\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/ | Volume I of The Adventures in Fraud Series | | The Bible of Fraud | | By: | | Sneak Thief | | Smog City..xxx-xxx-xxxx | | Thanx to: The Raider | | Copyright, (C) 1985 by Sneak Thief | |\ /| \=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/ Introduction ============ You ever wonder where that unemployed guy down the street got enough cash to start a 1200 baud board with 60 megs? Well, the answer, most likely, is Credit Fraud. Credit fraud involves getting a credit card number (a CC #), and then ordering things by phone. All you need is the card number and the experation date. And a few other nasties... Well, forget this basic stuff! Let's get into the good parts.... Getting Your Card =================== Always been meticulous about your appearence? Don't like to be dirty? Then the primary method of getting credit cards is not going to appeal to you. When a customer buys something at a store or restaurant (with a credit card, of course), several carbons are made. The store puts these into their files, and throws them away a week or so later. What's that? You say, "Why don't I go to the trash, and get these carbons?", do you? Well, you're correct; this is exactly what you do. Here are some tips: 1) Go on the First of the month. (In a lot of stores, this is the 'clear the files day'. 2) Go to the mall. That way, if one trash can is empty, you have a hundred or so more. 3) Stay away from food stores. Sticking you're hand into last week's fried chicken is a price too high for a lousy credit card. 4) For convienence, look for florists, video stores and the like. Video stores especially, since >every< transaction they make involves a credit card. Ok, that is just one of the ways which you can get you're card here are the other primary methods: CBI/TRW ======= CBI and TRW are Credit services which have Credit Cards, Addresses, names, and driver's licenses for most of the population of the United States. You can also use this system to find out the credit card mend calling through a PBX, then XXXXX (insert you're favorite phone service here). Leeching ======== You could also get them off the credit fraud board on you're local elite BBS. Not a good idea, since most cards up there have about 1,000 dollars worth of porno tapes on them. Better yet, you can ask a friend. This will probaly work, but sometimes people give a card that they have used, or used but messed up with. Oh, the death of friendship! Ok, you've got your card? Good. Ordering ======== You've got to order your merchandise. To do this, call the orderline for the company, and talk to these people. If you're known as "The Human Carrier" by you're friends, or modems connect when you say "Hello", then forget it. These days they are getting mighty suspicous. They will ask you what card you want to use. Master Cards have a 5 as the first digit of the first cluster, Visas have a 4. If ice--very softly. Just say, "I'm sorry... I have this awful sore throat..." The first rule is be polite. Don't sound nervous. If the lady asks you for the driver's license, and you don't have it, make one up, then before you hang up, say "I'm sorry, I'm going to have to cancel this order...my husband told me that he had already gotten the XXXXX (the item you were trying to order)" Try to order from a pay phone, and when they ask for a phone number, give them the pay phone's number. Or scan for a number that will ring, and ring... A board that is down is a good bet. Now, you may ask, what address do I give the salesman? The Address =========== The pick up is one of the most crucial part of the entire part. Here is what I think the ultimate address should be: 1) Abandoned. 2) Isolated (No little old ladies calling the police or spraying you with hoses). 3) About a mile or so away from your house. Number one could also have a friend of yours who will sign for the package, then when the feds come deny it ever arrived. This is unlikely. Number two is obvious. I have been yelled at by numerous old people, and people that don't speak English. Not fun. The mile away from you're house is obvious. Don't want people that know you to be witnesses. Also, you can order to an occupied house. Send them a note by mail, telling them about a "computer glitch that sent some of our mechandise to you're address, and we will send a sales representative (or his son) to come pick it up." Spice this up, by apologizing for any hassles, and giving a fake name for the "sales represenative". Then, when you go, just give them a little note authorizing you to be there with an impressive signature. When you pick up the package, be calm. Talk to the people no longer than necessary, but don't run away or anything. Wear a hat, but don't wear a ski mask and sunglasses. Look normal, yet try and conceal as much of you're looks as possible. If you do this right, you will look like a normal person, and the people will forget about you in the month or so it takes the credit agency to do anything about the fraud. Advanced Fraud ============== To order more advanced, (ie: from Northwestern, or things that cost alot of money), you will need the following (usually): The Driver's License Number The Bank or Interbank Number (For MasterCard) The Billing Addresss Sometimes this will be written on the carbon. But the best