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 if the call is just some pesky prank caller who wants to play a joke on random people, then there is no need for any legal action. One can just trace the number and simply block it. The phone company or the telecom provider will be able to block the number that keeps on making prank calls.
However, if the pranks become very frequent, then one can actually file a complaint to the phone company. Now the phone company would ask the phone owner to make a list of all the prank calls that he got in over a week. What the telecom providers can do is that they can send warnings to these prank callers.
Now when the callers get to be a little bit more serious than playful, then the police would probably have to come in. First, one should file a police report to the police station about disturbing calls. However, one cannot file just anyhow as one has to first prove to the police that the caller is actually dangerous.
Now in order to file a police report, one has to first observe how the caller talks. One will be able to file a report if the caller is always shouting or swearing. Of course if the caller threatens to harm anybody, whether it may be the recipient or anybody else, one may already report the caller to the police.
Now in this type of situation, what the police will do is that they would to track down where exactly the call came from would be to set a trap. The police would bug the phone line so that they will be able to trace the exact location of where the caller came from. They will ask the phone owners to jot down each weird call that comes in a span of one to two weeks before they take action.
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.
If one would want to play safe, another thing that he can do is block of his number when he is calling out. When that happens, the one who receives his call will not see the number but will see a message that says unknown caller instead. One can talk to the telecom provider if he would want to set up this kind of arrangement.
Now if the call is just some pesky prank caller who wants to play a joke on random people, then there is no need for any legal action. One can just trace the number and simply block it. The phone company or the telecom provider will be able to block the number that keeps on making prank calls.
However, if the pranks become very frequent, then one can actually file a complaint to the phone company. Now the phone company would ask the phone owner to make a list of all the prank calls that he got in over a week. What the telecom providers can do is that they can send warnings to these prank callers.
Now when the callers get to be a little bit more serious than playful, then the police would probably have to come in. First, one should file a police report to the police station about disturbing calls. However, one cannot file just anyhow as one has to first prove to the police that the caller is actually dangerous.
Now in order to file a police report, one has to first observe how the caller talks. One will be able to file a report if the caller is always shouting or swearing. Of course if the caller threatens to harm anybody, whether it may be the recipient or anybody else, one may already report the caller to the police.
Now in this type of situation, what the police will do is that they would to track down where exactly the call came from would be to set a trap. The police would bug the phone line so that they will be able to trace the exact location of where the caller came from. They will ask the phone owners to jot down each weird call that comes in a span of one to two weeks before they take action.
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.
If one would want to play safe, another thing that he can do is block of his number when he is calling out. When that happens, the one who receives his call will not see the number but will see a message that says unknown caller instead. One can talk to the telecom provider if he would want to set up this kind of arrangement.
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