Need someone skilled in Telecommunications and Electronics

[EarlyDawn]

Here's the situation. About two and a half weeks ago, my (now) ex-girlfriend initiated a breakup over a meaningless argument that was really just an excuse to break up. Over the last two weeks, her annoying, immature friends have been non-stop calling me and generally being annoying bitches. I obviously can't threaten to kill them, I don't know how well that'll go over. So I turn to you, fellow PSUers, I'm sure at least one of you has been in a situation like this.

Stuff you should know:
Changing my phonenumber is not an option. My parents, particularly my father rely on the line for business calls.

I'm not actively provoking conversation from them in any way. I ususally pick up, listen to their high-pitched screaming and then hang up.

They refuse to leave messages.

What I'm looking for:
A- Some way to block a phone number. This is not an ideal solution because, being annoying teenage bitches, the ammount of phones they have access to probably equals the number of STDs they carry.

B- Some way to effect their phonenumber or somesuch (phreaking). Something that will send a clear message.

C- The proper course of legal action. This too, is far from ideal. I want this handled as small as possible.

Thanks PSU. :groovy:

[Squeeky]

Contact your local Law Enforcement and see what options you have. I'm pretty sure they can subpeona the phone company for your phone records and see who has been calling and when. And they can determine if that is harassment, you can then pursue legal action. That's what i'd do, call and see what options you have.

[Setari]

yes and with legal action can quite often come money...otherwise, everything Squeeky said

[EarlyDawn]

Good points guys, thank you. I'm gonna do that when my parents get home. Not to sound like a teenaged noob, but they know this is going on so I'll talk to them about it and I'm sure they'll agree.

If anyone else has any other ideas, by all means, bring them on.

[Pilgrim]

The phone company will block numbers for you, if you can get the numbers they are calling you from

Also if you have dial--up on your comp I used to have a program that could dial a number at a time interval and play a message. I would have it dial someones number ever 15 minutes for 3-4 days. Mind you this is best to do from someone elses comp... b ut y'know.

[EarlyDawn]

Link? :rofl:

[Nimbus]

Hey sweet! My services are needed.
I work for a phone company, CenturyTel. Here's the deal.

A. The phone company should be able to provide a variety of blocking services for you. There is usually a feature that we call Selective Call Rejection. Your phone company should have a similar feature, but it may have a different name and cost. We charge $4.00 per month for ours and it allows you to block up to 12 numbers. If you know the number you can type it in yourself. If you don't, immediately after the call comes in you can punch in a command and it will block that number, whatever it was.

B. Not really any way I know of that you can do that.

C. What is going on is considered harassment. It is a police matter and you'd probably want to call them first. The phone company does help, we provide a call trace feature. With centurytel the command is *57. You should also write down the date and approximate time the call came in, the police can then trace it to get the number. In some areas the police will give you a case number and you should open a trap and trace on your phone line. This allows you to use the call trace feature for free for a limited amount of time. The phone company does normally charge per use as a call trace is really a bitch to do. It requires a lot of legal paperwork and is a general pain in the butt.

[EarlyDawn]

Alright. They just just called again. This is getting irritating. I smell a lawsuit.

[Nimbus]

Dont forget to write down the date and time. Even if you don't do a trace the phone company may still be able to track it down. Just takes longer.

What phone provider do you have, anyway?

[EarlyDawn]

Couldn't tell you, actually. We've switched several times over the last few months and I'm not sure which one the roulette ball landed on.

[ViperGTS]

Well...I would give you advice.....but I'm really imture(which you should know by now....). Oh the hell with it....KILL THEM!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

[Onizuka]

Ack, I hate legal matters. If it was me, although i dont know your situation as well as you do, everytime they called, play annoying sounds on the other line. I've done this to two other people, and they stopped calling.

[Everay]

yea, call the phone company, or better yet, do this, if you have coller ID, get the numbers, then go to www.anywho.com type the number in, (reverse look up, and youll be able to find their address, tell them their address, and tell them that if they call again, something might happen :evil:

[Nimbus]

Revenge isn't a good idea in a situation like this. Should he try and the girls call the police, he could get in more trouble than they would have.

[Setari]

yea..there is one thing that works alternatively on telemarketers...say penis a couple times real fast then hang up...i did it to 2 telemarketers and they havent called back since....

[Kuraltai]

LNS0388,

Follow what Nimbus said. We take reports like this on a regular basis. Your local law enforcement agency will issue a report number which you then give to the phone company. They will in turn send phone logs to that law enforcement agency for further action.

I would suggest against doing some of the things suggested here as that would be considered harassment on your part and cause you even more trouble. Then the whiney little bitches win. :p

[Strygun]

*69 on any telephone company will give you the last # that called you.

[EineBeBoP]

Im not sure exactally how this works, but if they call, and you answer, just dont hang up. I believe this keeps both your lines busy, so they cant make/recieve any calls. Next time they call, just answer, and place the phone (preferably a cordless) behind a chair or something on the ground so you cant see/hear anything without knowing its there. that'll piss them off after a while.

[Strygun]

Im not sure exactally how this works, but if they call, and you answer, just dont hang up. I believe this keeps both your lines busy, so they cant make/recieve any calls. Next time they call, just answer, and place the phone (preferably a cordless) behind a chair or something on the ground so you cant see/hear anything without knowing its there. that'll piss them off after a while.

it will hang up on their end after a while. only thing it will do is mess up your phone line, you'll be able to make/receive

[EarlyDawn]

Alright, cops it is. Anywho is a good idea but I don't have Caller ID.

