i get 2-3 harrassing phone calls a day for a person i know, they don't have his phone # but have mine somehow, they won't tell me where they are calling from, they just leave a number for him to call, i told them time and time again that i won't give his information but they still keep calling and harrassing me, who can i turn this company in to, how do i get them to stop and can i sue them for the continuous harrassment
2007-06-01 22:06:50 · 8 answers · asked by brian r 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You can do what I have always done - which is threaten to talk to your attorney to deal with the harassment. And that if you get another call about your friend at a place in which he doesn't reside, you're going to sue. By law that is suppose to put an end to it. (btw - You might want to ask your friend if he used you and you phone number as a reference for something) That's how my situation started. But I knew well enough how to get it to stop too.
Contact the Phone company in which you pay your bill to. Ask them for the star number that transfers to them on harassing phone calls. Where I am at all I have to do is dial in the star and two digit number to have the harassers phone number sent to the phone company. This can only be done after they have called. After three times my phone company sends out a letter to theirs and has them disconnected.
Also change your phone number to a private, and unlisted number. Your phone company should do this for free and 1 time since you are being harassed.
Next you can contact your States Attorney Generals office, and file a complaint about the party calling and harassing you.
Here are links for the national, and federal Do Not Call list if you are in the U.S. It will take 30 days, but after that your number can no longer be called by telemarketers, campaign fund-raisers, etc... If they do they can be fined for doing so.
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
http://www.ftc.gov/donotcall
2007-06-01 22:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phone company offers a call tracing service you must use before anyone can take legal action against these people. When they call, you enter a code and the number is logged. This log will only be turned over to law enforcement or under civil subpoena. You can inform these creeps that you are reporting each call to the phone company for referral for prosecution. The calls will stop--guaranteed.
By doing this, I was able to have someone arrested and prosecuted for unlawful harassment.
2007-06-01 22:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a couple of related circumstances, I found a message like this on an answering machine set to instant answer.
"Please excuse the use of this instant answering machine, but a stupid collection agency at 800-555-1234 has been calling me repeatedly about someone else and won't identify themselves. If you are someone else, leave a message and I will get back to you."
In one of my cases, it was a young lady who was convinced that Joe was at my number and I was hiding him. After 3-4 calls, I recorded a new message like the one above and got one more phone call from her.
You should be able to use the internet to track back on the number about half the time.
2007-06-01 22:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the person calls again, you say, "The person who you are trying to contact doesn't live here and cannot be reached at this number. If you continue to harass me, I will call the police, have you fired, and much, much worse." Say this firmly and calmly. I'm sure there'll be a pause afterward. That's when you say, "Do you understand me?" If you just yell, the person's going to think you're bluffing. You have to make this threat very credible.
2007-06-01 22:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by TheOrange Evil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Contact you state consumer affairs department. Provide them with the Caller ID listing for the company that is calling you. Be sure that you have already requested removal from their contact listing.
Yes you can sue them, will you win, probably not!
2007-06-01 22:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Local sheriffs office... at the very least it will document an incident... which will make things easier down the road.
Tell the company to stop calling you and if they call again you will file harassment charges with the police.
It's only harassment if you ask/tell them to stop.
And chances are your friends owes some money and put you down as a reference... maybe s/he should try to get his bills paid?
2007-06-01 22:14:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
instead of saying you wont give the info, tell them you havnt spoken to him for a while.You can even go so far as to say that you had a fallen out and you have no idea where he is but as soon as you find out,you will let them know.
you can also put yourself on the NO CALL LIST.
2007-06-01 22:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-11 14:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by husted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