Free Calls!

People are thick. It's just a fact of life.

Years back, there was some discussion on a hacking forum about secret codes you could type into a mobile phone and it would give you free calls. So being a helpful sort of chap I sent in the FAQ of how to do this. It went some thing like:

On a Nokia type:

menu
1
5
7
3
3
#
#
OK

But you have to do it within 2 seconds for it to work.

I sent that off and within ten minutes there were a bunch of replies in the thread.

"Yeah. very fucking funny. My phone is now in Finnish. How do I get it back?"

There wasn't just one person who'd done this - there were dozens.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 5:28, 6 replies)

Quality
Puts me in mind of the trick 8LGM pulled years before they were all arrested

Posted on a BBS : "Yeah, we've found this PAD on an 0800 number, here it is"

Cue hundreds of peopling dialling in and trying their hard-won NUIs to get access.

Cue 8LGM walking away with all the swag after uninstalling their login spoofer.

People are thick.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 19:40, closed)

Always used to amuse me...
..how many people you could knock off a Counter-Strike or Battlefield server by mentioning that Alt+F4 gave you infinite ammo or something.

People are marvellously gullible.
(iNsAn1tY has been listening to metal all day, Mon 3 Aug 2009, 14:47, closed)

Just one more thing sir...
I've been informed by a colleague that this web forum is full of lies, so I thought I'd do a random spot-check to test the veracity of your claim. I do hope you don't mind, sir.

erm... my cellphone is now in Finnish, how do I set it back?
(Detective Columbo needs to ask you just one more thing..., Tue 4 Aug 2009, 5:16, closed)

You
evil git. This is marvellous, although I despair of the stupidity of the human race sometimes, I really do...
(berk, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 16:06, closed)

Delivery Tree
"So, to become a really cool hacker - drop into MSDOS and install the delivery tree by typing 'DELTREE C: /Y'".
(OvahLairD Whats a delivery tree ?, Wed 5 Aug 2009, 22:41, closed)

Didn't Work

now using my other computer. I don't think vista is compatible with the Delivery Tree. I'll try it on my XP box....



*fucksocks*

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 1:12, closed)