100 Ways to Dissapear

                     100 Ways To Disappear

                                 And Live Free

                              (C) 1972 Eden Press

                                  Revised 1985

                              Typed by Struct Def

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                                  INTRODUCTION

        To "live free" means to be able to control your own life

        and to avoid violence, or the threat of violence, by others.

        What you do and how you do it will almost always determine

        whether or not freedom will be yours.  But YOU must take the

        responsibility for creating your own freedom.  No one,

        especially the "government" will do it for you.

        To "disappear" means to make it impossible for other

        people to invade your personal world of freedom. Since most

        of such invasion is by means of electronic data gathering and

        cross-referencing, you must be able to short-circuit these

        procedures effectively.

        The most efficient method today is through the use of

        what we call "alternate identification".  If the new names

        and numbers you plug into the networks don't match

        the old ones, you have not only "disappeared", but have also

        been "reborn".  And being reborn means leaving your past records

        where they can no longer affect you and your lifestyle.

        This "disappearing" of individuals is obviously discomforting

        to institutions and governments determined to control

        personal activities in the Land of the Free.  To them

        it appears downright seditious, since in reality their power

        depends directly on the number of people they can control --

        through computerized records, of course.

        To those who actually "disappear", however, the act is

        one of tremendous personal liberation.  Free men owe very

        little to those who restrict opportunities on the basis of past

        records.  An extreme example, which nevertheless applies

        to all of us, is this: When a person convicted of a felony

        has served his full sentence, is he then "free"?  Hardly.

        What he will experience is really a LIFE SENTENCE of second-rate

        opportunity.

        And what happens to the convict, in practice, happens to

        *everyone* who manages to have negative personal information

        placed in his "records".  When it comes to the point of a

        person's having to live with a condemning past and ever-

        narrowing opportunities, it becomes easily understandable

        why he should be willing and anxious to scuttle his labeled

        identity and take on another.

        Becoming a new identity, however, involves many things

        and requires careful attention to detail, as we shall show.

        At the heart of this process, though, is the ATTITUDE a person

        must assume if he is to make it work.  He must forget

        about his "government"; he must become his own government,

        answerable only to himself, with his own rules, laws, and

        systems of behavior.  This is an existential "moment" few

        are disciplined enough to experience, but it can be done.

        The result will be a growing detachment from BIG BROTHER and

        a correspoding increase of personal freedom.

        The individual needn't worry about what would happen "if

        everybody else did this" because they WON'T.  The object is

        for individuals, acting as individuals, to declare their

        mental independence from whatever System is attempting to

        enslave them.  As individuals they are the best judges of what

        degree of slavery they can accept, how far down the road

        they can go before becoming robots for BIG BROTHER.  Simply

        put, it's the Sheep and the Wolves.  The Sheep go to slaughter,

        the Wolves wherever they wish...

        There are numerous intermediate tactics between total

        compliance and complete disappearance, such as refusing to

        give your Social Security number (or giving it incorrectly),

        avoiding taxes, obtaining several foreign citizenships and

        passports, setting up bank accounts in several other countries,

        and planning at least two routes of escape to other countries,

        but in the end you will discover there really is no freedom

        in the world -- *YOU MUST CREATE YOUR OWN*.  You must

        learn how to protect your own rights as you define them. No

        one else will do it for you, *NO ONE*.

        The object of this publication is to suggest ways an

        individual can, in practice, escape his past and secure a

        new future, *on his own terms*.  Individuals will vary greatly

        in how they carry out their disappearances, and it is our

        hope that the ideas we present here are useful towards those

        ends.  We make no claims of completeness or of exhausting

        the subject, as that could be potentially dangerous were

        individuals to rely solely on this information.

        We must stress that everyone should think over his situation

        as carefully as possible, and then pick and choose

        which among our methods are best suited for his needs.  Above

        all, he must begin using his head, trusting his hunches and

        instincts, and thinking of himself as separate, different,

        and even superior to those stuck in the System.  He will

        have to become a Wolf.  He must stand alone to be free.

