______________________________Not Getting Caught:_______________________________ By:___/____/_/___|__/_/_/_____/_/_____/_/_____/__/____/__/_|_/________/_/_____/_ _______/_/__/_/|_|_/_/_/_/_____/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/____/_/___/__|____/_/____/_/______ THE___/_/__/_/_|_|/_/_/___/___/_____/_/_____/____/_/___/_/_|___/_/____/___/_____ _____/_/__/_/__|_|_/_/_/_____/_/_/_/_/_/__|_|___/_/___/____|__/_/____/_/________ ___/____//_/___|__/_/_____/_/_____/_/_/___|_|_/____/_/_/_|_|_/_/____/_____/_____ ___________________________A directory of disguise______________________________ This is for those people who want to try carding, money order scams, or whatever else, and don't want to be recognized. All material herein is for "information purposes only," and any use of this information is the sole responsibility of the user. 1) Clothes. The first thing noticed by a person, and on most immediate reactions is based, is clothes. The right choice will make you more inconspicuous, especially needed when you want to remain unnoticed. The first step taken should be choosing clothes that fit in with people that are expected to be the re. If you are delivering flyers while searching mailboxes for credit cards, heavy leather and spiked bracelets are usually a bad choice. You would probably be best with jeans, t-shirt, sneakers, and a baseball cap for concealment in this situation. Try to choose colors and patterns mostly neutral or balancing, so people won't pay much attention. Avoid plaid, neon, and choosing only one color. If you want people to especially be unable to recognize you after, try clothes that are very different from what you normally wear, especially if it fits the expected norm for what you are doing. For example, if you are using a stolen credit card, more formal, business attire will help. 2) Altering appearance. There are many ways you can slightly alter the way you look to make yourself more unrecognizable. Use which ever ones seem necessary and helpful for your situation. a) Hair: Put in different style. If you have a mop, slick it back or style it heavily. If you usually slick it, let it go wild. You can also stick it up to make you seem taller. Try some dye. Pick a type that comes out in one wash. Switch blond hair to black, and vice versa. This is especially good for hair that stands out, like red hair, but try not to make hair red, for the same reason. Gel and water also make light hair darker, and adds a bit of a shine. Investment in a fake moustache, goatee, or beard may be wise, especially if you want to appear older. Make sure it is the same color as your real or dyed hair. If you can, you might want to grow a beard or moustache just for the purpose of disguise, and it can easily be shaven off. b) Makeup: Use slight touches of make-up. You should ALWAYS cover any unique blemishes or marks that could identify you. Make-up is good for slightly alter ing the shape and size of the mouth, color and size of the eyebrows (especially to match a dyed hair color) and making skin tone lighter or darker. (make sure you also do your hands, neck, and other exposed surfaces.) Use a little outliner or something to add a well placed mole or two. If it's on you face, or maybe your hand, it will get noticed, and if they think they recognize you, they'll think, "Nah, they had that bit ugly spot on their cheek." c) Clothing and padding: As mentioned, use clothes to blend in. You should try to wear loose clothing to hide body shape, and may use padding to give to illusion of a beer belly, heavy muscles, etc. This is VERY effective in giving a female the appearance of a man, and vice-versa when used with make-up, and this is probably the best way to easily disguise yourself. All personal items and jewelry should be removed. To throw people off the trail, alternate pieces should be worn, and hair items if possible. d) Height: To gain more height, make two or three inch pieces of wood to fit in your shoes. This gain will make an amazing difference in your appearance, a nd there have been several instances of famous people being unnoticed because they were not the expected height. (For axample, McCoy the football player self admittidly had this problem) This also works well with an abnormally high hair style. If you usually slouch, make an effort to stand even straighter. To lose height, bend your knees as much as you can without looking strange and in a way that you can stay comfortable. Try to slouch down and bend your head a little. 3) Acting. Acting will give a misleading impression, and may be the needed touch to make people think you are a different person. Though physical appearance is more important, any disguise can be seen through with your personality. a) Mannerisms: Look for any fidgety habits you have, such as twitches, chewing on you nails or lips, playing with pockets and items, etc. Have your friends describe any others you have. Practice stopping these habits. These can be used to identify you. If you can, create some fake habits that a very noticeable, especially if they draw attention away from your real habits. This might be continually ripping a piece of paper with you teeth, or rubbing you lips with a finger. My favorite is a head twitch: to practice it, look in the upper-left corner of a room, quickly lower your head to the lower-left corner, and raise it to the upper-right corner. Do these things more often when you are talking to person you want to fool or when they are talking to you. Pick habits that affect the head and face, because that area is more concentrated on. b) Talking: Raise or lower your voice while you act. Try making in more raspy or sweet than usual, especially if you are disguised as another sex. Talk more quickly or slowly than usual. Talk in a manner that you usually don't. Try