Table Of ContentMutatis Mutandis: Things to Consider
Nope, no fresh scams here, just a few things that have been on my mind for a while…
I. Cons do not come with any blueprints, and any that claim to do so should not be followed
but developed, built upon, overcome. Every scam textfile you read, every swindle idea you
overhear, or every grift you pick up from the evening news, all are to be challenged, analyzed,
and remixed to suit your needs. Scams are springboards of multifarious possibilities, they are
not recipes that you memorize and then follow mindlessly. There is no such thing as ‘this is
what works and this is how you do it.’ You memorize a short-changing bit, get your shit down
pat, and then the cashier fucks your game up and hands you two fives instead of a ten. You
must adapt general advice to your specific situation. You must give yourself enough room to
change your game halfway. If you don’t, you will fail, get tripped up, get nailed.
Any text which promises universal success “if you do everything this way” is lying. Following
this, statements along the lines of “this won’t work” are to be ignored or laughed at, as are
boasts akin to “this will definitely work.” Scams are inherently malleable to the given situation.
People are stupid, the challenge lies in figuring out who’s got more brains, the grifter or the
mark. There is ample room to situate yourself into your particular situation, to do your own
research and make your own molding. This is necessary. DIY is a fundamental characteristic
of fraud. You’re not painting by numbers, you’re taking shit into your own hands, scoping out
your own scene, rooting out your own weaknesses and flaws before anything else.
This does not mean never ask for advice. Do treat it as saying that if you don’t do your own
research you might as well turn yourself in right now. Get the spark and then start your own
fire, you’ll be burning the mark yourself—YOU—no guide can do it for you, not even this one.
There always are, and always will be, exceptions. Find them.
II. Don’t act like a fucking pig. “Has anyone actually done this?” See I. Never put anyone in
that position. If you are put in that position, answering anything besides a solid No will result
in you regretting it, if not today then tomorrow, you will step into some bad shit. Simple
enough. Keep your shoes shiny.
III. Think anthills. Salami slicing. Penny pinching. Cost shaving. The small things add up. The
question isn’t how do I jack that lappy worth 2G’s. The question is exactly how many fucking
vitamins do I have to return to get enough cash for that lappy I want. Don’t wheel all that
schwag out in one go, return five, ten, twenty times. That’s an obvious exaggeration, if you
don’t see that, then you’ve understood nothing. Go back and reread from the beginning.
Minimize risk. But don’t miss opportunities. Misdemeanors are better than felonies. A can of
mace and quick feet can be better than both. A quick tongue trumps them all.
IV. Read all of this at least once more. Yeah, it's just that important. Everything written here is
a lie and should be treated as such. Destroy it. Copasetic?
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.
Now ignore everything you just skimmed over and get back to what you do best—namely,
fucking up.
~DIzzIE '06
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UNDERGROUND FORUM ROUNDUP
Version 2.0
Compiled by: DIzzIE {with much gratitude to all contributors!} [c]opyleft 2005
Here’s a collection of currently active forums that are either centered around or devote a
significant amount of space to the discussion of various ‘underground’ activities. There is,
however, one underground genre that you wont see represented here: warez forums (commonly
known as ‘fxp boards’). Their absence is due to the fact that there are several hundred (if not
thousands) of fxp boards around, with many shutting down/changing addresses everyday and
equally many new ones appearing. Thus, if you’re interested in finding a list of warez forums,
simply hammer ‘fxp boards’ into Google and off you go. Note that the forums aren’t listed in
any particular order, and are vaguely grouped by area of focus (if any). Some forums require
registration before access to the forum is granted. Finally, forums marked as NEW aren't
necessarily new in and of themselves, but rather are new additions to this roundup since the last
version update.
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All-Purpose Forums:
RORTA
“Information is Strength, Knowledge is Power”
Underground topics include everything from scams & crime and hacking & phreaking to
weapons & survival and chemicals & explosives.
Bombshock
Drugs, explosives, electronics, and the like...
A0tu
“Survival in the age of paranoia”
Hacking, weapons, explosives, and misc. related discussion.
TOTSE
“Read * Know * Do”
Forum areas include “Bad Ideas,” “Backyard Ballistics,” “Better Living Through Chemistry,”
“Mad Scientists,” and many more. With over 33,000 mentally-challenged members, and
largely unmoderated poorly moderated forums, you may nonetheless find one informative post
for every 100 that you sift through.
