busted.zip busted.doc CONNECT 1200 / 02-06-88 (02:51) 786 Bulletin Board Service of Chicago (INFO-MAT Affiliate) PCBoard (R) - Version 12.1/E3 - Node 1 Do you want graphics (Enter)=no? . . Õ¸ Ûßßßß Û Û Û Ûßßßß ÛßßßÛ Ûßßß³ÛßßßÛ SysOp : Shabbir.Damani . . . ³èè .Û . ÛßßÛ Û Û . ÛßßßÛ Û ßÛ³Û . Û Speed : 3/12/24/96 HST .MNP . ³èèèþ.ßßßßß.ß þß ß ßßßßß ß . ß ßßßß³ßßßßß Time : 24.Hours.a Day. . . . ³èèèèÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸. . . . \ ³ / Phone : 312-728-9722/728-4152 . é ³èèèèè³ððððððððð³ÉËËÎË»ÄÄéÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [EXCERPTED FROM MESSAGES 2/5/88] Date: 02-02-88 (14:30) Number: 3646 To: ALL Refer#: NONE From: KEN LOPEZ Read: (N/A) Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Do any of you logon to this BBS? Have you managed to get on lately? I have tried several times lately only to get a busy signal. I even left my autodial on for over an hour. Is there anything wrong with it? Date: 02-02-88 (22:03) Number: 3653 To: KEN LOPEZ Refer#: 3646 From: DALE HOWARD Read: YES Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE I log onto The Forbidden Zone on a regular basis (or did). Lately I've had the same result as you. Date: 02-03-88 (01:14) Number: 3659 To: DALE HOWARD Refer#: 3653 From: KEN LOPEZ Read: YES Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Glad(?) to see that someone else has the same problem. The sysop probably got some new equipment and is in the process of installing it(being optimistic) or ........!!!! Date: 02-03-88 (02:01) Number: 3663 To: DALE HOWARD Refer#: 3653 From: BOB ILLUMINATI Read: YES Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE The Forbidden Zone will be down untill further notice. From what I hear they were busted by the State Police for Credir Card #'s. Date: 02-04-88 (03:04) Number: 3694 To: DALE HOWARD Refer#: 3653 From: KEN LOPEZ Read: NO Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Here's the deal on the Frobidden Zone BBS. I called the Riverside Premium BBS and had the delightful opportunity to talk to the sysop. He told me that the 14 year old sysop of the FZ had an extra node for SPECIAL users only and that it contained mainly commercial software and I guess he charged a fee for logging on. A company, National Software, was also in on the bust. The FBI even set up their own BBS to nail the kid. Get this. His dad's a cop and his uncle's an FBI agent. Boy, some nerve. This happened last Friday and the news has already Kentucky. Here's another way for BBS's to shut down!!!!!!! Date: 02-04-88 (19:51) Number: 3700 To: BOB ILLUMINATI Refer#: 3663 From: CURTIS SAHAKIAN Read: NO Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Do you know anything more about what happened to the Forbidden zone? How did they get busted? Date: 02-04-88 (19:56) Number: 3701 To: KEN LOPEZ Refer#: 3694 From: CURTIS SAHAKIAN Read: YES Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE How was the FBI able to use a BBS to catch the Forbidden zone? Date: 02-06-88 (01:49) Number: 3703 To: CURTIS SAHAKIAN Refer#: 3701 From: KEN LOPEZ Read: NO Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE I'm not really sure. i understand that it was used to track uploaders of commercial software. The whole thing is still kinda sketchy. Date: 02-06-88 (01:51) Number: 3704 To: CURTIS SAHAKIAN Refer#: 3700 From: KEN LOPEZ Read: NO Subj: FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Read Mesg. 3694. I wrote something about it. Read: (3213-3704), (F), (S), (Y), (N), (P), (H)?