Random Stuff By Paul

This is a tricky question that nobody can really answer for you, but how badly do you need to know who made the call?

If you have been getting prank phone calls then you can just report them to the police and let them take care of it. If you trust them to pursue it then that should be the matter resolved. Of course if you really want to make sure that someone is going to take action then you need to get in touch with the company that provides them their service. The police may not be able to do anything unless threats are made, but the phone company has the power to do a lot more and it could lead to the individual making the calls being cut off or worse.

You will really struggle to phone their service provider though without the use of a reverse phone lookup service as without those websites then I don’t know of any other way of identifying who they are with (unless you phone their voicemail and they haven’t changed their message then sometimes you can tell from that). Even though there is a small charge involved then you can’t argue that the easiest option is to use one and find out the service provider and the name and address of the person.

Now you are better equipped when you want to go to the police and report them as you can give their name and address, of course you should still go to the phone company too.

That combo gives you the best chance of getting the person into trouble (just make sure it wasn’t a wrong number first!). That doesn’t necessarily mean the person will stop, they can get a new phone to call you from etc - but if you know the name of the person you at least have the upperhand and if you let them know you are aware it is them then most people should get the picture and it will not seem so ‘fun’ when you know who it is.