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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

Wow. Figuring out that number is going to be really difficult if there aren't more clues. I guess we could make a grid of all the possibilities and see what is the most likely.

I guess this couldn't be a license plate number.

PS. Hello to everyone from Portugal! I'm so glad that ARGs are being played there and that you found your way to our community. The number of European unfiction players keeps going up! I'm so very happy to see you here. I hope we can help you solve this one. Smile

**Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:40 pm

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Palm

international phone numbers

**Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:17 pm

jorge.orge@netcabo.pt · Guest

just to inform that we found the password, and it's not related to the napkin.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:46 am

Palm

password

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:49 am

Chronus_Valtiel

Yes, how was it unrelated to our only clue?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:19 pm

ana · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

http://aprocuradomiguel.blogs.sapo.pt/

This is the website where the clues and launched by the missing guy friends.

We have several clues there and the napkin was just one of those early ones no one can figure out. The password was found with the name of a girlfriend (find the woman Wink

and so we did).

Now we have another password to crack, to another site and i believe this napkin can be it - so the "z" is already an option.

So i wont bother you all with details, feel free to ask for translations if you want them and thanks for your help. It's precious!

We also have a very bad video
http://videos.sapo.pt/DJfRl8wDzuuFYYHwUYZN

I suppose none of us players have the knowledge to tamper with it, just like we couldn't with the napkin. At least i dont Smile

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:31 pm

Chronus_Valtiel

Please bring on the translations

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:05 pm

ana · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

i'll try to sum it up....
http://aprocuradomiguel.blogs.sapo.pt

This website was created by 3 friends of a guy named Miguel which has been missing since last friday (Day 1 is monday 18th) and the entries are as follow:
18th - Video from Fabio... Miguel is missing and below is his hi5
22nd - Another video, from Chico the bartender, also a friend, saying Miguel was there and worried about a woman and some documents, received a phone call and left in a hurry to the atm machine
25th - Another video, Joana, almost a sister (we have our doubts!), she leaves her email below the video and says Miguel always uses the same password (sara) a former girlfriend that broke his heart
(things start to connect since sara is a friend on hi5)
26th - The napkin sent by Chico to the blog so we could help him with the digits that are blurred (this one you know), our pms have confirmed more than once that this was a telephone number.
30th - Video from Fabio resuming the last days and leaving a surveillance video of the kidnapping
(we found a website for Miguel's employees and later on broke the password and saw his pro email that has context and an encrypted file)
6th of July - Video with both friends - Fabio and Joana - saying they broke in Miguel's ap and found a contract (below the video image) an adobe document
(document - seems pretty regular to me and i'm used to those, its a merge between two firms but the terms are a bit harsh, i think this is just a context clue, there is a list of clients at the end).
(another website with the other company, another pass to crack)

In Miguel's mail there is a zipped document that has a password and i know we will be given info to discover it, but i know there are tools to crack a zip, doable if the pass is not to big

http://www.marquesconsultores.com/restaurante.zip

I suppose this is a fair sum up and i'll be happy to guide any of you through the game if you decide to join us... but i'm afraid it might be too weird to translate the entire game here Smile

I've played a few and this one looks promising - fast in the updates, so far fast in email answers and predictable in its timings (end of the day and weekends), has a book behind it and a promoting company that made some serious projects so it looks like it will have an ending Smile

You can find me registered at both sites as anamota:
The Blog (ig) - http://aprocuradomiguel.blogs.sapo.pt
The Forum (oog) - http://procuramiguel.queroumforum.com

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:55 pm

Chronus_Valtiel

Thank you SO MUCH for the translation, ana. :DDD

So our next step is to either find the password to the zip, or crack it.
And I think I know who to turn to for cracking it. Twisted Evil

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:06 pm

ana · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

i'm trying.... but i'm a noob!
all the programs i can find (free trials) are either for small passwords (1-5 letters) or not in portuguese.... Sad

there is another step i'm trying which is based on emailing the characters and i'll keep you updated Smile

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:28 pm

Chronus_Valtiel

I havent' cracked it either....
And it's okay, I'm a noob too. Smile

**Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:39 pm

Sharp · Boot Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 36

Not that I'm condoning illegally pirating that software, but why don't you illegally pirate that software?

**Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:03 am

Chronus_Valtiel

I tried finding a file to do so, but no luck.
I even asked a pirate friend of mine.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:15 am

ana · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

Sharp.... if only i knew how Smile

we are talking about a huge lenght that will take forever to crack

**Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:17 am

Orge · Kilroy Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

hey,
we now have a 90% confirmation that it is a telephone number, mainly because of a (un)intentional leak by the puppetmaster.

he mentioned the words "phone enigma" when talking about the napkin.

Razz

relating to the zip file:
brute force will be very complicated, mght take days for it to hit a portuguese word, there are a lot of variations, might be case sensitive, might have special carachters, like � or accents �~`^, .
what we do know is that it's related to a restaurant, we don't know if it's fictionary or not....

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:29 pm