This file is dedicated to sCribLa .------------------------------------------------------------------. | \ ____ \__ __ ____ / | ! ___/ / / / \_ / \ / / / \___ ! : / \ ____/ \/___________|___________/ \/________/ \__ : : __/\/ / / : ! __/ /_________________________________________/ /\__ ! | \_________________________________________\/ / \___ | ! __/ \___ ____/ ! : \__/ \__/ _/ \__/ / \__ : : / | / . ! . | : ! . : ! : : . ! | | . | ! : : ! | ! : !__| ! |__! : ! : / / D e s T r u C T i v E / / : : : : !___/ /_______________________/ /____!__ : ! !/ / / / / / ____/ / ___ / ! `-------- / / / / / / / / / / __/ -----------' \______/\______/\__/___/\______/\__/\______/ -P- -R- -E- -S- -E- -N- -T- Compuserve, Bob Hoskins, and The Definitive Guide To Fraud ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 ! 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 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 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 for more ! Then basically hang up and try a different card.. If you get the thank you message with no 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | `-------. .--------' | `---. | 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------