way is just to use TRW...if you have a password for it. Miscellanous ============ Reading an issue of U.S News and World Report (June 3, 1985) yesterday, I found an article on Phreaking, Fraud, and BBS's. Very interesting. Said something about mailboxing, which is going through a company mailbox looking for let's say bills and the like which would have a credit number on it. Sounds interesting. Go on a Saturday, and look in the mailboxes. The last few days of a month would be a good idea, since maybe you could get lucky and snipe their Visa statement. That just goes to show that reading >some< value. Look for cards like this one: 5024 0000 6184 3847 The second cluster means it's a "preferred" card, and you can order more stuff with it. Some cards only have 13 digits (i.e: 5024 000 618 787). If you think you have ordered the limit of you're card, verify it. You do this by calling a dial up (usually 800), giving them a merchant number, the card number, the name on the card, the expiration date, and the amount to be spent. They will tell you it the card has enough money for the purchase. Get a dial up and merchant number by going to the Department Store. They are usually written on the phones. For MasterCard, the Interbank number is right below the name on the carbon. Visa cards contain a bank number in one of the clusters. Don't order from Northwestern. There prices are not worth all of the questions you have to answer. Order from Conroy-LaPointe at 800/547-1289, they are quite easy. Conclusion ========== There are no old carders. You quit, or you get caught. Plan what you want to get, and don't try and rush your frauds. The first rule of fraud is, "Greed Kills." I think being arrested by the feds and having to face my parents and lose my computer about the same as death. But what is life without a little risk? Try to sell most of the things you card. If there is no stolen (carded) stuff in you're house, they might go easier on you. By the way, I am in no way responsible for any use made of the information in this file. It is for informational purposes only. And if you believe that, please leave me mail on Smog City about a business opportunity. I have this bridge... That's about it for now. Look for Volume II in The Adverntures in Fraud Series. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= < Volume I In the Adventures in Fraud Series > < Copyright (C) 1985 > < By: Sneak Thief > < A Smog City Crew File > < Thanks to: The Raider, Grandmaster DST, The Mugger, and > < Simon Templar for telling me things I didn't know before > < Smog City....213-926-7720 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now that you've finished the file, call Smog City...It's a great board! Permission is given to put this file anywhere, as long as the credits are intact. June 6, 1985 - Sneak Thief of the Smog City Crew The End ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____. _______________. ___ / \ ' CREDIT CARD FRAUD IDEAS!! ' | ! ! INFORMATION AND IDEAS BY : | | ' >> L.E. PIRATE << ' ' | | A CULT OF THE DEAD COW FILE ! ! ' | THANX TO THE xORG ! \_______.___ __.________ ___/ _ _ ((___)) [ x x ] -cDc- \ / -cDc- (` ') (U) Hey there. L.E. Pirate here. Here's some ideas and info i've scrapped up over my carding days that might just help you. Everything contained here will work and has been tried recently to check to see if businesses are still ignorant. ORDERING =====- If you place an order to a big company (we'll use BEST as an example) from their catalog, they will ask for the catalog number. On the back of the catalog above the address there is an 6-8 digit number that has the info about the person who they sent the catalog to. If you received the catalog in the mail, this is not only foolish, but it can result in a terrible situation. All they have to do, is track down the owner of the catalog and nail them. If the catalog is sent to you under your parents name, or your name, then you are generally screwed and wouldn't even think about ordering from BEST if they demand your catalog id number. The solution is simple. tell the stupid shit operator that you picked up the catalog in a doctor's office or dentist, etc. and there is no number on the catalog. They will always believe you (they still believe in kissing the customer's ass). OBTAINING CARDS: A FEW WAYS ========================- subsection: Casing for cards ========================- If you need that new CD player, surfboard, etc. and you don't have the time to order it, and you want it the next day, go casing! (Read other xORG files on how to case). Go around looking for open cars or houses. Search the house for PLASTIC, yes, the actual plastic card. It will usually take the owner 24-48 hours to notice it is missing, even longer. Do not take any cards you don't need (like diner's club, etc...) take MAC/GEORGE/TOM's cards and write down their drivers license info, EVERYTHING on the license. You can later goto the ATM (automatic teller machine) and hack out the ID number and get cash (usually the number is a phone number (4 digits), etc). You might also want EXXON, SUNOCO, etc. gas cards to fuel up your car for the day or whatever. But only take what you need. Get a VISA or MC and head to the local store. Make sure you have another card for ID. Take a VISA to pay for it and a MC for identification. Use it