Andrew Hodgson sent this story to the list a few months back. Interesting reading. Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Rowe" <adrian.rowe5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I have just recently read an article about the Three Badir brothers, who are blind. They ran rings around Israel's telephone companies for six scam-filled years. They started off in listening to the various tones that people who were dialling out on their phones. Later, it developed into running wires through a designated area, transferring phone calls from other companies through their bogus company. One of the brothers, was sent to prison for 47 months, for computer-related crimes, as he was the brains behind the entire scam. If you would like to read the entire article, it can be found in either, Access IT magazine March 2004 issue or, May issue of the Matilda Ziegler magazine, from New York. Adrian Rowe. ----- Original Message ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq