--------------------------------------- -The Hackers' Guide To Investigations - -- -- --- Presented by HALE, Originators --- ---- ---- --- of --- -- -- - THE UNDERGROUND - -- -- --- --- ---- Written by Ripper ---- ----- ----- Copyright 1989 HALE Telecommunications -----Serving The Public Since 1984----- -------- -------- --------------------------------------- Alright, now I've been pretty calm for a long time, some of you may remember me from years back. Well, I'm still around. Let's get a few things straight, this article contains no bullshit. This is a basic guide for Hacks, like you and I, to help track down and catch. Remember, this is only a basic guide, these techniques are used by real, and ligit investigators, most of these are legal ways. I'm trying to work my way in to a career at (An un-named Federal Goverment Department) working on investgations of a specialized nature, I'm not bullshitting, I plan this to be my profession, and have invested alot of time and money, and good old hard work learning some of these skills while working with legal and investigative offices in San Diego County. Alright, well, we'll start with the ultimate in Investigative Tools that are there for legal use: The IRSC. The Information Resource Service Company of California. The IRSC offers 700 national databases that are accessible by modem. Some of thise Databases are: IRSC Sleuth; you give it a SSN number, it'll tell you who it belongs to, their adress, their spouses name, and any known AKAs. The National Identifier- 200 Million Files with current addresses and possible places of employment. National Change of Address- 30 Million moves, updated twice monthly. NAtional Telerace- Give it the last name, and zip code, it'll give you the phone number from a database of 78 Million numbers. Pre-employment search- A check of driving record, credit check, and legal check. IRSC also has access to National and CA DMV records, ON-LINE! Court records, public filings, real estate, and credit databases. Many of these put TRW and CBI to pathetic shame. If you ran someones name through all the databases, you'd know everything on this person, I wouldn't doubt it if it told you the last time the person went to the restroom! OK, That's for the rich and weathly (Or a good hack!) Want a hint? Alright, I'll give it to you. Try looking in 714-52x-xxxx and surrounding areas of Fullerton CA. The more mundane things to try for us poor folk. County Registar of Voters -Names, addresses, occupations and signatures. County Criminal Records -Info on convicted criminals. Superior Court Files -Info on all civil court cases. Fict. Business Index -Business name, owner's name, other businesses owned. Probate Index -Listings of will which have made their way into probate. Corporation Files -Names, addresses and coporate officials. Marriage Files -Name, addresses, places of birth, names of parents. Birth Records -Name, address, place of birth, date of birth, names of parents. Tax Files -Names, addresses of owners Motor Vehicle -Names, adresses of licensed drivers, ownership of vehicles. Info hard to get, best to have a contact. Alcohol Control Board -Regulates any business dealing with alcohol sold to the public. National Driver Registar Service -Tracks drivers who re-apply in another state after having a license suspended or revoked. Schools -Names, dates, address, change of address, parents' name. May have yearbooks with subject's picture. Public Library Resources: Business Directories -Adresses, offices, products Civil Directories -Cross ref. info on persons in the city, addresses, phone numbers, occupations. Legal Directory -Names, addresses, phone numbers of attorneys. Important people directories -Names, adresses. Finding a safe deposit box, it requires a little legal work, but can be done. For $75 dollars, the ASDA at 330 W. Main St., Greenwood, IN 46412 will attempt to locate it, you must provide a death certificate or Letters of Office or Conservatorship issued by a probate court. Important things to remember...Track al expenses, you can usally recover most of these in court from the defendant if you win judgement. A good trick, Send demand letters with "DO NOT FORWARD, ADDRESS CORRENTION REQUESTED." Returned letters will have a Forwarding address label from the post office if they know where to send the mail if the person moved. Bullshit, it's one of the greatest things the telephone allows you to do, legally. If you locate an old address, call them up and BS, a good line is "Mr. Jones ordered some tools from us, we have been having trouble confirming his order and delivery is impossible without verification of his address, he already pre-paid his order and we'd like to deliver his merchandise to him, but can't get a hold of him....." Never forget the obvious, like the phone directory, or directory assistance. This is by no means a complete list, there are thousands of ways of which to get info on people. Legal and otherwise. A good example was some of us here at HALE got into a major pizza database with names and addresses of all the customers who ever ordered from this (National) chain. The Bell System can always prove useful, as well as CBI and TRW. But using all this, you are going to find something. If you find the person, don't let him know, you'll spook him, face it, you hunting, and any good hunter knows to keep quiet when he spots his pray. You can now use your knowledge for a few other good things. Tap his phone, do some trashing, and take a look in his car, and his house if you get the chance, trash at his work, every little bit helps. 210 Lines later....The End.