A practical joke over the phone is usually known as prank/crank calls. While some aspects of prank calls can be funny, there are other aspects that tend to be harassment and threatening calls too. The reason for prank calls can be because of personal amusement or getting over ones anger. Some may record the prank calls and distribute them with friends or colleagues. Calls which direct towards threatening a person or a group of people are referred to as Hoax calls.
Who are Prank callers?
Crank callers can call through fake numbers, local standard call booths, or even through their own phone number. A typical example of student’s prankster is to text or calls his friend who doesn’t have his/her number. Whereas, disgruntled employees with lot of pressure, make a threatening call and may even warn about something related to their work. We have come across news of hoax calls to a college or Multi-National Companies (MNCs) regarding placing of bomb. These are critical calls and the victim may end up in jail. When the victim knows the caller in person, there is a possibility that the prankster use techniques to blur his voice or conceal himself. The technique can be to pretend as a business or someone else for that matter.
Prank Calls online- Getting rid of them
Many-a-times, more than just funny the calls turn the face of the victim pale blue. He can shiver out of horror. Considering tough people, these calls can be annoying and it can lead into a situation where you may have a stalker. Over Internet, many websites offer services to make prank calls online. It is difficult to track down the person because over the Internet the caller becomes totally anonymous.
If you have no assistance when a harassment call has been made, record it and distribute among your friends and family and also share it in social networking sites. If the call is continuous, now is the time to contact your local authorities and have the number traced.
When you get the prank call from a mobile phone or telephone, find a reliable service provider online, key in the number which you got the prank call from. You will get detailed information about the prankster for a mere $1. You might even get only less information but effective ones, i.e. the name and the address of the person.
