I remember this. One (in sweden) could dial a freephone bbs number and enter a fake credit card only to get a temporary working account, that worked for like 24

I remember this. One (in sweden) could dial a freephone bbs number and enter a fake credit card only to get a temporary working account, that worked for like 24 hours or until you hung up. Helped me from being killed by parents for huge phone bills around 1995