Prank phone calls!!! Should I be worried???

carrie123

carrie123

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OK the other night, at 11:41pm to be exact I got a phone call with a guy on the other end wanting phone sex. OK I dismissed it as a perv...

But tonight I was on the phone with my dh, and he was telling me about a guy who has 5 kids and they have to hand down clothes including hand-me-down underwear and socks. I say something to the effect that's he's poor, I mean come on, he does have FIVE kids. MY dh says you don't understand the guy just bought himself a $1000 dollar gun and says the kids are fine that's what they make bleach and soap for. I said well he's must an A&*hole...

That moment I get a call coming in from call waiting, I say hang on a sec, I need to answer the other line, I say, "Hello?" and a guy on the other end says in a low tone, "No, I'm not being an A$%hole..." and hangs up. I'm dumbfounded and switch back to my dh and ask him if that guy we were talking about can hear us. He said no, he was looking at the guy from across the hangar talking to some other guys. I explained to him about the call I just got and he said that's weird. I'm a little worried because it sounded alot like the same guy who called me the other night. Both calls could not be traced with *69.

I hope someone has some advice. My dh is gone alot, as a matter of fact he's gonna be gone about 3 weeks this month beginning tomorrow night.

Should I be worried???


Carrie

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Jeez Carrie, that is creepy! I would contact the police and ask what I should do. Did you get both calls on the same phone number? It sounds like he might have some sort of listening device on your phone or has patched into your line somehow; other wise, how would he know what you had just said? It could also be one of those devices that let's your hear what people are saying yards away, but I don't know if those things could go thorough walls.
 
Carrie-

I have been lurking and saw your message.

I would suggest:

1. Have the phone company check to see if your phone line has somehow crossed with someone else phone line. Out in the country, (where we live) it happens sometimes and they check the telephone box. (My dad worked for the phone company)

2. Are you talking on a cordless phone? (make sure it is 5.8 - it scrambles better). People can scan your cordless phone (2.4 and the older models of cordless) with a police scanner. You can go out on the web and find out just how people scan with police scanners on cordless phone calls. Just search like "listening to cordless phones conversations with Police Scanners" or such.

3. You may want to switch to a corded phone that plugs into the wall.

I hope this helps you. I can understand how scary this must be. I hope you find a solution.
 
You can never be too cautious. Please alert your local police and do all that other stuff HappyDance says.

And then know, that you are safe from harm.But always err on the side of caution-always!
 
eeeww, I got chills. Let us know what you find out. That anyone would even risk a crank call w/ call id and all is weird. I think you can get more info from the phone company, too, even if *69 didn't work, if it was a call like that. Good luck.
 
This doesn't sound like a prank phone call. The guy is stalking you.

You can buy scanners that receive cordless phones, or he has your house bugged, or he's close enough to use a "super ear".

There's a class of criminal that will break in undetected and not steal anything, they just case you. You come home from wherever and scold yourself for not locking something.

Notify the police.

Notify the phone company. With our caller ID option we can divert "anonymous" calls to a recording that says to allow ID and the call will go through.

A good time to check the locks. Do you have a dog? You don't need the big gaurd dog type, just one that will bark if its startled. I advocate the use of a gun for personal protection but if you are untrained and have little ones around it's probably a bad idea.
 
Carrie,

This actually sounds pretty serious, I would follow the above advice to contact police, phone company, etc.

Also, if you don't go the gun route, you may want to at least invest in some mace/pepper spray.

I just wanted to add that it might not be the SAME guy your husband was talking about who was calling you. It may have been whoever was listening to your phone conversation with DH and the caller wanted to scare you so used what he just heard in your conversation (i.e. Letting you know he could hear you). Chance are if your DH was looking at the guy the whole time, then it wasn't him who called.

Be safe!
Mattea
 
Carrie,

I agree with Catherine. Get someone to stay with you.

Also, I would definitely call the police.

