| Harassing phone calls can be very nerve wracking | | | | know they can get away with their crime, which may |
| and frustrating. What at first may have seemed like a | | | | encourage them to harass other phone consumers. |
| harmless prank may now be a phone harassment that | | | | - Do not be afraid to report threatening phone calls - |
| is interfering with your life. You need to put a stop to | | | | As soon as a caller threatens you or any other person |
| these harassing calls, and face this issue before you | | | | in your household with physical harm, immediately |
| let it get out of hand. Dealing with harassing phone calls | | | | report this to your phone company and the authorities. |
| is the only way to make them go away. | | | | Try to tell them everything you can about the call, |
| What can you do? There are different ways you can | | | | including what was said, what the person sounded like, |
| deal with a phone harasser (I.E. calls made by | | | | the time of the call, the phone number, etc. |
| someone who uses any means to intimidate you, such | | | | What you should do to put an end to harassing calls: |
| as silence, heavy breathing, threats, etc.). However, | | | | - Find out more information on the harassing caller - |
| before you take any action, you need to carefully think | | | | Lookup the caller's phone number in a reverse phone |
| through your options and decide what course of action | | | | lookup to find out their information. If their name and |
| is best suited for your specific situation. The following | | | | address is not revealed, conduct a pay-per-search |
| are some helpful tips on what you should and should | | | | service to learn this information. Once you learn this |
| not do when dealing with harassing calls: | | | | information, the next time the harasser phones, you |
| What you should not do: | | | | and address them by their name, tell them you know |
| - Do not call the harasser back - Your first instinct | | | | where they live, and you've notified the police. |
| may be to find out the harasser's number and call | | | | - Ask the phone company to block the number from |
| them back. This is not a good idea because you run | | | | calling you - Although you can screen the calls with |
| the risk of adding further fuel to the fire. You will likely | | | | your caller ID, you can also ask your phone company |
| only make the situation worse, resulting in more | | | | to permanently block the number from your phone. |
| frequent and aggressive calls. | | | | - Change your number - if the phone calls will not stop, |
| - Do nothing - Don't take phone harassment lightly. | | | | and there is nothing your phone company or the |
| Although the harassing caller may eventually become | | | | authorities can do, you should change your phone |
| bored with phoning, you can't take this chance, | | | | number and make sure it remains unlisted so that it |
| especially since the individual could be dangerous. | | | | cannot be found with a forward search. Also, only give |
| Additionally, by doing nothing, you're letting the harasser | | | | out your new number to people you trust. |