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  • mojo_007 May 31, 2012 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    I've found that blowing a whistle very loudly into the phone will stop obnoxious/rude phone harrassers. It's odd that now telemarketers seem to be ignoring the Do Not call registeries, as I have been getting calls now, and even on our celly. Sometimes scammers will route the call through a false number.
  • FreakyVulture Mar 20, 2012 @ 5:09 pm | delete
    Some great ideas here, thanks for sharing!
  • recordsspecialist Feb 15, 2012 @ 4:48 am | delete
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  • WeddingZazzle Apr 12, 2010 @ 9:59 pm | delete
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  • Dec 15, 2009 @ 6:07 pm | delete
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  • JessicaM Jan 1, 2010 @ 11:47 pm | delete
    Thanks for visiting. We need to share tips and help people to do something stop prank phone callers, our life needs peace and quiet.
  • randy Sep 3, 2009 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    Hey this might help. I keep a dummy prepaid phone. I use it for businesses or to give when i figure ill get harassed. If they bombard me with calls i add them to my contacts list set the ringtone to none and i dont get bothered when they call.
    If im in a ornery mood and get fed up ill forward the calls to a porn shop or a number of other numbers that will get the point across. The nice thing is i can still get messages i want. I also have a dummy email account for spammers.

    Beat em at their own game.

    Randy
  • scribebob Sep 2, 2009 @ 10:17 am | delete
    My 21-year old daughter moved into her own apartment near her office. Of course it makes a lot of sense, except that it scares her dad half to death.
    "She has to find her own way," my wife said. "She has to build up some independence," she added. "She will meet a lot of new friends," she also said.
    It was that last comment - those "new friends"-- that bothered me. Would they all really be "friends"? Or would they be predators - thieves, rapists, even killers?
    Of course I am not the first father to worry about his young daughter striking out on her own and living by herself in an apartment. But this was my daughter, and I was going to worry as much as I wanted. But beyond that, I wanted to make sure that she was as safe as I could possibly make her.
    After a few weeks went by, I asked my daughter, Melinda, how things were going and if she had encountered any problems or had any safety concerns. When she paused before answering I knew that something was wrong. But of course she didn't want to get me worried and to start saying "I told you so."
    "I have been getting some screwy phone calls," she said. "I think they are just guys who want to have some fun. But they are a bit scary. You just never know, because I am alone and maybe somebody would like to verify that so that they would know there is no one here to help me in case of a threat."
    I knew that there would be moments like this, so I had to maintain my composure and assure her that there was something we could do to help her with this problem. What this something was I had no clue.
    There is a man in my office who I go to for all questions related to what kind of help is out there for any kind of problem I can raise. He lives on the computer and he is an encyclopedia of computer help knowledge. So I went to him with my problem. Of course he had an answer.
    "What your daughter needs to do is to make sure these callers know there are a lot of different people living at her place," he said. "No one would dare attempt anything when they realize she is not only not alone, but there are several others either living there or visiting often."
    "So," I asked, "you're saying she has to get some roommates? Her place really is not that big. I'm not sure that's going to work."
    "Not roommates" he said, "just their voices." That's when he told me about The Voice Changer, which you can get at www.yoursecurityandsafety.com/voicechanger.htm.
    "With The Voice Changer," he said, "your daughter can answer the phone every time with a different voice, just by pressing a button."
    There are two versions, he said, TVC-1 disguises your voice by digitizing it; the degree of change can be adjusted as you are speaking by pressing a button on the front of the unit. Melinda can make it sound like a man or just a different person. She can even make it sound like a robot.
    TVC-2 has 8 different voice changing settings. Just press a button and a man can sound like a stranger, a woman like a man, a granddad like a child, etc.
    That was the answer, no doubt. I ordered TVC-2, gave it to my daughter, explained how to use it and suddenly the strange phone calls have halted. To callers who don't know her, it probably sounds as though she is running a rooming house. Good. I haven't heard too many instances of a rooming house being invaded by a predator.
  • Nijen Aug 5, 2009 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    Yeah it's funny to catch a prank caller!
  • pleasestopstaker Jul 7, 2009 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    8184223570 cell number her house number 8183228975 This girl her name is Maria and is fantasizing about my boyfriend who is like 10 years younger. She is so desperate. She stalks him at work, talks to people who knows him like his brother. She calls and lets the phone ring for ever and continues to call.
  • james Jul 6, 2009 @ 12:37 am | delete
    all phone calls r bad and or could be scarey but u can always hang up an not keep talking to who ever but to use any tellecommunications soft ware is a bad ideal because under federal laws in the usa SERVAULANCE SOFTWEARE IS TOATLEY ILLEAGLE FOR PUBLIC
    USE HOPE U DONT GET CAUGHT ITS NOT WORTH TIME IN PRISION U HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE FED. GOV I THINK ITS BEST TO HANG UP AND SHUT OFF YOUR PHONE JUST BECAUSE U CAN GET ALL THIS SOFT WARE
    ONLINE DOESNT MEAN ITS LEAGLE READ ALL TERMS AND CONDITONS OF YOUR STATE AND LOCAL LAWS THATS REAL GOOD ADVICE
  • Lynne May 21, 2009 @ 9:11 pm | delete
    My daughter was getting harrassing phone calls from her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. Following instructions by the phone company, she had the last call traced. Then she went to the police department and filed a complaint. The police told her that laws have changed since 9/11; just one harrassing call is enough to make an arrest; it used to be 3 or more. It's a Class A Misdemeanor and is considered a form of stalking. An officer called the ex-girlfriend and of course she denied making the calls. He told her a call had been traced to her number and to stop doing it. The calls stopped but we felt she got off way too lightly. The officer said she was obviously scared and he thought that was enough to stop her from calling anymore. It wasn't good enough for us and we considered filing a civil suit, but in the end my daughter decided it wasn't worth the hassle.
  • Stella Apr 5, 2009 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    This City Mortgage company keeps on calling daily at anytime. They will not stop. They call and then hang up. Please block these callers 1-636-261-2484; 1-800-283-7918; 1-800-831-9690.
  • angela Mar 22, 2009 @ 10:37 pm | delete
    how do you stop unavaible number blocked numbers from a cell phone and how do you find out the number that called my email is blondestorm69@yahoo.com somebody please let me know how to do this i really need it to stp and find out whos calling
  • starlet2008 Sep 7, 2008 @ 11:12 pm | delete
    Love the lens thanks
  • miragana Aug 21, 2008 @ 9:37 pm | delete
    I like your lens it is very informative.
  • Shadyrook Apr 13, 2008 @ 11:57 pm | delete
    great lens

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