A Page of Revenge

by Big Lou

You've seen the titles and heard of the results.  However, nothing, I mean nothing can compare to the chill down your victim's spine as he/she is blasted for hours or even days by the ever annoying sound of "ring... ring... Hello, yes this is Dr. Smith, did you page me?" only to have it happen 45 seconds later "ring... ring... Hello, yes this is ACE Gravel and Dirt, did you page me?"

So, Walmart pissed you off?  Wanna lock up their phones for three or four days?  Ex-wife still on your back?  The local cops don't like you because you molested your laptop?

Imagine a metropolitan area like New York and how many people there are in it with digital pagers.  Imagine only 10 percent of that pager population being paged with your favorite enemy's home or business number.  Well folks, imagine no more.

The concept is real and it works very well.  Now, first, a word of caution.  Just like a handgun has potentially deadly ramifications, a program to page at will and en masse can also prove equally devastating.  This retribution method should be reserved for only the most serious of paybacks and should be used wisely.

The method for this high tech but very simple method of payback requires a working knowledge of BASIC, QuickBASIC, or even assembly (if you're that good), a computer with a modem (laptop preferred), and a small list of pager numbers.

First, the program is just a simple dialer that will take a list of pager exchanges (345-XXXX) and randomize the last four digits, dial the resulting number, wait for X seconds, enter the victim's (123-4567), and the # sign, and hang up.

Second, it is very important to randomize the last four digits of the pager so as to not develop a pattern.  It doesn't hurt to sprinkle in a few other numbers at random like your local RadioShack or Skin Head Society.

A typical menu for the paging program should look like this:

 Enter Victim's Number: 234-6565
 Enter Number of Pages: 250
      Enter Start Time: 22:30
              End Time: 23:50
Use Lookup Table (Y/N): Y
      * Enter Exchange: XXX
  Enter Randomize Seed: 6

* Leave blank if using lookup table, otherwise enter an exchange.

A progress screen should show the pager dialed, total dials, victim's number, elapsed time, and remaining pages.  You may also want to use some of your modem's more sophisticated features like tone detection to speed up the process.

Pager numbers are easy to come by.  Almost anyone we know carries them.  Determining what numbers to call is equally easy.

For instance, pager number 345-1234 can be used as a starting point to search for the exchange's range.  Typically a pager company will buy blocks of numbers like 345-1000 thru 345-3000.

Determining the range is as simple as dialing a starting number until you hear the classical "Please enter your numeric message..." or you hear a "beep."  Chances are that if you cannot figure out how to do this, you are probably not smart enough to figure out the program.

It is best to use several paging companies in a lookup list for the program to avoid repeatedly abusing the same one.  If you use five companies and paged the victim 100 times with each, the paging company would not become suspicious considering the thousands of pages cycled on a daily basis, and your victim will have been annoyed 500 times.

The best method is to use small doses - say 50 or so pages every three or so hours.  This could be built into the program since QuickBASIC is very flexible.  As a safety feature, compile your program and password in case the victim points the finger at you.

Happy Revenge.

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