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Harrassment Over the Telephone.
Someone keeps prank calling our home phone. We have no idea who it is and why this is happening. It happens a good 15 times a day. It's been going on for 4 days now. Prior to these past 4 days (about 4 weeks ago), the same thing was occurring - prank calls a good 15 times a day. Yes, that time those calls did stop on their own, but it went on for weeks on end. We never did anything about it, but we probably should have. My main focus for now is right now. Nothing is said when we answer the phone, and they only stay on the line for maybe 1 second. The number is set 'Private'. Could this be a business? Is it more likely that's the case? What can we do about this? How do we go about reporting them? Do we just dial the police? Is there a certain number we should have? Isn't what's going on here illegal!?! Does anyone have any idea what we should expect if we report them?
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Anyone can make their number appear private..so it doesn't mean it is a business.
Okay..two things you can do, buy a telezapper..
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And call the phone company and ask how to block private numbers.
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Yes there is something you can do.
*57 - It tells you the number of the person that just called you
And there is another phone code that allows you to block a specific number. So what you can do is to find out there number and then block it.
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Yes, that's illegal. A similar thing happened to me a while ago. You call the police to report it, and if it continues they can fine and/or arrest the person, depending on the laws in your state.
If it isn't the Morgage Company, maybe someone cloned their phone number for the purpose of making prank calls.
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maybe it's not the morgatge company that's been calling you, but they just happened to be calling at that time. If you press *67 and then a phone number, it will show up as restricted or private on a caller ID. So maybe they person is doing that. Someone can be calling from the mortgage company also. Next time they call, ask to speak to the manager and tell him/her about the problem. The person will probably get fired. If it's not the mortgage company, call the police. They can still find out the number. My friend was doing that to a teacher and got kicked off the softball team for prank calling.
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Maybe it's someone at the morgage company that knows a family member of yours personally. Since you know what the company is, call your phone company and tell them you want that number blocked, and tell them why. The person in question might resort to other numbers to call from, if that turns out to be the case then call the police (non emergency number) and tell them your situation and find out what you should do next.
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