quickly (like within 24 hours) before it is reported as stolen. -===========================- bsection: STUPID HOUSEWIVES ==========================- This is so easy. You go through someone's garbage and look for bank info and stuff like that. Anything that will have the name of their bank on it. The next day, take off school or work, whatever, and give the house a call. Make sure you get a house that the man goes to work and the wife stays home and cooks and cleans, like a real woman (very sexist, eh?). Call up and do this: B=BITCH Y=YOU RING,RING HELLO? HELLO THERE. THIS IS MARTY FINKLESTEIN FROM 1ST NATIONAL BUTTHOLE TRUST (or whatever their bank name is). IS THIS MRS. ABE DICKNOSE? YES? SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. WE HAVE HAD A MIXUP IN OUR COMPUTER RECORDS, IT SEEMS THAT YOUR CREDIT FILE HAS BEEN ACCIDENTLY WIPED OUT. OH MY. IS IT SERIOUS? NOT REALLY. WE NEED SOME HELP FROM YOU THOUGH. WE HAVE LOST YOUR CURRENT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP TO MAKE THIS EASIER, YOU COULD EITHER STOP BY THE BANK TODAY OR TOMORROW OR YOU COULD GIVE ME YOUR CURRENT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION ON THE PHONE. WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. (if they want to stop by the bank, just set up a fake appointment and hang up.. they will, in most cases, be too busy to stop by, and give you the info right on the phone). This method has worked many times before. Try it out, it's a very easy and simple way to do it. -==================- bsection: TRASHING =================- Ugh. This is the dirtiest way to obtain info. Find a place that accepts cards and go into their garbage dumpsters. Try going to florists or places that don't put out messy shit. Don't goto food places, etc. you won't find anything you want there and most of the info will be covered with food and other crap. Try florists because all you have to sift through is sweet, lovely, colourful flowers (isn't that cute?). Look generally for black carbon paper or printouts. If you goto insurance places or car dealerships, this can land you computer printouts with TRW and CBI information and account numbers on it, which are very valuable to an experienced hacker. Look out for half-carbons. They are carbon paper that have perferated edges down them so they can easily be ripped in half and discarded. What most places do, is throw one side into 1 can and the other side into another... so take both bags and put them together at home. Sure it will take awhile, but it's worth it. The best time to trash is at night. It would be very handy to have a small, compact flashlight that you can use to go through the dumpster instead of feeling around, etc. If you see someone, keep down low in the trash. I have found myself in trashcans many times, and when I get caught in there, I go, "Uhhh, have you seen my baseball??".... They'll usually take you for stupid, or even act like a bum, that will work. -============================- bsection: INSIDE CONNECTIONS ===========================- Make a friend that works at a place that takes alot of cards. Instead of throwing them away, ask him for them. This guy I knew used to keep them all and give them away. If you can't find anyone, get yourself a job somewhere. The best place to work is a shoestore like Kinney Shoes or Athlete's Foot. CREDIT CHECKING ============- The simplest way to get credit checker numbers is go into record stores. last weekend I walked into a record store in Delaware and bought the new WarZone album. Right on the wall in big, girly, red letters was. "OUR MERCHANT NUMBER: XXXXXXXX. OUR 800 NUMBER: 1-800-XXX-XXXX" It had listings for VISA/MC/DISCOVER and just about everything else. I pulled out my trusty pen while the chick was opening the register and I wrote it on my hand. I had just enough time to copy down the VISA/MC one when she looked up. Try record places, army/navy stores, shoe stores, and places that need to check credit on cards. EXPLOITING -========- So, you found a driver's license laying in the street while walking downtown, eh? You think to yourself, "BIG DEAL." Nononononono. Go trash at an insurance place and get ahold of CBI and TRW printouts. The printouts will contain everything buffered when the person called CBI or TRW, it will even include an access port number. Call up CBI or TRW and enter exactly what is on the prinout except in place of the person's name on the printout, put the name of the person and address, etc. in the computer and buffer what is shown. Mail the information, her drivers license info, her address, card numbers, credit info, everything to the person. Find your own way to exploit it to your own advantage. CLOSING -=====- Well, that is just some short info on some various CCF things you can do and things that can help you. Hope it was educational and thrilling for you. -= L.E. Pirate =- Demon Roach Underground......[806/794-4362] Metal AE..PW=KILL..[201/879-6668] Ripco International..........[312/528-5020] Improve your life, call those!! ============================================================================== This has been a cDc (Cult of the Dead Cow) Presentation. 1989, All rights worth shit. Thanks to The x ORGanization (xORG). Written by L.E. Pirate .ooM ============================================================================