longer, intelligent words, or say things very, very simply and curtly. An accent can be helpful, but is very difficult to use. If you do not do the accent well, people will realize it's fake and will become more suspicious, so sometimes it's best not to use. But if you are good enough, it can throw people right off the trail. The lighter the accent you use the less effort it takes and the easier it is to fool people, but heavier accents work better. If you can, combine all three voice variations into one. But try to avoid well known fake accents, such as those ones on James Bond movies and such. c) Stance: If you usually slouch, stand up straight, if you usually stand tall, slouch, but don't defeat the purpose of a height change. (Don't put wooden plugs in your shoes, and then slouch down to your regular height) If you usually lean on things, and let yourself sag when standing, hold yourself stiffly, and vice-versa. Try crossing your arms, or holding them behind your back, or which ever you don't do usually. d) Walking: If you have a limp, do your best to get rid of it. A limp is very memorable, and very identifiable. If you don't have a limp, pretend you do. Just make sure you don't overplay it (don't drag your foot behind you like Quasimoto, just favour it a bit). And act as if you are trying to hide, or are at least comfortable with it. So don't grimace, or perform any other theatrics. e) Handedness: It is very effective to appear to prefer your other hand. You usually have to practice a lot to appear natural, and this may be too much bother if you have to forge a signature or other delicate work. If you pretend to prefer the other hand, make a big point of it. When signing something say, "I hate these damned ink pens, they always mark up my jacket. Why can the invent a way for lefties to write?" This is a good choice for people who are ambidextrous (can use both hands with equal ease), and you should use in public the hand you usually don't. (Probably the left because you use your right hand for writing). 4) Preparation. a) Make up a collection of stories in case you are caught in a compromising position. If a person asks for I.D., search yourself, (grinning apologetically), and start muttering under your breath "that little weasel," and "I'm going to kill him!" just loud enough for the clerk to hear, and finally say to them "I'm sorry, but my little brother made off with my wallet. I'll have to go home and get it back." Try to make your stories ambiguous. If you are caught lurking around the back of a store, say "I was waiting for a friend to finish work." If they keep questioning, "His name is John- he didn't say his last name, we met here- and-here, and he had to go, and he said meet him here at such and such a time, blah blah blah." If they happen to know that there is no "John" working there, or a John DOES come out, then just say "Oh, he must have meant at the OTHER computer shop," or "He SAID he worked here, but I thought he was lying," etc. Then get away as soon as you can. b) Fingerprints: It may be helpful to prevent fingerprints from being left. You can do several things to hide them: Put bandages on your three or four main digits, the ones you use to handle paper, write, etc. If anyone asks, say a dog bit you, or you had a little accident cutting lettuce, or you grabbed a hot pot by the rim. If you want, use those special clear bandages so they might not be noticed. You can also put little stickers or tape on you fingers, though they will probably have to be covered with make-up, which would come off handling stuff. c) Alibis: Take the effort to have an alibi for the time of the alleged occurrence. Something as simple as having your friends claim you were at their house at the time is better than nothing. Just make sure everybody involved is clear on what "happened." When saying your alibi, don't immediately blurt it out (likr the well prepared speech it is), think for a moment, maybe count you fingers and ask for the exact date again, and finally say, "Oh, yeah! Me and Jeff went to the arcade that afternoon. I remember I almost picked up a chick but she slapped me. And I lost a buck to Jeff 'cuz we had a bet who could get the higher score on twin eagles..." The use of an incident or two which makes you suddenly "remember" what you were doing makes it seem more realistic Have a friend call a BBS on your account and do all sorts of stuff, like write messages, etc... (don't download BIG files becuase it's too easy to say you could have left the computer while they downloaded). Call for a chat and talk to the sysop for a while, and even capture the chat to disk. Make sure your friend knows enough about you to talk convincingly like you. 5) Props. a) Tabacco: If you smoke, don't smoke for half a day before you have to be disguised, to get rid of the smell. Make a comment to the effect you dislike smoking, etc. If you don't smoke, get a cigar or cigarrettem or butt, and put it in your mouth when you are disguised. Practice a bit to look comfortable in it it. b) Handicaps: Borrow a cane or wheelchair. A wheelchair is VERY good, as can be imagined. Put a limp in when you use the cane. BE VERY, VERY careful! The cane MUST be on the same side as the limp! A quick person will see any mismatch and become suspicious. There you have it, some of the easiest ways to cover your tracks and enjoy what you earned. Of course you don't have to use EVERY device described in here, but a well selected array of misleading memories can save your butt. It his highly likely that a person would recognize you after a week if you suddenly spoke with a different accent, dressed in jeans instead of that business suit you wore, and were suddenly right handed. I hope those tricks and techniques will help stay out of trouble. Chow, The Inebriate.