        --Barry Reid

          January 1978

                                II. LIVING FREE

    Avoid attending church.  If you must, however, use an alias when

    attending, and make contributions in cash, never by check.  If you are

    asked by inquisitive neighbors what church you attend, either name one

    of a different faith than theirs or deny interest completely.  Give

    the minister totally false information about yourself, as these good

    folks are great gossips when approached by snoops.

    Never tell neighbors where or for whom you work.  Give them false

    information on this subject.  If you are paid by check, DON'T deposit

    the paycheck in any account with your name on it.  The best idea is to

    go to the bank on which it is drawn and cash it there.  If you make

    a regular practice of this, avoid becoming familiar with any tellers

    or other bank personnel.  Vary the times and days for visiting the bank.

    Visit different branches of the bank, too.

    Another check cashing tip: avoid getting it cashed at your favorite

    bar or tavern.  FBI agents probably spend at least a third of their

    working hours hanging around such places, as they seem to attract the

    kinds of people they are looking for.  Anytime there is a bank robbery,

    the *first* places the FBI check out are all the bars within the immediate

    vicinity of the robbery.  Don't laugh.  It's true because it works.

    Be wary of answering "personal" ads in newspapers, as well as job

    offers too neatly tailored to the type of work you did before disappearing.

    If the ad calls for replying to a box number at the newspaper, disregard

    totally: it's very likely to be a trap.  Reply only to ads that can

    guarantee not having to give yourself away, such as offers for appointments

    at known companies.  If phone numbers are provided in the ad, call only

    from a pay phone.  There's always a possibility you might be calling

    directly to a bill collector or private investigator who will give

    you enough patter to smoke you out.

    For some really unique ways to find employment, Eden Press distributes

    "HOW TO STEAL A JOB", literally every dishonest way there is to gain

    honest employment.  With the techniques in this book, YOU can call all

    the shots.  Well worth reading even for those who already have a job,

    too.  Someone could be gunning you.  This book will open your eyes.

    On the job, avoid giving background information to fellow workers.

    If you're planning to stay on the job only for a short while, however, make

    an effort to plant false and misleading information in the minds of the

    other workers, such as your favorite pastimes, places you'd like to travel

    to or live someday, and your plans for the future.  Insulate your private

    self by keeping your personal interests and ideas to yourself alone.

    Share the spurious with the curious.

    Don't subscribe to any local newspapers delivered by carriers.

    Buy what you need at a newsrack.  These cute kids have sometimes been

    "helpful" sources of information about people's habits at home.

    Don't be obvious in your living habits.  Turn lights off at a decent

    hour, keep stereo music from annoying neighbors, don't place empty

    pony kegs on the front porch, and don't have pets that stray or annoy.

    Don't do major engine overhauls in the driveway, either.

    Be very careful about who comes to see you at your residence.

    Avoid anything unusual which might spark the interest of neighbors.

    If what you do or the people with whom you must deal are "interesting",

    it might be best to arrange get-togethers elsewhere.  Keep your nest

    clean--good "criminal" advice.

    Avoid using banks except for actually cashing checks given you by

    other people.  Try to conduct your affairs with cash and money orders.

    When using the latter, never write your name on the face or the line

    marked "Payer".  Use fake names, account numbers, or business names.

    For most purposes money orders can be considered "untraceable",

    since the issuing institutions (American Express, banks, US Post Office)

    file the paid orders *by number only*, not by other criteria which might

    tend to give you away.  People and businesses to whom you might remit

    money orders virtually never record this number, either.  They are

    usually happy to be paid by money order and will consider it the same

    as cash.  Individuals wanting to hide income and/or otherwise disguise

    their financial dealings find money orders most useful in shortchanging

    the bandits at IRS, too.

    Undertakers are another source like ministers, in that they are

    good talkers.  If you have to deal with one, be on your guard with what

    you tell him.  If you are called on to provide information for a death

    certificate, give him only the data he actually needs.  It should be

    easy to appear too grief-stricken to want to chat...

    Whenever you need the services of a physician, dentist, hospital, etc.,

    make it standard practice to use an alias and an address other than where

    you live.  Pay in cash.  Recite--don't display--your "driver's licence"

    number and Social Security Number, making sure that they are totally fake.

