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Learn how to reverse phone to stop prank calls

Published: Oct 9th, 2009 | Author: Alex Bhaswara Add Comment

Years ago was the prank call ancestor: the prank ring. A young boy rang the doorbell and ran away. It was a child game with almost no consequence.

Nowadays technologies have evolved. When was the last time your doorbell rang with nobody behind the door? A long time ago I am sure. But when did you receive a prank call on your home phone line or cell phone line? It is so easy to make prank calls. There are more and more of them. It is often difficult to know the real risk when you receive a prank call. You never know if it is a joke made by a bored teenager or by an insane person potentially dangerous for you and your family.

So your best move is to take action and show the prankster that you will not tolerate his behavior. The way to react is to run a reverse phone number lookup to identify the caller. Obviously you need the phone number of the caller. You get it by looking at the call display on your phone. If you can not get access to the number because it is displayed as a “confidential number” or “private number” you may ask help from your phone service provider by providing him with the date and the hour of the prank call.

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