Prank Phone Calls

Sinque · 14 Apr 2009 at 01:13

Some little **** keeps ringing me and saying absolutely nothing, sometimes blowing down the phone or playing music through it.
I've no idea who it is and they have been doing it randomly every few days

Even if I leave it answered they will keep the call open for 10minutes, even more, mostly in silence.

I've started playing the Friends and Flintstones theme tunes down the phone back to them but they just blast white noise back at me.

Anyone got any ideas? If I don't answer it they just leave it ringing and ringing and ringing or if I reject it they do the same.

Greenlizard0 · 14 Apr 2009 at 01:15

Lol, ze plan is working....

GarethDW · 14 Apr 2009 at 01:19

Serious answer - inform the police, they can get BT to trace the call and pay the person a visit.

Non-serious answer - get a whistle, like a ref uses in a football match, and when you're sure they've called then blow the whistle as hard as you can down the line. Make sure it is them who's on the line if you do this though

NickM · 14 Apr 2009 at 02:49

I assume you've tried 1471?

Welshy · 14 Apr 2009 at 02:54

Are you sure it's actually a person rather than an automatic dialer of somesort?

V4NT0M · 14 Apr 2009 at 02:57

If handset = mobile then put on silent, else unplug phone, end.

Sinque · 14 Apr 2009 at 03:33

NickM said:
I assume you've tried 1471?

It's an unknown caller.

Welshy said:
Are you sure it's actually a person rather than an automatic dialer of somesort?

It's definately a person because they only started playing music / white noise to me when I started doing it to them.

Skyfall said:
If handset = mobile then put on silent, else unplug phone, end.

It is always on silent but it has a very loud vibration. I can't make it impossible to hear or turn it off else it'd defeat the purpose of having my phone.

KizZ · 14 Apr 2009 at 03:38

Sorry

CaseyChaos · 14 Apr 2009 at 04:06

just ring the network and have them trace it, they can block the number ringing you once they find out which it is

Gackt · 14 Apr 2009 at 04:12

When they call, answer it, put the phone on the side and then go make dinner.

Roland0 · 14 Apr 2009 at 05:20

just ignore it, im sure they wil stop eventually

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 14 Apr 2009 at 06:47

Cosimo · 14 Apr 2009 at 07:31

Call you network provider, with some dates and times, they will sort it out.

Duke · 14 Apr 2009 at 08:19

Post the number up here when you find out.

Ben M · 14 Apr 2009 at 08:46

contact the police or your provider, either that or just cancel all calls from unknown numbers.

Kaed · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:18

As everyone says, inform BT/Police etc, though I got a weird prank phone call once. The phone rang, and they asked to speak to me, when I said hello, I got played a recording (complete with background music) of some guy offering me a job with Ocean (computer games company), they then hung up.

Was strange to say the least.

Quint · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:25

Yeap, just leave your phone off the hook when you answered it, they then won't be able to make a call until you hang up will they?

And if its some kid, sooner or later the parents will be home and they will at some point want to use it.

You can always play the "Teen Buzz" high pitched tone back down the phone lol

latercomer2 · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:52

Get it reported to BT and the police asap. they should help get it sorted out pretty quickly and hopefully the scrote who is doing it will get what they deserve.

KaHn · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:56

I loved my SE M600, I could set that to only accept calls from people in my phone book, meant stuff like this wasn't a problem, the same went for agency calls

KaHn

VFR_KID · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:00

Duke said:
Post the number up here when you find out.

This is an absolute must.

If they are willing to stay there when you go silent let them charge them for the call sod them. but i aggree if you find the number put it on here we can nuke them from orbit