Flashback
Forums on various topics from drugs to erotica. Available in Danish, English, Norwegian, and
Swedish.
KBK Forum - NEW
"Controversial information for the controversial mind"
Explosives & Chemistry, Hacking, Survival, Tutorials, etc.
Dumpster Diving:
Dumpster World
“Your dumpster diving and curb crawling resource”
Includes discussion of general tips, pictures of finds, dumpster diving meetings, and more.
Dumpster Diving
“Dumpster Diving for Dumpster Divers and Trashcan Diggers”
A (much) smaller version of Dumpster World.
Urban Exploration:
Urban Exploration Resource
Includes tutorials, photographs, an UE Encyclopedia, and other pertinent topics.
Night Ops
Discussion of night-time urban exploration, including advice, anecdotes, and so on...
Conspiracy & Fringe:
AboveTopSecret.com
“deny ignorance”
A thorough conspiracy forum that covers conspiracies, secret societies, cryptozoology, and any/
every other fringe topic.
Club Conspiracy
“you are not alone”
A smaller conspiracy forum…
Conspiracy Central
"None dare call it conspiracy...except us"
All things related to secret societies, disinformation, and the like. Includes a thriving torrent
tracker chock full of useful media.
The Paranormal Network
Time travel, ESP, conspiracies, and all things paranormal.
Hacking/Phreaking:
Phone Losers Community Forums
“No discernable topic since year of the Wood Goat…Happy New Monkey!”
Topics include frequency scanning, phreaking, hacking, as well as various off-topic areas:
food, filmmaking, etc.
johny.ihackstuff.com
“I’m Johny. I hack stuff.”
A forum devoted to search engine exploits.
brain-hack
“Security Forum”
A forum for discussing various aspects of technological development; not too active, but has
various older posts/tutorials worth browsing through.
Hackerthreads.org security
“DIY or DIE security”
A decent collection of tutorials as well as various discussions of aspects of computer hacking.
Binary Revolution Forums
General hacking/phreaking/radio sections, as well as an interesting section devoted to ‘retail
hacking’
XXX Passes:
#XXXPasswords
Passes, wordlists, etc.
Xisp.org Forums
Passes, cracking tuts, and so forth.
Paradiseloop Forum
Passes, spoofs, help with cracking…
Carding:
The Grifters
"TheGrifters.Net is now just an archive of the past. It is no longer associated with its former
self. Those in the public can now view what went on in the past with an eye on how to protect
themselves in the future
Mazafaka.CC / Carding.Ru (mirror)
"forums about e-commerce"
Russian/English carding forums: dumps, cashing, drops, etc...They have recently instigated a
$10 entrance fee.
Gore:
Ogrish.com Forums
“Can you handle life?”
With over 155 thousand members, and new posts every few seconds, this is the only gore
forum you will ever need.
Goregasm.com - NEW
"where BONES meet BONERS"
Porn/gore videos & images, general discussion, and so forth ;)
Forced Existence - NEW
"Sick shit your evil soul craves"
Sick news, sexual deviance, rants...
Infernogore - NEW
"for the morbidly curious"
Includes a gore images forum as well as a discussion forum
Drukqs:
Pharmaecopia - NEW
"Expert pharmacology information and research"
Discussion of drugs, paraphernalia, trip reports, anything drug-related.
The Lycaeum Forums - NEW
Psychedelics, arts, laws...
Bluelight - NEW
Focus forums include ecstasy/cannabis/steroids/psychedelics
Drugs Forum - NEW
"the international drugs community"
The usual :)
Explosives, Combat, and Mad Science:
The Explosives and Weapons Forum
“Beating plowshares into swords since 1999”
Explosives, pyrotechnics, weaponry, and the like.
FightingArts Forums
Martial arts, weapons, and training.
Self-Defense Forums
“For a fighting chance”
Armed/unarmed combat.
Sciencemadness Discussion Board - NEW
"the art and science of amateur experimentalism"
General chemisry, technochemistry, energetic materials, and so forth...for all of your mad
science needs.
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If you run across any relevant forums, let me know at
Unofficial Bad Ideas FAQ: Read this before posting in Bad Ideas
[v1.2]
Disclaimer
Certain parts of this text file deal with activities and devices which would/could be in violation
of various Federal, State, and local laws if actually carried out or constructed. I, DIzzIE, do not
advocate the breaking of any law. This text file is for informational purposes only. I do not
guarantee that any of the information contained either in this file or in any links in this file is
correct, workable, or factual. I am not responsible for, nor do I assume any liability for,
damages resulting from the use of any information in this file. This FAQ does not necessarily
reflect the views of TOTSE, or anyone else. Immanentize the Eschaton.