Please keep us posted and let us know what is going on.
 
That would scare me.
I agree: contact the police: but maybe not from your phone, where the stalker (and it sounds like one) can perhaps listen in. Go down to the police station.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone. My phone is a 5.8 GHz. I will call the police. I just don't want to seem well, paranoid or something. I'm sure the station gets enought crack-pot calls, you know what I mean?

What makes matters a little bit worse is that our house is up for sale, so anyone can come into our home to look around during open houses, or appt. with realtors. Grrrr.

Just for piece of mind, I'm calling the police. I don't know anyone I can stay with, even if I did it wouldn't matter, my dh is always gone. He works at night and sleeps during the day. I've always been against having a gun or any kind of weapon in the house, but the thought started to cross my mind. There's a gun club/range down the street.

Hopefully, this is the last call I get though, and nothing further happens.

Since, this is an exercise site, I should go get a workout in today. The karate studio has some kick-butt moves. Sounds right up my alley:)

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I used to be against having guns too, but for the heck of it about 2 years ago, I went to a gun range owned by a former police officer and took shooting lessons. I think knowing about guns and how to handle them makes them less scary. One important factor in my husband and I deciding to buy a gun...we don't have any children.
 
I called the local police and they redirected me to the sheriff's department. I was a little nervous about calling for some reason. But the lady dispatcher was so nice, and she mentioned there have been reports of quite a few harrassing phone calls lately, especially on cell phones. I said that the guy was dialing my home phone, but last night my dh was using his cell. So we'll see. She said someone will either call me later or come by the house.

Again, thanks for the advice everyone.

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Well the sherriff called me back and said not to worry, that hopefully the caller will go away. He said instead of paying $1.85 for everytime I had to hit the trace button through the phone company, (that the sherriff's would have to suppeon anyways for the right to view the trace) that I should just save the money and tell the caller next time that I am tracing the call, (but not really) and hope to scare him away without it costing anything.

I suppose that's reasonable, but if I get another call, I will insist on a real trace. Thank you guys for the advice, really, I mean I would have never got up the nerve to call anyone on my own otherwise.

Now in a Stephen King novel, that call I got from the sherriff just now would have been the caller imitating the sherriff deterring me from the real trace, hmmmm:) dun dun duuuummm... Got have a sense of humor or life would be too scarey:p

OK now I just gave myself unnecessary creeps...;(

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I am so sorry that you are going through this! I don't have any extra adivce other than I don't think you should take this lightly, this guy is obviously listening to you some how, and you can never be too safe. Protect yourself and your children. I really like the other posters suggestion of getting pepper spray if you don't want a gun. Which I don't blame you, I don't like our gun in the house either.
Please be safe!!!!
 
Everyone is giving you good advice...call the police. Now if he calls again blow a loud whistle right in his ear.... he won't call back.
 
The only thing I don't see in any posts is mention of the possibility that someone has planted a surveillance device in your home. It could be a bug, or a wire tap, or a small camera that has been situated somewhere obscure (you'd be amazed at how small and undetectable these things are today). I'd look into getting your house "swept" for bugs, because for that guy to know exactly what you said when you said it is not right. I've accidentally listened in on phone conversations with a police scanner before (a friend of mine had a scanner and once in a while a phone conversation would break into the police dispatches), and I don't know how anyone would be able to get your phone number if they just scanned your conversation. And even if psycho-man did come across your conversation on a scanner, how did he know it was you? No, I think it's more plausible that someone who lives near you or who has been in your home has somehow planted something to surveil you and listen in on you. I'm very disturbed that the Sherrif's Department won't take this more seriously than to say to lie about tracing the call. This guy sounds like a whack! And if he does have you under surveillance, he knows you called the police and he knows they told you to lie about tracing the call.

Maybe YOU should buy a $1000 gun. I would - TODAY! And I wouldn't leave home without it (luckily, my state allows civies to carry concealed weapons with a license).
 
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