Saturday, September 29, 2012

Dealing With Phone Call Harassment

By Shawna Trujillo


Phone call harassment is one of the most annoying and scariest ways to cause disturbance in any household. From practical jokes to obscene phone harassment, these alarming instances have been happening ever since the telephone became available for public use. So for those who are experiencing these things, here is a way to deal with these jokers.

Now when a person would receive one or two of these annoying calls, the phone company would not usually react because just a few do not really hold enough water to bring up a case. If the calls are very frequent though, then one may take action to trace the number. If the caller threatens to bring harm to a person or any of his loved ones, then he may bring this up to the police.

Of course the best thing to do would still be to ignore these kinds of calls. Usually, callers like these get a kick out of people getting angry or annoyed, so they keep on doing it again. So if one receives this type of call, just hang up and do not mind it.

Now if the calls do not stop, one may file a report to the phone company. What the company can do is they can be able to trace the number and identify who is the person who is behind that line. From there, the customer may block the said number or request a law enforcing body to issue a warning to the caller.

A peaceful way of settling this dilemma may actually be to change number. Since most callers like these would call any random stranger, they will most likely not remember any of their victims anymore. So if one changes his number, the chances that the same guy will call back will be very small.

Another way would be to get an answering machine. If a caller tries to annoy someone by making a prank call, then his efforts will go down the drain because the answering machine is there to block the victim. The prank caller will eventually be discouraged.

The scary thing about these occurrences is that sometimes, there might be calls of threat. These are usually done by organizations that have a specific target that they are stalking and wanting to harm. When this happens, do not hesitate to inform the police about it. The police would be the ones who would work with the telephone company in tracing the numbers of the threats and investigate. Do not take this lightly as it might be life threatening.

Basically, that is how one can deal with phone call harassment. Just remember never to chat or speak with any of these callers and do not ever give personal information. Just ignore them and they will eventually go away. Use any of the tips that were mentioned as they are all proven to work. When things get dangerous, then it would definitely be the time to take the right action.




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