Background
As an expert cryptography breaker and secret message collector, Janet Schlarbaum created a profession out of decoding notes found and submitted by curious patrons. Providing quality code solving for nearly 10 years, Janet Schlarbaum takes from her own catalog of collected correspondence or deciphers new letters brought to her.

Hoarder Co.
Janet Schlarbaum ’s encoded letter collection store, Hoarder Co., is a number one source to find old secret notes and discover the true meaning of their contents. With an ability to arrange ciphers into plain messages and back again, Janet Schlarbaum intercepts coded messages intended only for a selected party. Janet Schlarbaum began her cryptography study when she made her first scytale, a transposition cipher made of a tooled strip of leather and a cylinder to communicate with friends. Janet Schlarbaum also employed steganography, the act of hiding the existence of a secret message. Her interest in cryptography grew as she developed and deciphered cryptograms, blocks of encrypted text that are substitutes for real meanings, and Janet Schlarbaum learned advanced code breaking techniques while attending Piece College.

Techniques

Many of Janet Schlarbaum ’s deciphering techniques come from an innate understanding and a gut feeling. Janet Schlarbaum developed Hoarder Co, in order to decode secret messages offered by her inquisitive customers. When her client base grew, Janet Schlarbaum brought in her own collection of found secret notes, which piqued the interest of local residents who love being privy to secret information. Often, Janet Schlarbaum builds her collection of secret letters by searching in metro stations, public libraries, and heavily populated promenades. Hoarder Co. began to boom, and Janet Schlarbaum was finding solutions to nearly 50 classified letters per day. Janet Schlarbaum now provides custom code breaking services to parents who want to know information in their child’s secret diaries, teenagers who are eager to find out what their enemy is writing about them, and teachers who hope to understand notes passed by students in their classes. Although most patrons to Hoarder Co. pay Janet Schlarbaum simply to hear secret gossip, on occasion, the subject of the note is about the listener.