    Other data requested, such as employer, birthdate, etc., should be

    misleading.  Ignore the "warning" at the top of some hospital forms

    that federal law requires honest information.  We've never heard of

    anyone getting busted for such a "crime" who also paid his bill.  Fraud

    is fraud, but identity is your business.  Medical records are very

    definitely NOT confidential.  How else would life and health insurance

    companies be able to decide so imperiously who "deserves" their coverage,

    and at what rates...?  For most people, medical insurance itself is a

    fraud.

    Don't have milk or other items delivered to you on a regular schedule.

    The fewer people seen calling at you residence, the safer.  Neighbors

    will often notice home deliveries, which can prove to be fertile leads

    for future snoops.

    Avoid membership in political groups or other civic organizations.

    As a rule these groups are filled with super sneaky, nosey individuals

    more willing than not to stab someone in the back if it suits their

    selfish purposes.  Total snakes.

    Arrange to have your mail sent to a 24-hour Post Office box, to a

    mail drop, or a mail forwarding service.  This way the only mail to be

    left at your residence will be the "Occupant" variety.  Make it a rule

    NEVER to sign for certified or registered mail.  Tell the carrier that

    you are not the person named on the receipt, or that so-and-so moved

    months ago.  Where?  Austria..... or was it Australia?

    Avoid having arguments or run-ins with neighbors.  An old, unresolved

    grudge might be just the spark that sends an investigator to your

    new location.  "Getting even" is a passion few people can resist.

    If a snoop is trying to trace you by telephone he may invite you to

    call him person-to-person collect.  *DON'T DO IT.*  Ignore the request,

    no matter what the excuse is.  You might be tempted with some pie-in-

    the-sky lie, but what he's really after is your *location*.  If you don't

    give yourself away in the conversation, he will simply call the operator

    back for time and charges, and while she's at it, the location of

    the telephone originating the call.  She will be only too happy to help.

    If you have to live in a motel, hotel, or nosey apartment complex,

    always make it a point to be ordinaty and outwardly polite to any

    employees on the premises.  Give them no reason to remember you other

    than as a normal person.  Freaky behavior is easily noticed and

    remembered by telephone operators, janitors, maids, superintendents,

    house detectives, and bell boys.  Tips make them TALK, too.

    It's safest not to take in roomers or boarders, even though they can

    help with expenses and provide companionship.  The fact is, they

    can get "too close" to you by picking up all kinds of information

    tidbits which could come back to haunt you should certain kinds of

    third parties start pumping them.  Even though you might feel you

    could trust them, it's very easy for a friend to give you away...

    innocently.

    In changing to a new identity within the same general area, make it

    your policy to patronize none of the commercial establishments you

    did before your name change.  This would include service-oriented

    businesses, too, such as shoe repairs, TV repairs, photographers,

    cleaners, poodle parlors and massage parlors.  If you or a member

    of your family had been assisted by such charity organizations as the

    March of Dimes or Community Chest, make sure that future aid is obtained

    from some other organization.

    If you need to have prescriptions filled often, do two things:

    1) Have them filled by different pharmacies; don't patronize the same

    one repeatedly, and, 2) Never give the pharmacist your correct address

    and/or telephone number.  If you are in need of continuing prescription,

    such as for certain heart conditions or diabetes, consider having it

    filled by mail from one of the large interstate mail-order pharmacies.

    These outfits usually offer greatly reduced prices as well, as they

    are willing to deal in generics, as opposed to strictly name-brand

    drugs.  Check 'em out.

    Try to avoid all contact with law enforcement people.  They are

    like sponges whenever they deal with the public: they take in endless

    quantities of information whether you are the victim or the perpetrator.

    When approached by investigators and spies, they just love to spill out

    all they know, and sometimes get in on the act themselves.  Avoid trouble

    and avoid cops.

    Credit bureaus and department stores will have credit files on you

    if you've used them in the past.  It would be safest to avoid using credit

    in the future, but if you need to get plugged back in the credit scene, it

    would be advisable first to read our own book, "CREDIT", to

    see how credit can be set up from scratch under new identity.  This useful

    book has the kind of inside information one needs to make the credit-

    granting system perform to his special situation.

