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If the ascii is screwed up make sure wordwrap is off and your at 800x600. ************************************************************************************************ CTA Anarchy ************************************************************************************************ The CTA or the Chicago Transportation Authority is the provider of public transportation which I am unfortunately forced to take for lack of a better vehicle. The ride on the L can get pretty boring sometimes so if you're with a group of firends here are some fun activities you can do to mess with the CTA. Tools ----- The only tools you will really require are a long key, a bent key(optional), or a small metal bar(even more optional). Windows ------- Windows are the easiest thing to open. In fact I dont know why they even put locks on them. The easiest windows to open are the small ones at the top of the side of the car. These windows open inward and the only thing they can really do is provide ventilation on a hot day when the air conditioning fails. To open them simply locate the small cilinder pole thing inside the lock and press down on it while pulling the window, it should open fast. You should be able to understand what im talking about when you look in the lock. If not, just stick the key in and try to press down on stuff inside the lock. Another easy window is the middle one between cars. Just search for the a little thing in the upper left corner of the lock with your key. It should be in the area of the 2 x's. Then push the thing up. ____ | | |xx | |_()_| The next easiest windows to open are the standard side ones that are usually by the driver booth in every car. They work much like the other windows except you have to press up and pull the little things together to open the window. ___ ( X\___ (_/\____) In my crappy diagaram you should put your key in the whole at the place of the little /\ right whee the X is in my diagram. Then push up and you should lift the lock and now be able to open the window by sqeazing the two thingies. You should also be able to see that the little circle next to the lock hole on the window is now a hole. You can shove stuff in there and keep the window open. On the newer cars, there is a different form of lock. You cannot open those types of windows with a key, instead you need a slab of steel that looks like this. ___________ ( ) ----------- Then use it to push up the little |_| thing inside the window while pushing the little thingie that its keeping from moving. If all goes well you should be able to open the window and or hurt your hand from pushing the steel thing up. These newer windows are hard to open but at least they are better than the crap they are doing when they rehab the old cars. All of the windows are being replaced with plastic shit and some other ones are made not to open. On top of that they are putting the little annoying stupid shit handle covers on the doors between cars. Throwing Shit ------------- Simply open a window and throw things out at the unsuspecting public. Good things to thorow are AOL CD's, trash, and rolls of stuff. Another thing to do is to steal a bunch of condoms from walgreens and leave them on the seats. Then sit a little bit away and watch what people do. Will they brush the condom off and sit down?... Or will they frown in disgust? The CD's are especially fun on the blue line when it goes by the hiway. CD's can roll for a long time in between cars if thrown right. ************************************************************************************************ OCI ************************************************************************************************ OCI is a long distance company in Indiana. They have several names, one call communications, opticom, and oncor, the list goes on and on. They have many security problems and their ANI system is nonexistant. It is very easy to pretend to be a tech or get information out of them. In adition to that they provide operator services for the AC&T cocot payphones in Chicago. ANI CHANGEING ------------- Dial 1-800-288-2880. At the dial tone you can enter any number as long as you dont dial a 1 or a 0. So for instance enter something like 666-555-1212. You will then need to press 0 again. After the menu starts, you will get one of 3 company names, just press 0 again to get an operator. If you take too much time you will be disconected or an alarm will sound. After you connect to an operator the number you punched in will be what they get on their computer. SOCIAL ENGINEERING OPs ---------------------- With the ability to change ANI it is very easy to get any information you want from them since you can just pretend to be a tech or even another person in the building. To completely become a "tech" you should do this stuff in this order. 1. Call with a normal looking number (not your own, silly) and ask for the customer service number. After they give it to you, piss them off until they hang up on you by talking about oral sex and raping gerbils. 2. Call back with your ANI as the customer service number. Tell them about this (not that you changed it) and then say you dont have the code of the month. It helps if you do this at the end of the month and say you didnt get the new one yet. If they don't tell you keep calling back until they do. 3. Pretend your a "tech" you can get them to believe your in the building. Ask for the direct number into the call center, or the address of the call center. You can also get the ANI of a phone which uses their operators by telling them the code and asking for ANI. CODES OF THE MONTH SO FAR -------------------------- May 2000: Gray June 2000: Green July 2000: Brown ************************************************************************************************ Chicago Red Boxing ************************************************************************************************ Redboxing in Chicago is fairly easy, it works from every phone except the millenium phones at Union Station. While I am not going to tell you how to make a redbox, as this is covered by very many sources, I can tell you how it works in Chicago. Operator Calls -------------- Operator calls are the simplest way to redbox in Chicago. The operators are pretty stupid and generally won't figure out that anything is going on even if your quarter tones are bad. To place an operator call simply dial 0 on an AMERITECH payphone and ask to place a call to a number (has to be arround Chicago). Then after telling the op the number say that you are paying for it with coins. The op will ask for the money and when it quiets down box the money in. It helps to do one quarter and ask if the op got it so that you save yourself some time. If the op didn't get it or says the coins arent registering try it again with the same op or if it tells you to use another payphone just hang up and get another op. If the op acuses you of not putting in real money INSIST that you are and if it continues, act real ofended and ask the op if it is calling you a liar, yell at it and act really angry, it will probably tell you to use another phone and apologise. If the op threatens any police action or the fbi or anything of the sort then just hang up, it cant do anything like that and if it did, the cops would just laugh and hang up, you should