1.0 � Introduction
2.0 -What�s new to ver 1.1
3.0 - Debunking the myths
4.0 - How to get into Vending Machines
5.0 - How to scam Bill changers
6.0 - How to get into pay phones
7.0 - Easy way of stealing money from soda machines (Stuffing)
8.0 � More stuffing
9.0 � Credits
1.0 � Introduction
After seeing the number of posts asking repeatedly the same question �How do I
get into vending machines� I finally noticed that somebody was replying with
methods that made sense. So I got together all the good info about vending
machines and set out compiling it all. This file contains the common sense ways
of breaking into or gaining money/products from vending machines so if are
hopping to find a way of getting into these machines as if by magic after doing
some random thing to it then sorry. This file is simply here to stop all these
annoying questions. As far as I know the methods in this file work although this
may change over time. Direct any comments to Mustard in the bad ideas forum (in
the community section) at www.totse.com
These files like I said previously are not of my doing I would never try to take
credit away from someone else�s work deliberately. I have tried to remove
useless info from the files but basically I have left them the way they came�
Spread this file freely and add to it as you see fit just give people credit for
there work and post new additions at www.totse.com
You can also contact me and find my new files at my BSS at
www.fieldings43.freeserve.co.uk/DK.htm
ENJOY�
Legal shit�
I do not in any way promote any illegal activity in this file all information
provided here is purely for informational purposes. So if you get caught don�t
come wining to me
2.0 -What�s new to ver 1.1
I have added some more info on stuffing ( 8.0 ) thanks out to nito721 at &TOTSE
for this interesting and simple adaptation.
3.0 - Debunking the myths
Air-hardening clay: absolutely doesn't work. When you let it dry, you have an
impression of the lock with the pins set at whatever distance the pressure you
pressed with put them at. That doesn't mean those are the settings that open the
lock.
Salt water: pretty much every soda machine comes with a drain installed in the
bottom of it in case the soda cans break open. Duh. The coin sensors are only
5vdc, magnetic or optic, and encased in lexan... and that's only after you go
through a black plastic coin mech with more holes in it than your front door
after a drive-by.
Strings attached to a coin: This never really worked after about 1960. There is
something called a coin mech in every coin-op machine. This is the device that
checks the coin for diameter, weight, thickness, and composition before allowing
it to pass the switch that triggers whatever the machine does. A string attached
to a coin would not allow it to travel at a sufficient speed to get past the
cradle, let alone the three turnarounds. And if that wasn't enough, the end of
the mech has a little lever which maintains only one-way movement.
Laminated dollars: did work, don't anymore. (Or do they? Coming soon!) Every
bill vaildator now has a flipper on the end of it that must be closed for a
successful validation, meaning there can't be stuff attached to the end of the
bill. Even if your lamination were going around the flipper area, once it's
closed you couldn't pull the bill back out without tearing it in half on the
closed flipper.
Scanned dollars: I have never, ever seen a fraud dollar in a validator, so
you'll forgive me if I think anyone full of shit who says it works unless you
know where some pre-micro conductor technology machines exist. (note: this only
applies to US dollars, I don't know how these things work with other contries'
money) You know those little threads in your money? They do give off a magnetic
signature, and it's different for every denomination. Every bill validator since
1991 has a magnetic scanner on it. It uses that, and three sets of optic
scanners, to determine the length, width, thickness, density, magnetic
signature, and least of all markings on every bill it validates. So not only
does a scanned dollar not have the proper magnetic signature, it doesn't have
the right thickness or density... unless you printed it on fiber-paper and sewed
one of those little threads into it at precisely the right point.
If you want to rip off machines, keep reading... I'll try and let you know how
not to waste your time.
4.0 - How to get into Vending Machines
Alright, I'm sick of reading all this crap on how to try and rip off vending
machines when none of it works. Clay? Salt water? Gimme a fucking break. Keep
reading to hear how to get into vending machines from someone who has worked
with them for the last ten years, and still does.
Some warnings.
1- With electronics being so cheap these days, most people videotape their
vending locations. Scope out the place first, look for cameras. At any rate,
it's not good to look like you when you go raid the machines.
2- Almost all vending machines now have alarms and tilt switches installed on
them. Candy machines have shock sensors on the front glass. All machines have
plumb bobs on them. If at all possible, unplug the machine first to avoid
tripping the anti-vandalism measures.
3- There was another warning I had all thought up, but now I can't remember it.
I'll think of it later.
Okay, standard vending machines include soda machines, candy machines, cigarette
machines and other upright product dispensing devices. I'll write a separate
file for video games, bill changers and payphones later.
There are basically only two ways to get into vending machines without a key.
Through the lock, or directly.