    If you follow our suggestions regarding delivery of your mail, you

    will naturally never accept any Registered or Certified mail at your

    address.  Since the carrier will never know your identity by leaving

    only mail addressed "Occupant", you can safely tell him who you are

    not whoever is named on the piece of mail he is trying to deliver.  Don't

    be rude or arrouse suspicion; simply help him do his job by telling him

    there is no such person at your address.  If he asks who *you* are, he's

    out of line.  He will return the letter marked "Unable to Deliver at this

    Address", or "Unknown at this Address", or something else to the same

    effect.

    Sometimes snoops will address mail to a fictitious person "care of"

    your last known name and address in the hopes it will be forwarded

    (somehow), and that you will have the stupidity to return it to them

    with your new address (provided by you).  Any suspicious or unfamiliar

    mail with your new address should simply be marked "Unknown", "Return to

    Sender", etc., and deposited in a public mail box for return.

    If the letter doesn't come back to the sender because you kept it

    or chucked it, he may well try again with something more enticing, or

    even pay a personal visit.  Tracing by mail is the cheapest route for

    snoopers, so be on the lookout for any mail you're not expecting or

    seems the slightest bit suspicious.  This will be the opening salvo

    in any investigation to determine your whereabouts. *Watch your mail!*

    Providing any information other that return instructions per above

    can invite disaster, too.  Putting on a fake forwarding address, or even

    a "General Delivery" notice, will tell the sender, when the letter is

    returned, that *someone* at the address on the letter knows more than he

    does.  The "Registered Letter", physical surveillance, or a personal

    visit will be his next move.  You can count on it.

    Be especially watchful for any letters with an "Attorney's" return

    address.  They deserve no more respect than any other letter.  If you're

    not expecting correspondence from your own attorney, it's very likely a

    fake name used by an investigator.  This gambit is many times used on

    third parties (close relatives of yours) in the hopes they know where

    you really are and that they have the "courtesy" to forward the letter

    to you.  This is a good reason for you NOT to tell relatives where you

    can be reached.  If they don't know, they can't tell.

    If you can trust a particular person to forward items to your P.O.

    box or mail forwarding service, at least instruct them to place the

    letter in another (cover) envelope so that no forwarding instructions are

    on the face of the original envelope.  You can decide what to do with

    the mail when you get it.  If you want it returned, do NOT drop it in a

    box in your area--the stamp of the main post office near you will likely

    be on the envelope, much to the glee of the sender.  Either send it back

    to your friend in still another envelope for him to remail locally, or

    use a mail forwarding service in a distant city to remail per your

    instructions.  Again, *BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR MAIL*.  Knowing how to deal

    with your mail is vital to disappearing.  Think first before acting!!

    Avoid drawing attention to yourself.  Don't exhibit "socially unacceptable"

    behavior PUBLICLY.  Cops are programmed to bust anyone who appears

    "suspicious" (different from them).  Jails, psycho wards, and prisons

    aren't exactly "free"....

    Your appearance, possessions and actions should always justify your

    presence on a legitimate (conventional) basis.  This is the best

    way to avoid suspicion.

    If you are stopped and questioned, always be able to give a reasonable

    explanation of why you where there, where you are from, and where you

    are going.  Smile and be "helpful".

    A sullen or hostile attitude triggers the cops for a bust--your bust.

    So go ahead and "Kill the Pigs"--with kindness.  You'll win by keeping

    your freedom, dig?

    Even perfectly legal behavior can arouse suspicion.  Avoid such

    things as solitary walks late at night, or wearing clothing inappropriate

    for the weather.  Store detectives love to follow shoppers wearing

    oversized clothing, too.  The police find it easy, even entertaining, to

    pin stray raps on such "suspicious" characters.  Days and weeks can go

    by before they decide they've made a "mistake".  Really!!

    Examine your daily habits and eliminate any which might possibly be

    regarded as "peculiar", especially if performed publicly.

    Live in a large city where you can have the protection of anonymity.

    Avoid small towns where the only sport is gossip--about you.

    Your business should be no one else's.

    Appear to be lower-middle class in your standard of living.  Don't

    attract the attention given the very poor or the obviously well-off.