still hang up anyway though so Ameritech doesnt try to charge the payphone call to the number you are calling. ACTS Calls ---------- Phones that work with ACTS are a little harder to come by as Ameritech is starting to mute them. Placing a call with ACTS is a lot easier than using an op and usually a lot faster. To place an acts call simply dial the number you want on the keypad. The problem you might encounter with this is that some numbers are too close and a recording might come on saying that you have not deposited enough money. If this happens try putting the area code in front of the number. If that still doesnt work and you want to "pay" more for the call than you normally would, you can dial through 10-10 codes. The ones I use most often are 10-10-321(mci) or 10-10-288(att). To use a 10 10 code just dial like this: 10-10-code-1-area code-your number. The funny thing about 10-10 codes is that they rip you off like crazy. A call to my house from the payphone down the street ran as much as it would take to call into another state($2). If you dial a call and try to pay with real money (noooooo! dont do it) and you dial an area code for before it, for a number in your area code you will be charged more than if you just left the area code off, its just more of ameritech trying to screw you over. Muted Phones ------------ Some of the phones around the L and other places are muted from ACTS. These phones will not react when you play your quarters after the voice comes on asking for money. To get arround this you could probably put in a real nickel, but why would you do that? Just call for an op, then your call will go through as normal. Local Calls ----------- Local calls (under 8 miles) are best made through an op. All you have to do is call them up ask them to dial the number and then when they ask for money "give" it to them. Long Distance ------------- Long distance calls are best through ACTS, after all an operator might get a little surprised that you have $20 to call Russia in your pocket. The computer on the other hand could care less if you are making a call for $300 or .30 cents as long as you dont play quarters too fast or begin before the recorded voice comes on. Still on muted phones you can call other countries, and usually you wont get caught, even if you do what does it matter since they cant do anything to someone in the foreign country and they can't arrest you over the phone. ************************************************************************************************ Ameritech Truck Looting ************************************************************************************************ Stealing nifty gadgets from Ameritech is easier than you think and it is very easy to get away with total impunity. When robbing trucks make sure to always have at least 2 people so one can serve as a lookout to see if the lineman or the police are coming. WHERE TO LOOT TRUCKS -------------------- Trucks to be looted are easy to find. You can either find them on the street with the lineman in the house or by Ameritech buildings. The first one is rather hard and unsure and really requires a lookout. The lineman might only be gone for a little while, may forget something, or may even see the truck from where he is working. It is even harder to do it if you don't see where the lineman is going. An Ameritech office is a better place to loot stuff. Go on a weekend or at night and make sure nobody sees you. One of the trucks is almost always unlocked, especially the side sliding doors on the vans. The trucks are usually behind a fence but the fence is often poorly locked and you can either slip in between the locked gates or just open it. Make sure nobody sees you as there are no tresspassing signs all over the place and check the place out for cameras. WHAT TO BRING WHEN LOOTING -------------------------- Bring some kind of small tool or possibly pliers as that might come in handy. Bring a small flashlight in case your doing this at night or some compartment in a truck doesnt have enough light. Bring latex gloves if you can also as you don't want to leave fingerprints if you take something major. A scanner might also be helpfull to see if the police are coming after you, but remember that if you are caught with it your punishment will be doubled. Also bring shit that you can take your new shit out with, bookbags are the best but I guess duffel bags are ok as well. WHAT NOT TO BRING ----------------- Guns or weapons you plan to use against people, telco stuff is not worth your own, or someone else's life. Clothing that makes you look like a criminal, everyone will know your up to something if your dressed in black and have a ski mask on. Oh, and most importantly don't bring any gerbils or people named roy. WHAT TO TAKE ------------ Any manuals, papers or stuff that looks important is good to take. Lineman's handsets (the ones with the little clips) are also nice. Special tools and screwdrivers are also good. If you see any keys whatsoever take them immediately as they could be payphone or ameritech lock keys and could open up shit you couldn't open before. Any tools you want but are not in the house are also good to take. Tools parents don't want to let you out of the house with will also be good. Take the lineman's cell phone and his secureID unit if you can find it. The best stuff is always in the front of the truck. You can also take the laptop either by unscrewing the four philips head screws holding the base to the truck, or taking a screwdriver, and putting it into the lock of the laptop and turning until it goes to unlock. Then you can undock and take the laptop. WHAT NOT TO TAKE ---------------- Don't take any sort of heavy testing equipment, it is worth a lot of money, and it is nice, but its very heavy and you won't be able to cary it out, I wasn't. And remember not to take more than you can carry and run with as you might get spotted and have to run away and carying a 20lb t1 testing device is not the ideal condition to have when running from the police. And last dont take any of the green circuit boards that are in the trucks. A lineman did say they could be worth a lot of money, but since you're stealing it you won't be able to sell it back to ameritech and you won't have any use for it at home. TIPS by MethusalahX methusalahx@yahoo.com ----- Undoubteldy you’ve seen the little Ameritech vans with the ladders and everything. Maybe one of them has even parked on your block. Thas what this article is about. Although Ameritech itself sucks royal ass, the drivers of the vans (lineman) are sometimes very nice. When a van parks on your block try hard to talk to the driver. They will often let you see what’s inside and tell you what everything does. They also tell you about events where Ameritech might answer questions or sell shit. Take note of what everything looks like and what it does. When you go to cuff stuff from the back of vans from a Ameritech base, you’ll know exactly what it is you want and what it looks like. This makes for a fast trip and a faster get away. Good luck -MethusalahX ************************************************************************************************ Contributors ************************************************************************************************ Bell Truck looting Tips - methusalahx@yahoo.com - Methusalahx