Index:
0. Preamble
1. How can I make x amount of money in y amount of days?
2. What are some revenge ideas for ___?
3. How Can I learn how to fight?
4. What are some household poisons?
5. How/Where Can I get some Fake I.D.s/Credit Card Numbers?
6. I’m bored, what can I do on ____?
7. How Can I pick _____ lock?
8. Where can I get x weapon/how to make x weapon?
9. Where/how can I make/get x explosive?
10. How can I ‘hack’ someone’s email account, website, etc…?
11. What are some shoplifting tips?
12. How can I break into cars?
13. Version History
0. Preamble: Before asking any questions, one should always run through at least four
searches.
1) TOTSE Bad Ideas Forum Search
2) TOTSE Main Search
3) Google
4) Alltheweb
In point of fact, all the answers to the following questions (which you will notice are mostly
links) were found through one of the aforementioned venues. The answers are by no means
complete; use one of the above sites to conduct further research on your query.
1. How can I make x amount of money in y amount of days?
There are a number of money-making opportunities, ranging from legitimate, albeit alternative,
business operations, to outright fraud and burglary. It is only a matter of browsing ideas and
selecting the ones you feel most comfortable carrying out. Browse TOTSE’s vast archive of
Scams and Rip-offs,
as well as Textfiles.com’s Scams archive. And of course don’t forget about the TOTSE Bad
Ideas forum itself. A compendium of online fraud text resources can be found here, and an
archive of some of the scams posted in Bad Ideas can be found in the TOTSE Heap O’ Scams
compendium I (mirrored here) and II (make more mirrors!).
Do all of the ideas discussed in the textfiles work? No. Do some work? Indeed. Use your own
judgment, and as stated, select the ones that appeal to you. Just a few case examples and the
possible profit you may reap:
● Pick Pocketing - here, here, and here - (Depending on frequency/contents, several
hundred a day)
● Varying Modes of ATM Fraud - (Depending on attempted method, for instance
obstructing the money slot, and the number of times carried out, several hundred dollars
a day)
● Tourist Bag - (~$1200 in 3 days)
● And many, many more, merely browse the extensive scam archives of the
aforementioned sites :)
2. What are some revenge ideas for ___?
● The Avenger’s Front Page
● Make’em Pay: Ultimate Revenge Techniques from the Master Trickster by George
Hayduke (mirrored here)
● The alt.revenge Newsgroup
3. How Can I learn how to fight?
● Self Defense; Armed and Unarmed (2nd Addition)
● Self Defense Forums
● Hand to Hand Combat Notes
● Anthony Sell’s Self-Defense Guide
● Get Tough! How to win in hand-to-hand Fighting by W. E. Fairbairn
● More
4. What are some household poisons?
● Index of Poisonous Plants
● Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Database
● Glossary of Products with Hazards A to Z
● The Mujahideen Poisons Handbook
● How to Make Ricin
5. How/Where Can I get some Fake I.D.s/Credit Card Numbers?
Several forums have members who deal in the selling of novelty identification/nov. id making
paraphernalia. For instance, http://forum.mazafaka.cc (currently offline), http://www.extreme-
card.com/, or http://www.thegrifters.net/forums/vb66/index.php
6. I’m bored, what can I do on ____?
Take a look at TOTSE's Irresponsible Activities archive
7. How Can I pick _____ lock?
● TOTSE's Locks and Security text archive
● MIT’s Guide to Lockpicking
● How Lock Picking Works
● Greg Miller’s Guide to Lockpicking for Beginners
● Tubular Locks
8. Where can I get x weapon/how to make x weapon?
Incorrect forum! This belongs in Weapons & Combat.
9. Where/how can I make/get x explosive?
Incorrect forum! This belongs in Backyard Ballistics
10. How can I ‘hack’ someone’s email account, website, etc…?
Incorrect forum! This belongs in Network Security & Hacking
11. What are some shoplifting tips?
● The Art of Shoplifting
● How Anti-Shoplifting Devices Work
● Beginner’s Guide to Shoplifting
● Defeating Shoplifting Security Tags
● How to Steal From Target