    Rent a house or apartment that appears "respectable", but no more

    plush than the average cop can afford.

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    Dress conventionally.  Adopt what you perceive as the broad community

    standard.  Don't be black or white as long as gray has so many shades.

    Blend in.

    Be clean and neat, never showy or gaudy.

    Conformity for guys means neat beard (if any), no long hair or

    freaky clothes.  Biker "colors" are out.

    For the ladies, no sexy, convention-flaunting attire such as miniskirts

    and see-thru blouses without underwear.  The man LOVES to drool

    over "liberated" lassies, and often does more...

    Have conventional answers to common questions such as where you are from,

    where you work, where your family lives, etc.  Be vague, however.

    There's less heat in telling plausible lies than in countering

    with self-righteous silence.  The object is to avoid suspicion, so be

    a "reasonable" person.  Lying is not illegal unless you are under oath

    or perpetrating a fraud.

    When confronted by federal agents or other law enforcement officers,

    you have no obligation to talk to them.  If you do, however, make sure

    you don't lie.  Making false statements to federal officers *is* a bust!

    A good way to turn the "meeting" in your favor, is to inform the officer

    that he should take up the matter with your attorney, whose name and

    address you are willing to provide.  If you don't have an attorney at

    present, tell him you are in the process of obtaining one, and that you

    will so notify him when you do.  This will tell the agent-snoop that

    1) you are a cool customer who knows how to take care of himself by

    knowing his rights, and 2) that for him to deal with your attorney will

    be tantamount to having to take you to court--something he's obviously

    not (yet) ready to do.  Your talking to the officer could very likely

    insure you an earlier court date....if that's what you want.

    It's perfectly moral to lie to someone who asks about things which

    are none of his business.  HE is the one acting immorally.  Don't forget!

    Don't throw wild parties.  Far too many busts come courtesy of tender-

    eared, blue-nosed, fink-ass neighbors.

    Don't make speed, DMT, THC, acid, or nitro in your kitchen.  Window sills

    aren't the safest places to cultivate, either.

    Hold your stereo down to "mood level" late at night.  Not everyone

    mellows out with Led Zepplin or the Stones.

    Your neighbors are the most dangerous people you know.  You can

    include relatives here, too.  They will ALL snitch without compunction.

    "Calling the cops" is fair sport in towns of all sizes, so don't

    antagonize.  Be friendly, stay friendly--but on your terms.

    Be superficially "nice" to your neighbors, but have as little as possible

    to do with them.  Ideally, you don't want them to know *anything* about

    you.

    Even if you observe all these precautions you might still be harrased

    by criminals, both private and public.  Whatever you do, don't

    blow your cover and thus lead them to suspect you.  Keep your temper,

    be humble and polite, and refrain from shouting matches and/or slugfests.

    Remember you are a minority of one.  "They" still have the guns and bars.

    If you're not content, however, to let vengeance be the Lord's, at

    least abide by this cardinal rule of guerrilla warfare: Don't let the

    enemy determine your tactics.  Retaliate at a time and place with

    weapons of your choosing.

    Any activity which might attract unfavorable attention, such as

    writing, nude photography, erotic sculpture, etc., should be done under

    a "nom de plume".  Provide a separate address for any such names.  P.O.

    boxes are fine.

    Never express controversial opinions around home or at work.  If you

    preach, do it in another town or state.

    Avoid being fingerprinted.  Don't apply for civil service jobs.

    The FBI would like to have everyone fingerprinted so they could

    *control* individual lives, but so far they've been stopped.

    Stay out of the armed forces.  Here again fingerprinting labels

    you forever with the only method of positive identification.

    Don't apply for security clearances or seek employment in firms

    which routinely fingerprint.

    Don't take part in mass demonstrations or dissident activities which

    might lead to mass arrests.  Fingerprinting would surely follow.

    The thumbprint required on applications for drivers licences in many

    states (like California) does *not* go to the FBI.  It is kept with

    the applications "on file", and its main purpose seems to be that of

    psychological deterrence.  The states make no efforts to classify the

    thumbprints, and the FBI is not interested in helping.  Applicants who

    wnat to make sure their thumbprints are absolutely worthless will

    press extra hard and make a slight twisting movement with their thumb as

    it is being printed.  The result is a perfect smudge--worthless.