LOCKS
You can always try and pick the lock, using the standard method. The only
problem with that is that there are usually at least eight settings, so you have
to pick it three or four times to get the cylinder to travel enough to open the
lock. That can be entirely too time consuming and generally not worth it. So,
here are some better methods for opening a lock without picking it. It can be
very easy to get into tubular locks or very hard, depending on how cheap the
lock is.
Gematic-type: cheap as hell locks. Their main weakness is that the cam (small
piece of metal on the back of the lock designed to hold the cylinder in place)
is held on by a single, small, weak-threaded screw. Most of the time the cam is
also only an aluminum alloy. To defeat this type of lock, you can use a tubular
key. File it down so that only the pin that sticks up from the cylinder is left
and when inserted into a lock it rotates freely, but you can't pull it out.
Attach a chain to the key, then wrap the chain around a bar of some sort. Yank
hard. Voila! Cam either comes completely off or is bent to hell, open sesame.
Ace-type: somewhat more expensive, better secure. The cam is held on by a nut
over a larger bolt-type end. This makes it mainly pull-proof. However, the lock
is only coated in carbon steel. Beneath that millimeter thin layer of hard metal
there is only a nickel alloy. Insert a small drill bit into the cross section
where the key slot meets the circular opening and go at it. After you get past
the hard metal, the rest will give like soft cheese. Keep drilling until either
the cylinder falls out, or you drill right through the lock and through the bolt
in the end of the lock. It only takes me about five minutes to do this with a
hammer drill.
American-type: you can tell these locks from the others by the fact that the
face is completely flush. Instead of a tubular cylinder, these locks rely on a
set of pins on the key, mounted at irregular depths. The face is drill-proof.
These things are the Fort Knox of locks, if you see one you're pretty much
fucked trying to open it without a key. So, on to the next method!
DIRECT
Let's not kid ourselves here. We're not trying to get into these things for the
aesthetic value of the job. We want the stuff inside. C'mon, you want to try to
dump salt water into these things, thinking it will completely ruin the machine
and only work part of the time? I'm guessing we're not all that concerned with
the well-being of the machine in question. Face it, this is a grab-and-go job.
So fuck the lock, let's just get in.
Almost every single vending machine has the T-bar locking system. This means
there's a steel bar traveling the length of the machine, securing the door at
the top, bottom and side directly next to the lock, opposite the hinge.
This is a pretty good system. It doesn't work against someone determined to get
in. Why? Because the point where the locking bar intersects with the machine's
walls may be steel, but it's only about a quarter inch thick.
Bring a prybar and a hammer. Unplug the machine. Climb on top of it. Track where
the locking bar intersects with the roof by going in a line straight up from the
lock. Insert the prybar (you might have to hammer it down in) about an inch to
the side of that position, toward the hinge. Pry the sucker open. Once you've
got the top open, you can see where the locking bar goes into the side, pry that
open too. From there you can yank the door open and grab anything you want.
A successful break-in to a vending machine should take less than three minutes.
Doing it this way also doesn't damage the machine enough to make it unusable. In
fact, it takes less than five minutes of welding to fix, thus the vending
company loses very little... some product and a couple hundred dollars is chump
change compared to the $7000 it costs for the machine. If you don't trash the
machine, there's less of a chance the company will follow up on busting you for
breaking into it.
There, I hope you're happy.
5.0 - How to scam Bill changers
When I say bill changer, I mean a machine whose single purpose is to take bills
and render them into change ... nothing more.
Bill changers are the God of all vending machine thefts. Not only will they have
the bills in them that they've already changed, but the coins left to change
many more. The lowest dollar amount I've seen in a bill changer is $400, and
that was a very small one. Most of the time this number remains static for
accounting purposes, so you'll always end up with an even dollar amount if you
get it all.
The problem is, as a lot of vending machines already have dollar bill acceptors
included in them, bill changers will usually only be found in an area with a
large amount of machines... which means higher security, more traffic, i.e.
harder to steal. If you find one out on its own, you just won the lottery.
The easiest way to classify bill changers for thievery is by size. Here's why;
bill changers are damn near impossible to open without a key. You'd need hours
to take out the lock, pry the door, or cut a hole in them. Yet, they're not
impossible to steal from.
There's a reason most vending machines accept their own bills. To make a bill
changer convenient, it has to be as small as possible, to admit more machines
that actually make money. This is utterly moronic. The smaller something is, the
easier it is to steal.
If you see a small bill changer attached to the side of a vending machine, it's
usually only held on by a couple of small bolts. If you see it freestanding, the
lower half of it is usually nothing but a stand made of sheet metal.