[arctik]

Used to happen to me, some girl was mad cause I dumped her so she would always get other guys to call and say they would beat my ass etc. Well apperantly thoughs guys werent so bad ass so then she did what your dealing with right now. Her friends would call and sometimes tell my parents that I was the father of thier baby. My parents and I got the police involved and they stopped. I didn't take any real legal action I just had the police talk to my ex. Hah, good times...

[Navaron]

Quit dating psychos. That's all the advice I can give you.

[Spider]

Quit dating psychos. That's all the advice I can give you.

I should follow that advice! :lol:

[Nimbus]

Alright, cops it is. Anywho is a good idea but I don't have Caller ID.

You don't need caller id. Just keep a record of the times that they called and the police should be able to subpoena the numbers from the phone company. The most important part is to get the times, and several examples (the switch doesn't always catch every call, extra examples ensure they can trace it)

[dscytherulez]

:rofl:

Yeah, call the police as pretty much everyone suggested. I doubt you will make any money, but they will stop, almost garaunteed.

[Firefly]

I skipped all of this because I've been in this situation before with harassing callers. So you may see the same information.

A) Call their parents. Have YOUR parents call their parents and say "Every time your stupid brain-dead kid calls my house, and every time your number shows up on my phone bill, I am going to charge you fifty dollars. PER CALL."

B) Have your business-minded parents speak to this chick's parents, reminding them that psycho-bitch is exercising manipulative control over friends to coerce them into illegal acts, and it's having a detrimental effect on their business activities, not to mention their personal privacy and sanity. Have them recommend they get off their hippy asses and spank the crap out of the little shitbag.

C) Call your phone company and have them block the numbers. Quite often, phone companies will not only block the number for you, but also call the offender with a warning.

D) Seek legal protection for harassment. Law enforcement can't do a damn thing because they don't have proof or strict jurisdicition. The judiciary system, however, can file a restraining order... and if they call and your bill shows that they called, that's an automatic summons for violation of a court order.

E) Call me and I'll road trip down there and monkeystomp the little SOBs.

[Setari]

monkeystomp :lol: :rofl:

[Nimbus]

C) Call your phone company and have them block the numbers. Quite often, phone companies will not only block the number for you, but also call the offender with a warning.

D) Seek legal protection for harassment. Law enforcement can't do a damn thing because they don't have proof or strict jurisdicition. The judiciary system, however, can file a restraining order... and if they call and your bill shows that they called, that's an automatic summons for violation of a court order.


C) All of the phone companies I've dealt with (CenturyTel, Verizon, Ameritech, SBC, MCI) can not block numbers for you. They provide features that allow you to block a number yourself, but they cannot do it for you, no matter what the situation is.

D) 1. Law enforcement CAN cite them for harassing phone calls if you've done a call trace. I deal with situations like this every day. 2. Your account only records billable calls, unless they are calling collect, this will not show up on your bill. If you get a restraining order and they call you, you will STILL need to call the police and have a call trace done in order to bust them for anything.

[Firefly]

They provide features that allow you to block a number yourself, but they cannot do it for you, no matter what the situation is.
Yeah that's what I meant- they give you the feature to do so, that's blocking it for you.

[Neon Apocalypse]

this is good stuff, could u record one and host it?

[Indecisive]

:rofl:


hell, ill host it.

[SDM]

Hell post thier phone numbers if you get your hands on them.

They need a call from Uncle Death Monkey.

[EarlyDawn]

Recording- No idea how I would capture that onto a digital format.

Numbers- I'll do it in a controlled format off of PSU to make sure Hamma isn't held liable for any of it. And of course, I deny any knowledge of it ever comming from me.

[Doppler]

getting their number from *69 or caller ID or any other fancy system, then either punch it with area code into google, or anywho. Now type up an official looking letter and send it to the address. State in the letter that this constitutes the one warning before legal action is pursued, if you really want to make an impression send it registered mail. Generaly the parental unit will get this, and have a fit with the offending child.

[Firefly]

http://www.att.com

Go to DIRECTORY.

Cellphones will not show up, sorry.

[EarlyDawn]

Hey, sorry to bump an old thread, but anyone who would like to help me with this issue, and have some fun in the meantime, should send me a PM.

[Edit: I acquired the number. I'd *love* to post it, believe me. That's my wildest dream. But I'm not gonna do anything without Hamma's say-so first. Oh, and I also need a way to find cellphone info, if that's even possible.]

[worldvengence]

Hey, have had the same problem before, the solution is simple...as was said above...all you have to do is *69 and threaten legal involvement, and then call the ex, and inform her, that if this does not stop, then the police will get involved for harrasment, and tell her parents

[EarlyDawn]

She's not picking up. I'm gonna call the house at dinnertime and give the parents what-for. Hehe.

[worldvengence]

hey, nothin like a little scare...and if all else fails, just call the police, but tell them you dont want to file for harassment, u just want them to discuss/inform the parents of the issue, and put a halt to it

[EarlyDawn]

Hm, indeed.

[Squeeky]

I don't know how many times i've seen these threads on Genmay/TW. "Hey, harass this person at this number". Person gets flooded with phonecalls, hilarity ensues.

[worldvengence]

ya.....it is funny to a point....but... after about a day or so it becomes a royal pain in the ass

[EarlyDawn]

Nvm... If I give you the number, squeeky, could you post it there? You're pretty well known, right?