    NEVER order utility services in your real name.  Utility companies

    are the first watering hole for skip tracers.

    Keep your name out of public records, such as business licences,

    permits, tax accounts.  Operate under another name or use another person

    as a front.  It's very easy to file "fictitious firm name statements"

    using minimal ID.

    Always subscribe to magazines and newspapers under alternate names.

    Pay by mail using money orders.  Don't have your name on the money order.

    Likewise, always order merchandise by mail under an alias.  Again,

    Pay with money orders without your name on them.

    Own real estate under either a cooperative relative's name, or a

    fictitious one created especially for the purpose.  Names of phoney

    businesses work well here, as it is perfectly understandable and justified

    for a business to own real property.  Since real estate transactions

    are almost always at "arms length", it is quite simple to hide behind

    your agent or broker.  In this area money talks more loudly than you

    do, so it's not too difficult to arrange things to suit yourself.

    If you have to vote use your "legal" address.  Just make sure you don't

    live there.  So-called "voter ID cards" are a snap to obtain, as no

    proof of identity is required.  The only "security" for the registration

    process is your sworn statement....

    Protect the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of your friends.

    Use a code of your own making to disguise the actual names and numbers,

    or try to memorize what you need to know.  You'd be amazed at how much

    you can remember in this area if you make the effort.

    Try to avoid carrying this coded address book with you.  Cops always

    flash on such items, and so-called "rings" are usually busted this

    way.  A smart thing to do would be to carry a dummy book of names and

    numbers selected at random from the phone book.  Keep your working book

    stashed in a safe place.

    This practice protects you, too, inasmuch as suspicion is cast on you

    should some of your friends be busted and their names appear in your book.

    Don't engage in illegal activity on other people's property without

    their express consent.  Save the dope and skin scenes for places where

    no one else can get rousted besides the actual participants.

    Don't ask questions which intrude on the privacy of others.  Ask

    general questions, not specific.  One might not want you to know *where*

    he works, but wouldn't mind telling you his occupation.

    Adopt the attitude that personal information such as your school

    background, national origin, interests, politics, family income, etc.,

    are NO ONE'S business but your own.  And stick to it!!  Snooping will

    thereby become so difficult that suspicion will be cast on the snooper

    rather than on you.

    When faced with such an inquisitive person, have prepared a set of standard

    answers which you can deliver without discomfort or concern.  But if the

    person is really obnoxious, give him some out-and-out lies, which, when

    "reported" in the right places, will make him look more like the ass he is.

    Don't request receipts unless the amount is large.  Make them intelligible

    only to the parties involved.  Remember that cash still has no names on it,

    which is why Big Brother can hardly wait for the day of the "cashless"

    society.

    One CAUTION, however: Most banks have well established policies for

    recording serial numbers of large denomination bills whenever they are

    deposited or withdrawn in large amounts.  ALL transactions of $10,000

    or more are reported to the IRS.  So play small and remain inconspicuous.

    Payment of taxes of all kinds should be largely a matter of personal

    convictions.  The public debate on "tax protest" is endless, so

    only a few generally-observed practices will be mentioned here.

    The basic rule, in which even the IRS concurs, is pay only what

    you are liable for.  This means taking advantage of any and all loopholes

    to the fullest with the ultimate aim of paying no tax whatsoever.

    Don't forget, however, that most federal prisons have rather distinguished

    populations of tax-evading accountants, attorneys, businessmen, and

    politicians.  If avoiding personal income tax, both state and federal, is

    your goal, by all means study well or seek competent advice.  Texas and

    Nevada still have no state income taxes, in case you're thinking of

    relocating to beat some taxes...

    Sales and use taxes can often be avoided by buying consumer items

    through personal channels such as friends, bazaars, swap meets (some),

    classified want ads, bartering, and business exchanges.  Out-of-state

    mail order purchases are exempt from local taxes, too.

    Sharp practices, such as claiming 10 or 12 exemptions to reduce the

    weekly bite of withholding, or making a deal with your employer to be

    paid in cash (which a great many do willingly) are ways of lessening,

    even eliminating your tax, but can't be recommended if you plan on

    remaining in the same job for over a year or so, or if you don't wish to

    live with a solid alternate identity.

