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HOW TO SCAM SCANNERS, PRINTERS, AND OTHER HARDWARE
BY: DIzzIE {with help from an anonymous insider} [c]opyleft2002

Introduction 

This scam, like many others, requires a good degree of social engineering, hence 
it is not one for you misanthropic shut-ins, unless you have the charm of 
someone along the lines of Ted Bundy. The overall layout, the skeletal structure 
of the scam if you will, is you posing as a repairman/technician, infiltrating 
an establishment that has the utility you have been dispatched by your company 
to repair, and successfully carrying out the desired object from the 
establishment, thus completing a successful scam. This will be cleared up in the 
Case Example below. 

Case Example

Various establishments across the United States, particularly Walmart and 
Kinko's have begun carrying the Kodak Picture Maker machine, which lets you 
print out copies of your photographs. To locate a Photo Maker near you, use 
Kodak's online store locator: 
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/consDigital/pictureMaker/storeLocator.jh
tml?B=5&K=7 , with the main website being 
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/consDigital/pictureMaker/index.jhtml

The photomaker houses a scanner and two photo printers (for varying sized 
prints), it also houses a computer, but we are not interested in that. Your goal 
is to successfully obtain the scanner and/or the printers. This will be 
accomplished by you entering the store (let's say Walmart) that you know has a 
Kodak PhotoMaker. You will ask the person who greets you to point you in the 
direction of the electronics department as that is where the Maker is most 
likely to be. You will then locate a nearby employee, explain to him/her that 
you are a Kodak technician and have been sent to upgrade the hardware. The 
machines are owned by Kodak hence the employee will oblige, he/she will also 
have the key to open the back of the machine (upon your request). 

However, to back up a bit, some safety preparations will be required. You can 
make a Kodak Employee ID using a word processor or desktop publishing program 
like Adobe Photoshop, simply have it include your picture, a Kodak logo (which 
can be copied and pasted from their website), a bullshit employee #, and so on. 
Next simply print out and laminate using laminating paper which can be purchased 
at most office supplies stores. Show this card for authenticity when introducing 
yourself to the employee. Next, is your dress. You should be dressed cleanly, 
preferably with a tucked in golf shit and clean pants with a belt. Do not dress 
flamboyantly, yet at the same time do not underdress, hence a the golf 
shirt/khakis is fine. Next, find two cheap printers and a scanner at a garage 
sale or swap meet. These will be the "new" hardware parts you will be replacing 
the current ones with. The printers and scanner should be cleaned to look new 
and placed in cardboard boxes which you will c!

Carry in with you. If you wish, you can also tell a friend to call the store 
manager a little bit before you enter the store, pretending to be a Kodak 
representative saying something along the lines of: "This is Charley from Kodak, 
we are doing a standard hardware upgrade, one of our tech guys should stop by 
later today to replace your hardware in the Photo Maker you guys have."

Now you are ready to enter the store. As stated before, proceed to the location 
of the photomaker (keeping in mind that it is important that you have never been 
seen in the store before, hence a friend should have told you the location of 
the photomaker, or you simply used the online store lookup and will find the 
machine yourself or ask the employee). Locate a nearby employee and tell him 
that you are a Kodak rep. who is here to upgrade the hardware of the Photo 
Maker. Ask the employee to unlock the Photo Maker, then get to work. The 
employee will probably not stand by you, on account of other work he has to do, 
yet even if he does that should pose no threat. You will simply disconnect the 
current scanner/printers in the Photo Maker booth, and connect, or at least make 
it appear as if you have connected, the "new" ones which you obtained from a 
garage sale. The procedure of unhooking the equipment and rehooking your own 
equipment should not take longer then five minutes, a!

After which you should close up the boxes, say 'thank you, everything updated' to 
the employee and walk out the front door, nodding to the employee at the door. 

Congratulations, you now have a scanner and two printers to sell. Look up the 
model numbers online to find the retail price, and set your prices accordingly. 
Something to keep in mind is: if you do not want to go through obtaining the 
cheap scanner and printers through a garage sail or what not, your scam can vary 
in that you are simply 'recalling' the parts, and will return with the new 
hardware tomorrow. However, this strain of the scam has a lower success rate 
simply due to human nature: the employees will be more mistrustful of you if you 
simply take the parts and leave nothing in return, however that does not mean 
that you shouldn't try it. You may proceed with this version at one store, upon 
which if it does not work (if you are questioned/stopped by the employee) you 
can simply say 'look man, I'm just doing my job, if you're not gonna let me take 
this fine. My supervisor will contact your manager tomorrow.' Then leave, and 
try another store. 


Remember that this is a case example, and that simple variations with the same 
principle can well work at other locations. All of which will involve you posing 
as a technician needing to 'upgrade' or 'take in for repair' a certain piece of 
hardware.

Enjoy!
Email me: xcon0@yahoo.com 


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