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    Bell Telephone, subsidiery of AT&T with 1970 assets of $49.6 Billion, the world's big-
    gest pig corporation, is losing millions monthly on fake credit card calls. They are not
    tak~ng it lightly. The~r methods of attempted repression would make the FBI proud. Here's
    how they work it.
    
    F'rst, the phone company somet~mes makes the operator that took a fake cred~t call at-
    tempt to trace the caller. They tell her/him that they will take the cost of the call out
    of their salary if she doean't try to find out who made the call. The operator will call
    the n=mber that you placed the call to, attempting to track you down. Obviously only make
    cred~t card calls to people you trust not to reveal your ~dent~ty. When an operator calls
    you ~nquiring about a credit card call, hsve a story ready. If she (or he) sounds friendly,
    use a story like, "I only know their first name was George and he was calling from Boston,
    operator." If a nasty supervisor bitch calls, be nasty offensive. You don't hsve to give
    out anY informat~on. Usually they want to know whose name the number is l~sted under. Let
    them find out the hard way. Sometimes they aak if your mother is home. Sometimes they
    guess who called and bill them by examining the past accounts of the person called to see
    who has called previously from the same city as the credit card call was made from. Some-
    times they bill the n~mber called. Somet~mes they put ~t on the bill as a third party charge
    or a collect call. REFUSE TO PAY. Keep track of the calls you actually do make and the
    cred~t card calls you receive (so you can refuse to psy them).
    
    If the operator gets a lead to who made the credit card call, she turns the name over to
    the telephone security division. They hsve special security pigs that can spend their full
    time tracking us down. They will stop at nothing. They stakeout phone booths; don't always
    use the same locat~on to call from. In some states they are allowed to tap your phone if
    
    there is a case of "defrauding the phone co." And of course they tsp phones in all states
    whether they are allowed to or not. Their easist v~cLims are highschool and university
    pooplc. Thcy investigate wich the cooperation of the school pigs. In high schools they
    work v:ich tI~e principal. Tl~ey call the suspected person into the offic~ and give her/him
    the thir:, degree, promising not to prosecute if they will tell the pigs everyone else mak-
    Divide and conquor it's called. At universities, the sPecia1
    
    ing cre~~t card callsr ~ , ---- - r - - -- -
    telephone secority pigs work in conjunction with the campus cops. They may follow you
    aronnd and attempt to question you. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TELL THEM ANYTHIN&' Refuse to
    talk without your l~wyer present. Above a1l, do not sign anything. They try to get you
    to sign ~ confession just like in the movies. Don't be intimidated by these junior facists'
    Throw tor.~toes at them; put sugar in their gas tanks. All power to the imegination!
    
    The way wc~ make credit card calls is as important as knowing the system. Operators take
    many real credit card calls daily and know what the average call sounds likeO The average
    caller is Mr. or Mrse Pig Businessperson. Ihey come on fast and usually have the number
    memorized. It sounds suspiciaus if you sonnds suspicious if you sound like you are reading
    it off, or ~f you say, "841 dash 7767 dash 167N." The beginning numbers are a phone number
    
    ~ r --- ---- -~ ~ ~ ø A good
    opener 1s, "Operator, credit card call. My number is 893 4452 359J. The number I wish to
    call is 777-8787." Don't hesitate, memorize your credit card number, and have all the info
    handy.
    
    Do not call from your home phone. When making a credit card call, you do not have to
    give the operator the number you are calling from. If she asks, change the last digit or two.
    
    and shouid be read as '641 7767t with the last Part read as a sin~le unit. 167N.
    
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    operators usually only know the pretix you are calling from. She m~y say hold on, and call
    the nu~iter you give to see if it's busy. So if you cal1 from a pay phone, which you should
    give her the number of your pay phone, it's cool.
    
    The July 16 (issue 104) BERKELEY TRIBE has much more good info on telephone procedures
    in ripoffs'
    
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    Think about it.
    
    No. 1- Credit card code, installing conference lines and free extensions.
    No. 2-The Blue Box Stor,T, dialogue with Abbie Hoffman and Russel Baker on Phones.
    No. 3-The Telecommand, and other shit.
    No. 4-Special Pay phone issue.
    
    Confucious say; "Those who reccive YIPL should hsve small mouth when on telephone."
    
    Now that you're done with this issue, please pass ~t on to a friend, or post visibly.
    
    