When you get a chance, take your trusty prybar and pry the sucker off the side
of the machine. It'll come right off too, because neither of the sides of the
machines are really designed to hold that much pressure... and bolts that thin
aren't usually very strong. If it's attached to the floor, I'm willing to bet
the metal making up the stand of the changer isn't as strong as the prybar.
Detach it and take the whole fucking thing... then you can open it at your
leisure. Very, very few vendors actually take the time to properly secure their
bill changers. Be careful though, those things are incredibly heavy.
Bill changers also come in a big size, usually about four feet tall. These you
can mainly forget about. Even if you got in somehow... they usually have a
mechanical alarm in them using a can of compressed air and an air horn. If you
break in, you're fucked anyway, even if the thing's unplugged. Good luck trying
to move them too.
However, there is one thing you can do. Sharply pop the lock bar with the heel
of your hand. Sometimes it will pop open, because the dumbass operator didn't
push it in all the way.
Enjoy!
6.0 - How to get into pay phones
Okay, so you want to break into a payphone. They're tough nuts, I'll give them
that. Hardened steel alloy all around. Take a sledgehammer to one, you still
won't crack the case. So, all you have to do is attack the weakest point. It
isn't that hard really. You just have to get past that little trick the
manufacturer played on you.
That little keyhole in the front of the cash box? That isn't the lock. It opens
the box, but the real lock is on the side of the phone. There are two; one opens
the front face of the phone for service, the other unlocks the cash box. The
bottom lock on the side holds the crossbar behind the cash box in place, keeping
it from moving unless that lock is opened first.
It's a double-sided lock usually, or cylinder lock. Pick, drill, pull.. open
that lock first. Picking is usually the most effective, it allows you to keep
the lock mainly intact so that you can turn the locking bar. Then, you can turn
the crossbar inside the box by using that little, simple lock on the front of
the big, shiny square. All you need there is a rather sturdy, small "T" shaped
piece of metal... it's not all that complicated.
Payphones are easy targets, they're usually out in the middle of BFE with nobody
around so you can take your time. They're made that way, so people stranded out
there can make a call. Two minutes of picking can usually net you an average of
$50.
7.0 - Easy way of stealing money from soda machines (Stuffing)
A good way to scam a soda or most other vending machines
1. Find the little change return slot thingy.
2. Find piece of rigid cardboard.
3. Stick piece of cardboard up change return blocking all change.
4. Come back and remove cardboard. Dance while coins rain from the machine like
your in Vegas.
5. Stop dancing and run away.
I think I�ll just state the obvious and say that you do it in a machine that
sells cans not the $1 bottles and cans for sixty to sixty five cents there�s a
good chance that a person will have three quarters. Also collect the money at
night. I�ve never done it myself but some one tried to pull something like that
at a machine I used with a tissue that i removed i got three dollars and
thwarted them. If you ever collected more than 3 dollars a day some one would
complain or find the jam making it so you get no money. 3 is an arbitrary number
but it�s around what I believe to be accurate. The trick for you would be to put
the jam in a vending machine that is high traffic enough that you can get the
money quickly enough so that no one realizes what�s going on. and low traffic
enough that you stand a good chance that no whiners or inquisitive people use
the machine. If you get any more than that people are dumber than I thought.
8.0 � More Stuffing
The above was an example of "stuffing" here is a simplified method that is best
done in isolated areas on payphones with little risk.
There are dangers and there are benefits to this method.
Ok dangers first. There may be a spike and you could get your finger jabbed.
Ok benefits. you could make a lot of money if you get a routine going in high
traffic areas.
How its done: you get a wire hanger and make a hook that will fit pretty high up
the change slot. Now get toilet paper and stuff and stuff and stuff. ok drop
about 3 pennies in the coin slot. did they fall out. if not your set if they did
keep stuffing. ok no depending on how much traffic the phone gets you should
visit between 1-3 days apart. then restuff every time you cash in. How to cash
in? Remember that wire stick it in the change slot the pick at the tissue till
it falls apart and the change plops out. hold the change door open when doing
this because if there is a lot of change the door could shut and not be open
able. This is bad because you get no money. If the picling the toilet paper out
with the wire is boring you and you want a funnier way or the tissue is stuck
and unable to be removed then fill the change slot with any flammable liquid
that turns into a gas then light. The tissue should go up in flames. The weakend
tissue will eventually give way to the weight of the coins after being burnt and
then cha-ching . Good luck.
9.0 � Credits
Fixit - Most of the files are his so all praise to fixit !
Alan Smithee
Bongman
nito721
I�d also like to shout out to:
Enigma for his wicked BBS
And *Guilotine* for just being a dude
And the real for is amazing expertise in the field of explosives and weapons
RESPECT
Oh and what file would be complete with out and an out of date add for a dial up
BBS and some crummy ASCI art !
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