Prank phone calls - getting bad!
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Mrs JCB received a call a couple of weeks ago from a woman enquiring of our address and then proceeding to tell us that she'd put a bomb under our house.
We reported it to the police who were very good and took it very seriously (more than we did TBH), they created a crime number and said that they would try and trace the call, as it was a bomb threat.
Nothing happened until today when the same woman rang again, twice, and started verbally sexually abusing the OH saying she wanted to do this and that to her.....not nice stuff!
Obviously we've not done anything to anyone that we know of to warrant this. I've now got to change my phone number (which I use for business - so thats another couple of thousand business cards I need), and Plusnet want to charge me nearly £40 for doing it.....
Why can't this weirdo just f
k off!
Anyone else had a similar experience? My wife is due to give birth in two weeks and this is not helping her!
We reported it to the police who were very good and took it very seriously (more than we did TBH), they created a crime number and said that they would try and trace the call, as it was a bomb threat.
Nothing happened until today when the same woman rang again, twice, and started verbally sexually abusing the OH saying she wanted to do this and that to her.....not nice stuff!
Obviously we've not done anything to anyone that we know of to warrant this. I've now got to change my phone number (which I use for business - so thats another couple of thousand business cards I need), and Plusnet want to charge me nearly £40 for doing it.....
Why can't this weirdo just f
k off!Anyone else had a similar experience? My wife is due to give birth in two weeks and this is not helping her!
Changing your number aside, the person sounds a bit loopy so I think it's important to find out who it is incase they do something worse.
Surely the telecoms provider can supply this information to the cops if you know the rough time and date of the calls- though chances are that it'll be a payphone or payg sim.
Surely the telecoms provider can supply this information to the cops if you know the rough time and date of the calls- though chances are that it'll be a payphone or payg sim.
eybic said:
chase the police up again, this is classed as quite a serious offence afaik so they will/should act strongly on it.
The bomb threat was taken very serisouly, and after I explained to the incident room that this was linked to the last call, she said sexual abuse was also taken very seriously!sleep envy said:
JCB123 said:
Nothing happened until today when the same woman rang again, twice, and started verbally sexually abusing the OH saying she wanted to do this and that to her.....not nice stuff!
any chance your mrs managed to make a recording of it?Just don't need this right now!
JCB123 said:
sleep envy said:
JCB123 said:
Nothing happened until today when the same woman rang again, twice, and started verbally sexually abusing the OH saying she wanted to do this and that to her.....not nice stuff!
any chance your mrs managed to make a recording of it?
If you have a phone which you can download apps to look for an automatic call blocker. I've used one on Nokia and Android (aFilewall in the Market) phones I'm sure there will be equivalents for iPhone and Blackberry too. You can get them to block specific numbers and also block withheld numbers too. The calls will be logged so you know you've received them and be rejected in the same way as if you'd pressed the hang-up button. I suspect the caller would get bored and pick on somebody else if they never got a response other than voicemail or a dead line. You can always send the call logs to the Police to demonstrate they are still harrassing you.
HTH
HTH
_rubinho_ said:
If you have a phone which you can download apps to look for an automatic call blocker. I've used one on Nokia and Android (aFilewall in the Market) phones I'm sure there will be equivalents for iPhone and Blackberry too. You can get them to block specific numbers and also block withheld numbers too. The calls will be logged so you know you've received them and be rejected in the same way as if you'd pressed the hang-up button. I suspect the caller would get bored and pick on somebody else if they never got a response other than voicemail or a dead line. You can always send the call logs to the Police to demonstrate they are still harrassing you.
HTH
It's the home phone.HTH
You can block any withheld numbers - not helpful as this number is used for business, albeit not very often?!
Before you go to the hassle and expense of switching your phone number, I'd do all that you can to track down this woman. If she's got hold of your old number, there's nothing to say she won't get hold of your new number and just continue the abuse.
Speak to your phone company and see what procedure they have in place to track down persistent nuisance calls.
Speak to your phone company and see what procedure they have in place to track down persistent nuisance calls.
911motorsport said:
Has she tried doing 1471?
Did you really ask that? Plusnet (phone providers) won't do anything....they just want to charge me to change my phone number.
Police originally said there was nothing they could do, until they realised the (potential) severity, they've now applied for a 'Charter Application', which apparantly is usually only reserved for major instances, to trace the call.....unfortunately chances are it'll be a phone box or PAYG sim!
Edited by JCB123 on Monday 13th September 14:24
BT used to do a service where all incoming calls were intercepted before they got to you so that it eventually put the weirdo's off calling. We had it done years ago but not sure if it's still available. BT also used to have a nusiance calls bureau within its customer service team, you can ask them to find out I suppose.
If you're not with BT (You mentioned Plusnet OP?) then surely they have a similar set up? If not, the infrastructure is BT to the exchange etc, can thye get them to help at all?
If you're not with BT (You mentioned Plusnet OP?) then surely they have a similar set up? If not, the infrastructure is BT to the exchange etc, can thye get them to help at all?
Call your phone service provider, there is a feature called "Choose To Refuse" with BT where you dial a special number after the call you want to block, and it is blocked at the exchange regardless of whether they have witheld their number (this is usually free for the first month or so). I assume that this number can be retrieved by the police if required, so it is a form of call tracing too.
Edited by Gareth79 on Monday 13th September 14:28
Two dodgy calls received threatening to blow up your house and then sexually abuse your wife when she is about to give birth 
The Police should be VERY interested in getting this sorted if they are taking it as seriously as they lead you to believe. Perhaps you can contact your phone provider and ask if they can/could trace the number making the calls if the right procedure is followed? If they confirm this can be done get details how and pass these onto the Police and see how things move. I would hope with a call from an Officer managing your case the number could be obtained and the guilty party identified.
Alternatively if you manage to find out who it is yourself I'm sure a few PHers would pop round and have an "animated chat" with the caller on your behalf
The Police should be VERY interested in getting this sorted if they are taking it as seriously as they lead you to believe. Perhaps you can contact your phone provider and ask if they can/could trace the number making the calls if the right procedure is followed? If they confirm this can be done get details how and pass these onto the Police and see how things move. I would hope with a call from an Officer managing your case the number could be obtained and the guilty party identified.
Alternatively if you manage to find out who it is yourself I'm sure a few PHers would pop round and have an "animated chat" with the caller on your behalf
I'd be amazed if BT can't trace the calls if they want to (or the Police demand it). Might lead to a public phone though.
We've had a couple of spate's of nuisance calls - once when our details appeared in the local paper after a lad hurt himself after riding his bike into Mrs DL's car and she got done for careless driving.
And the second time was a people who were pissed rang in the early hours and just screamed abuse but it was general stuff - they didn't appear to know us. At the time my Dad was very ill so it was relied that it was just some nutter and not about my Dad! Happened 3 times in a couple of weeks and then never again.
We've had a couple of spate's of nuisance calls - once when our details appeared in the local paper after a lad hurt himself after riding his bike into Mrs DL's car and she got done for careless driving.
And the second time was a people who were pissed rang in the early hours and just screamed abuse but it was general stuff - they didn't appear to know us. At the time my Dad was very ill so it was relied that it was just some nutter and not about my Dad! Happened 3 times in a couple of weeks and then never again.
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