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 This is a slow method, but an easy to do through a computer that ensures anonymity and you can make multiple calls through multiple windows to flood the target with relay calls. You'll get IP banned after a while, and if doing something stupid use a proxy, but it's easy and effortless. This is a slow method, but an easy to do through a computer that ensures anonymity and you can make multiple calls through multiple windows to flood the target with relay calls. You'll get IP banned after a while, and if doing something stupid use a proxy, but it's easy and effortless.
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 +===== IRL Phones =====
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 +IRL calling is more traceable, especially when done from your own phone. But is is more portable, convenient, and can be lulz with friends if done right. Also note that recording is much harder, unless your phone has one built in or you use [Phreaking.html phreaking] techniques.
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 +==== *67 or 141 ====
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 +Not much to say. Enter *67 before the number on a US phone and the caller ID shows up as Unknown or Anonymous. Note that the police and phone companies can easily trace this, and if the pranked uses *57 immediately afterwards it sends the number to the police (but no one knows that). *67 is great for just calling your local idiot or a friend.
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 +Also, this does not work with certain phone setups (notably toll=free) but will work with your average residential/commercial/cell setup.
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 +Same in the UK, but 141 is the prefix
 +
 +In France, the prefix can be either #31# or 3651, depending on your area. Try calling yourself to check if it works before.
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 +In Australia, it is 1831 <number>.
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 +In Canada (British Columbia) You need to be reported with *57 twice in a month for the police to check.
 +
 +==== Payphones ====
 +
 +Some payphones have security cameras nearby, if it's a major prank call, IE bomb threats, so not a good option in that case. If you just wanna call a regular target, payphones are an ok way to do it, though costly, public, inconvenient, and traceable to the phone. But then, if you just pay with coins, they can't trace it to you (unless a local camera catches you AND someone cares enough to track you down). The number shown will be the payphone number, which can be called back. Most payphones are used when one is waiting in a airport or for a movie and is getting bored.
 +
 +==== Prepaid Cell Phones ====
 +
 +Prepaid are a readily available resource, though costly. When paid for in cash you get a cell phone untracable to you, just make sure to remove the battery when not in use so nobody can figure out your physical location. The phone itself costs about $30 US, which gets you 10 minutes of talk time. Half an hour of minutes can be purchased for $10 US. Note that it may be difficult or impossible to record calls done on such a phone. There is a cheaper one, it is the Net 10 Nokia 1600, the phone costs $30 and comes with 300 minutes free.
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 +Another Option is that if you already have a phone just buy a SIM card to be placed within your phone that you can change easily for yourself. And is much cheaper than buying a new phone. "this applies to prepaid phones only" many phones on a plan do not have the option to remove the SIM card.
 +
 +==== Phone Cards ====
 +
 +Phone cards show a random bogus number. They can be bought at most Wal-Marts, drugstores and gas stations. If bought with a credit card, it will of course be traced to you, but bought with cash it makes a fine portable anonimizer. The infamous prank caller who tricked fast food workers into performing sexual acts used pre-paid phone cards, and was eventually caught when they found the date and time of the purchase of a card and watched a surveillance tape of him buying it; bear in mind the cards are well monitered in terms of activity, so if doing something v&able don't use your own credit card and don't use your own phone. For most other activities, a phone card is fine too.
 +
 +==== Mall Kiosk/Store phone use ====
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 +Many Mall Cell phone company kiosks, and stores, have cell phones that are already activated. This is similar to buying a prepaid cell phone, but cheaper. Verizon is especially good with their Text to Landline service, allowing you to send a text message and have it delivered and read to a landline recipient. Be careful of cameras and security guards, as well as nosy employess. One way to pull this off is when the store/kiosk, is really busy, that way they will be less likely to wonder what you are doing; You could also bring a friend to create a distraction.
 +
 +===== Soundboards =====
 +
 +http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8623/soundboardgs3.png
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 +Vista Users: Volume control > Recording Devices > (right click) show disabled devices
 +
 +==== Some soundboards to use ====
 +
 +  * [[http://ventriloharassment.org/soundboards.htm|[3]]] - Duke Nukem, Terminator, Pacino, and Running Man soundboards.
 +  * [[http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ventriloharassmentsoundon1.swf|[4]]] - GIANT soundboard with tons of sounds used in Video Compiler's various Ventrilo Harassment videos. Includes Peggy and Chris Hansen!
 +
 +===== Legality =====
 +
 +The legality of prank phone calls is surprisingly harsh. Adults can serve time in jail for what is known as "Annoying Phone Calls." One /i/nsurgent, who had their info given to the police by a spai and called a Gamestop during that raid was visited by police over the issue; due to a /b/tard on the inside Gamestop dropped the charges, but phone calls are, to many, serious fucking business.
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 +Beside that little known "Annoying Phone Call" which can be any prank call, the most common charge that Anonymous is threatened with is Harassment. Harassment, as pertains to phone calls, becomes harassment after the 3rd call received; during the Gamestop raid, 18 calls were randomly noted in a one hour period as soon as police were involved, though their calls reportedly hit in the hundreds before the phone system was shut down. Goddessmine had Officer Santana come to her house and start taking calls, probably recording and tracing. As stated in the VoIP section, Internet calls will probably not be traced, though it is extremely easy for them to trace your silly *67 calls, and phone companies will not wait till they have a warrant; most are compliant with the police to the extent that they will give your full [Dox.html doxs] to the cops upon a mere phone request. It is advisable a willing Anon experiment with social engineering in this manor to see if they too can obtain doxs easily by violating federal laws and impersonating a police officer.
  
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