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    Free Envelopesl The Banks in Penn and Grand C-ntr~!
    Stations in NY and in many other cities(lhke Bostor~) h~ve
    free envelopos for decos~tors who use a Bank Cbar~e card.
    Insertin: the credit card-sized Bank card ~nto a slot in a
    panel pops out an envelope. The l~tches are purel~r mech-
    anical and any credit card will yield an envelope. These
    machines are found wLerever banks have remotely locabed
    deposit booths, preferably unrnanned.
    Dear TAP, -H. GORDON LID3Y-
    
    Con Ed issues two "FINAL" notices of serv~ce suspension.
    The blue one is the first. Ignore the shutoff date. The red
    notice is the real one. When the blne one arrives, phreaks
    have been known to write to Con Ed, clatming that they'll
    be moving info the apartment & wish to have Con Ed service
    turned on in their name. A deposit is likely to be extorted.
    However, service is to be billed to ~ phoney person. The
    bl~e shutoff not~ce is voided as Con Ed switches serv~ce to
    the new resident. Except for the deposit, the phrealc re-
    fuses to pay any more. So, a blue notice e~rentually comes.
    The phrealc then uses a new r~ame & has service ''started''
    for the new resident. Except for the deposit, no more
    money is paid. When the blue notice arrives, a new resi-
    dent moves in....
    
    Telephone d~al locks have been circumvented ~y l) Un-
    screwing the two screws on the bottom of the phone and
    removing the case, 2) Loosening the screw tbat holds the
    finger-stop(see diagram below) and 3) Dialing numbers by
    stopping at the point wLere the finger-stop used to be before
    you rewoved it. Ihis is easier than tapping out the number
    ~n the switchhook (And less obvious than just ber~ding the
    finger-stop out of the way with a pliers).
    
      ~DIA L/~//
    \ EINGER
    STOP
    
    ~WI
    SCREW \~) ~
    
    Blue Boxing: 800 and long-distance information present
    some dangers wLen boxing since these are recorded or
    supervised. Are you overlooking the obvious? That is,
    dialing a nearby area code which ~s a toll line(eg. in N. Y.
    calls to 914, 201 and 516 from 212 do not count as toll
    calls and can't be 2600'd. Parts of 203 (Conn. ~ can be
    offed. Get a phone book to find out the nearest beepable
    exchange. Thus, although giving PA BELL some cash, it
    is completely foolproot, since we're only billed to the r~ear-
    by toll number and not the final destination. /(This method
    still has dan~ers if usod from a home phone. Using it from
    a p~y phone is much safer, and with a red box, cheaper! )
    
    Sunday N. Y. Times ''Travel & Reso~ts'' section ~s
    pages of ads for Elorida hotels w~th 800 numbers- in case
    you need them (And WATS information is 800-~55-1212~.
    
    Chem~stry- Would-be amateur underground chemist~
    should exercise extreme caution in ordering chemicals &
    reagents, which althongh legal to possess, bring down Fed.
    or local investigations Example-A friend ordered ordered
    a chemical descmbed in an underground manual as the last
    stsp in synthesiz~ng mescaline. He had it sent to a valid &
    official laboratory adUress, b~t had no ex-
    planation for why he ordered it. Always have
    an excuse or non-tr~ccable address. He was
    busted for "synthesizing a controlled drug'~.
    -NEW YORK-
    
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    Dear TAP,
    H~vina ~vorked a few years in the ccin machine ~ndustry I
    think I can give much valuable inforrr.ation on certain typos
    of vending machines. The easiest trpe of machine to hit is
    the pinb~ll aame. The front door of those rr.achines can be
    easily pcpped open and the cash box removed. Surprisinol
    quite often enough it is unnecessary to pop it open. Any
    straight~looking dude can buy Ise~s from Wurlitzer Thes
    keys will open the majority of machines in the I1. Y. are
    To purchase these keys it is necessary to ask by number.
    The following keys are for games: 1093,11~3,115o, 1350,
    2255,12:34. Ihese keys wilL open almost all pool table
    drawers which will enable you to play for free. Pool tabl~
    quite often have an alarm on them which consists of a bell
    battery and a swiLch so observe carefully when yo~ open
    them. Pool table cash boxes are usaally master locks and
    are a job to break open. Juke bozes also use a master loc~
    to lock up cash bot conta~n records which can be easly re-
    moved. Ihe proper keys for juXeboxes can be obtained on
    lOth Ave. The majority of ccin machine companies are be-
    tween 40 and 44 st. The only other is Wurlitzer at 1161
    Rogers Ave. Juke Box keys are brQken down by Corp. #'s:
    Wurlit~er:RW 95, RW 100) RW105, RW 110.
    Seeburg:264, 278, 314, 33G, 3407 291, 2'J3, 205
    AMt C70A, C25G, RI30;3
    Rock-Ola: 486, 592, 593
    Juke Boxes are never alarmed and in the newer or.es the
    ampllfier and other digital parts are well worth it. Ihe
    on,ly other machlne worth breaking into are the TV games.
    Steal both the TV and the circuit board. Any friend who
    knows TV Will be able to restore the TV to operating cond-
    ition and the circuit board has dozens of usetul ICs(7400).
    Try the following keys in the back doors:8013 and $114 from
    Wurlitzer plus the game keys listed above. Cigarette mach-
    ines have individual keys and are often alarmed. Try a
    Rowe 87 Key (Ace) available frum Simon on 10th Ave. Ihat's
    about all I can tell you.
    
                   -NEW YORK
    
    Dear TAP,
    Thonght I'd write and tell the rest of Pnreakdom
    about a techn~ue for tapping neighbor's phone lines
    ~at I used to use, for whatever it's worth. Ihe
    problem with a direct tap is tbat sooner or later,
    some phor~e compan;y ~ s going to.come and
    check the line. To malce it indetecta~le:
    
    We are going to use the 2 spare wires of the 4-
    wire cable runni~ to your phonetusu~y yellow &

    





    black). First locate your c~ble and ~e tsppee's
    cable in the m~in box for your apartment. (A phone
    with clip leads will help). Then trtm to length and
    strip the ends of the 2 wires. They should be just
    long enough to reach ~e brminals of the other
    phone wi~h NO slack. l~he wires should then be at-
    ~ched to the terminals jost loose enough so tbat
    they pull off eastly. Straighten and strip some of the
    other cables' yellow and black wires too so that
    your's won't look difEerent later. Then run a big
    wire (12 gauge house wire is fine) under your utires
    as sho~n. Close the box lid as tight as possible and
    k~ist the' wire ends toge~er as shown. Now when
    the box is opened the wires will be ripped loose.
    Ihe Foneperson w~ not cut the outside wire befare
    opening it up because the whole thing might f~ll
    apart. With a DPDT toggle swit~h (and line relays,
    recorders, etc. ) you ~y now ~eely use the line.
    A BB will be safe and cause no charge to the other
    party's Line-Ed.
    
    I bnilt the Red Bo~c from your last issue and lL~ce
    it. Ihe two diodes feeding ~e 500K pots for 5½ and
    109 aren't needed. I'm also doing research on
    bank machines and ''money cards". ~f I can crack
    thew code on the cards and rewrite them it could
    be good for $1000 a day. I will appreciate any help
    on this (bank employees could rea~y help).
    
                    -INDIANA
                       
    