailing different areas of interest for CB users. Just select the option
to enter the CB Simulator. You will soon be asked for a handle so enter
your h/p handle if you like, or invent a new one.
Select a channel from the list you will be presented with. (Try 17 on the
General Band if you wanna talk to people more your own age..)
You will be dropped into the channel.. This is a little like IRC but with
no games of 'KICK THE LAMER' or rampaging hot-heads with Operator status.
Everyone is equal on the CB Simulator.
If you're on channel 17 you will probably be greeted by hordes of Nirvana
fans and unnecessarily obese 16 year old Americans.. Ignore their rantings
for the time being and enter this command: /NOECHO That will stop your
typing screwing up what others are saying. Time for a command list!
COMMAND Function
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/CHANNEL x Tunes into channel number x (1-36)
/EXIT Exits the CB Simulator
/HANDLE Phraudster Changes your handle to Phraudster
/HELP Displays full command list
/INVITE 69 Invites user 69 into private chat
/JOB Tells you what job number you are
/JOIN 69 Join user 69 in private chat after being invited
/MONITOR 34 Begins monitoring of channel 34
/NODE VNZ Show information on the VNZ node
/NOECHO Stops echoing your characters
/NOINVITE Stops showing invitations for private chat
/PAGE 69 Fuck You! Sends user 69 the message 'Fuck You!' privately
/QUIT Exits the CB Simulator
/STATUS Shows available channels, number of users, etc
/SQUELCH 69 Stops displaying communication from user 69
/SQUELCH Resumes displaying messages from /squelched people
/UNMONITOR 34 Stops monitoring channel 34
/USER 34 Shows a userlist for channel 34
/USER Show current channel's userlist
/WHO 69 Displays information on user 69
/? Displays full command list
Those commands are from memory.. They're pretty accurate but if you want
more detail and the proper syntax try /HELP or /?
Messages from others will appear something like this:
(17,109) (*Their Handle*) Their message here
^ ^---.
| `-----.
Channel # Job #
When you enter the CB Simulator you will be assigned a Job Number. This
number is temporary and only applies while you are within the CB Sim. Other
users can page you by using /PAGE and then your Job Number and a message.
When you receive a page it will be displayed in a similar way to public
natter on the channel.
(172#) [100141,347] sCroTum - Hi wankage!
^ ^ ^---. ^---------.
| | `---. `---.
Their Job# Their User ID Their Handle Their message to you
It's pretty straightforward really. Say you wanna know where sCroTum is
calling from. Type /WHO scrotum.. You will see more detail on him.
172 100141,347 DUY sCroTum
^ ^ ^ ^
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Job # User ID Node Handle
Job Number, User ID and Handle are all obvious. Node might not be for the
first-time users among you. It's basically a three-letter abbreviation of
the callers location. Well, the location of the access number they are
using at least.. You will probably use Venezuela, with it's abbreviation of
'VNZ'. Try /NODE vnz.
You will get SANTURCE, PR (the location of the node inside Venezuela..)
To see which node you are calling from enter /JOB to see your Job #, and
then /WHO Job #..
(The next bit is typed up from memory, so don't cry if it's not exact.)
/JOB
Job 109
/WHO 109
172 100141,348 CSV Darkcyde
/NODE csv
CSV = EXTERNAL NETWORK
Ok, so the CSV node is from an external network. It's actually part of
SprintNet, as is the DUY node...
As well as EXTERNAL NETWORK you will encounter other bizarre substitutions
such as COMPUSERVE REROUTED.
**** PLEASE MAIL ME IF YOU DISCOVER WHERE THE "LSD" NODE IS!!! ****
Note the LX? nodes, LXL, LXD, LXM, LXN etc are London/Mercury 5000 based
so when a poor unsuspecting victim of British Telecom and Compuserve comes
alive, check 'em out and if they're worthy, rescue them from the ravages
of phone and credit card bills.
On the other hand you could just laugh at them for their lack of knowledge!
3. Is that the time?
It's late and I'm getting tired now so I will draw this file to a close.
I would just like to thank everyone in the scene that has taken the time to
share their knowledge with all concerned. Whether they write text files or
zines such as the Citronic Journal, they deserve some recognition. In some
cases they have had the recognition they deserve, in other cases they have
been slagged for sharing too much. You can never share too much...
Another thank you to all the sysops of the many and varied boards the scene
has. I know it isn't easy to run a board, be in full-time education and
have all the other pressure the average phreak/hack gets, but they manage
it. They deserve something back.
Please support the boards in whatever way you can.
I hope the scene will eventually get the kick up the ass it needs. At
this rate it will die soon. I don't want to see that happen. We should
all share our knowledge freely and if someone asks a question they should
at least have a truthful answer. Lying to each other and keeping our
cards close to our chests isn't going to help us. It just stifles the
future of the underground.
Not long ago another 'bust' file was released. It was called BUSTINFO.TXT
and was supposedly written by a British Telescum employee in some position
of seniority. The file detailed some information on blueboxing and gave a
warning to all users of the bluebox.
Writing and spreading that sort of shit just to stop people breaking China
is fucking stupid. Nothing lasts forever, and if this shit continues
neither will the scene. The know-nothing lamers of today WILL be tomorrows
eLiTe. We've got to talk about things, get as many people involved as we
can. If we don't... Well.. We're fucked.
Long live the underground.
-Darkcyde (noakes@delphi.com)
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Files available in this series are:
JUNGLE01.TXT - Global Compuserve Dialups (Darkcyde)
JUNGLE02.TXT - Global SprintNet Dialups (Fugitive)
JUNGLE03.TXT - Index Of Usenet Newsgroups (Fugitive)
JUNGLE04.TXT - The Definitive Guide To Fraud (Darkcyde)
More titles are soon to emerge from the Destructive Jungle...
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