Monday, July 21, 2014

Tips On How To Stop Harassing Phone Calls

By Paulette Mason


There have been many cases of annoying or harassing calls that would disturb random people who are going about with their lives. Now these calls may range from petty little pranks to scary conversations that would pose as threats to the safety of recipients. So if one is a victim of this kind of situation, here are some ways to stop harassing phone calls.

Now it is very common for people to receive calls from random kids who would just want to play a joke on them. Of course when this happens, one does not have a solid ground to file for a police case but something can still be done as these kinds of occurrences are rather annoying. What one can do is that he can just simply block the number so that it will not call again.

If these pranks are actually very persistent and would have a different number every time, one can lodge a complaint to the telecom provider. Now one should keep a log of the numbers that would make these pranks. From there, the telecom providers can actually send a warning to these pranksters.

Now there are also callers that are actually quite scary and are actually potentially dangerous. Now during these types of situations, one may already file for a police case. However, one has to make sure that he has enough evidence or proof that the caller is actually a potential threat.

One thing to look out for would be the tone of voice of the caller. If the caller is shouting or spouting a lot of obscenities, then this would be grounds for a police case already. Of course if the caller threatens to inflict harm to a person or any of his loved ones, then it is definitely time to call the police.

Now if one has sufficient evidence that the caller is indeed dangerous, then the police will bug the line to check where the caller resides. They will use a trap in order to see the exact location of the caller so that they may take action. However, they will not take action right away as they will first ask the phone owners to monitor the calls for around one or two weeks.

Now once all the occurrences stop, it is best that one would now try to prevent them from ever happening again. Now the best way to do this would be to make sure to never give any numbers out to strangers. The best way to avoid getting these kinds of threatening calls would be not to disclose any numbers.

Of course there are those who would want to play it even safer. If one would want to play very safe, he can actually block off his number even when he makes an outgoing call. So for example, if his friend would receive his call, his friend will not see the number but will see the words unknown number instead.




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