If one owns a land line or a cell phone, then he most likely experienced having a random annoying call from a person that he does not know. Now these may be some pranks that kids would usually play on random people or these could even be threats from unknown people. So if one would want these to stop, then here are some ways to stop harassing phone calls from random callers.
Now there will be times when kids will just feel like calling people and say some prank line in order to get a funny reaction from the recipient. Now when this happens, one cannot request for any legal action to be done because it is a harmless joke. What can be done is that one can block the number so that they cannot 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.
Now when one would receive this kind of call, he has to first observe how the caller talks. If the caller is shouting a lot and using a lot of swear words, then one may report to the police. More so if the caller would threaten to actually harm the person who is on the other end.
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 there are actually some very effective ways to be able to prevent these harassing calls from coming through. Now the best way would be to of course never give out numbers. One has to make sure that his number is not shown anywhere public otherwise he will receive a lot of calls.
Another thing that one can do to be even safer is to make sure that he blocks his number when he would make an outgoing call. So instead of his number showing on the screen of the recipient, there would be a big message that would say unknown caller. In order to do this, one can arrange for the telecom provider to block the number so that no one will be able to see it.
Now there will be times when kids will just feel like calling people and say some prank line in order to get a funny reaction from the recipient. Now when this happens, one cannot request for any legal action to be done because it is a harmless joke. What can be done is that one can block the number so that they cannot 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.
Now when one would receive this kind of call, he has to first observe how the caller talks. If the caller is shouting a lot and using a lot of swear words, then one may report to the police. More so if the caller would threaten to actually harm the person who is on the other end.
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 there are actually some very effective ways to be able to prevent these harassing calls from coming through. Now the best way would be to of course never give out numbers. One has to make sure that his number is not shown anywhere public otherwise he will receive a lot of calls.
Another thing that one can do to be even safer is to make sure that he blocks his number when he would make an outgoing call. So instead of his number showing on the screen of the recipient, there would be a big message that would say unknown caller. In order to do this, one can arrange for the telecom provider to block the number so that no one will be able to see it.