    A "compromise" in the above dilemma is to maintain a minimal tax profile,

    but plan on earning the bulk of your income through non-recorded

    means, say, odd jobs for cash.  Lead a "straight" life for the tax vultures,
    but live "underground" with another trade and/or name.

    In seeking employment you are usually asked for former job references.  If

    you know that some of them will be negative DON'T LIST THEM!

    For the resulting "gaps" in your employment history, have already prepared

    the names and addresses of your former "employers".  They could be local

    or out-of-state, in which case they probably won't be verified except by

    mail.  Of course you will be prepared for this by listing a mail forwarding

    service's address as that of your former "employer".  Merely pay the

    first month's fee and notify the service of your code name--a company

    ("employer").  You will then be able to rewrite you own employment history.

    Oh Happy Day! Gaps can also be covered by using attendance at school or

    travel abroad as alternatives to negative job references.

    For local job references, a good trick is to ask, or pay, a businessman's

    secretary to give all the goody information right over the telephone.

    Provide the phone number on the application, naturally, but remember that

    the number may very well be verified first by a call to Information.

    When it checks out, your application will appear quite honest, won't it?

    Personal references on either employment or credit applications are a

    laugh.  They are virtually not verified.  Provide them, of course,

    but feel no compunction whatever in lifting random names and assumed

    relationships right from the phone book.  A locally known doctor or

    minister is a safe bet, too.

    For credit references bear in mind that outfits like big department stores

    and most credit unions will not give out information to ANYONE on one of

    their customer's or member's accounts.  This means you can use any number

    of these references with impunity when applying for credit as the lender

    will not be able to verify one way or the other if your application is

    true--a fact he will definitely NOT tell you, however.  A complete guide

    to establishing credit and obtaining credit cards is our own book,

    CREDIT!  Very useful, indeed.

    Consider using a typewriter for all your correspondence, as it is not

    only more impersonal, but also impossible to be "traced" to you.  Whereas

    handwriting *can* give you away, typewriting cannot.  Only the machine

    itself can be shown to be the one used for a particular piece of

    correspondence.  Electric machines are even more impersonal than manual

    in that the striking pressure is uniform for all letters.  Manual

    typewriting can show that you have a weak "a" or a strong "k" or "c",

    for example.  Be careful, too, of allowing the keys to clog to the point

    that the enclosed portions of letters begin to fill in.  When the "e"

    and the "o" look alike, it's time to get out the gum cleaner.  Typewriters

    using the newer carbon ribbons do not have this problem.

    As an added layer of protection for your correspondence, consider mailing

    a Xerox *copy* of the letter.  There will be enough distortion in the copy

    to make tracing you mighty difficult.  Should you begin using a typewriter

    regularly, you might plan to trade it in every six months or so for another

    model, different typeface, etc.  They are rather cheap to rent, so this is

    a good possibility, too.  Keep 'em guessing....

    When going from the "old you" to the "new you", it is usually a good idea

    to drop any old hobbies that could provide the basis for an informal

    "stakeout" of your possible activities.  If it is known that you

    can never pass a museum or fishing pier without indulging yourself, you

    have an automatic lead to those who might want to go looking for you.

    Changing activities can be an excellent way of building your new identity.

    Not only will the old ways fade faster, but your new acquaintances will

    provide the support and interest in creating the new identity more rapidly

    and completely.

    Whenever you rent a new place to live, insist on the right to change

    the locks.  Refuse to give the landlord the new key, too.  Many times

    people have arrived home to find a snoopy landlord (lady, too) going

    though personal belongings, papers, etc.  Items and possessions which

    might tend to give someone the wrong ideas about your identity, activities,

    interests, etc., should be stored in locked boxes of sturdy construction.

    Misleading items can be placed innocently in the open.  Be observant of

    items being rearranged or moved, too.  Until you're secure in your new

    location, you might take the precaution of placing hairs on door jambs,

    threads across the threshhold, matches on tops of doors.  When choosing

    locks and keys, select those not readily available in the area.

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