Cell Phone Number Question

For what its worth, with 5 kids we have had this problem before

Call your provider and explain these calls are harassing and poof they stop

Chas

[AAlmeter]

Googling it will often get you the provider. I often get types of calls. I've never had a full investigation done, but I'm sure that many are pranks from teens that I've coached...what worries me are the one or two disgruntled laborers....especially when it involves my loved ones.

[DPD6030]

Vin, I'd like to say it was me but sadly it wasn't.

Originally Posted by ChasDen

For what its worth, with 5 kids we have had this problem before

Call your provider and explain these calls are harassing and poof they stop

Chas

Excellent advice as my wife used to work for AT&T. For those who would like to help and have "access" to phone numbers and are able to find out the people who are calling,,,be very careful as this is against the law and your employer has safeguards to see who is doing a search on cell or home numbers. You may think you can outthink them but you can't as once you do a search it is recorded no matter what steps you might have taken not to trip the search.

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by Cigary

Excellent advice as my wife used to work for AT&T. For those who would like to help and have "access" to phone numbers and are able to find out the people who are calling,,,be very careful as this is against the law and your employer has safeguards to see who is doing a search on cell or home numbers. You may think you can outthink them but you can't as once you do a search it is recorded no matter what steps you might have taken not to trip the search.

googling the number is illegal?

Originally Posted by Big Vito

googling the number is illegal?

Googling isn't illegal and I was posting so that anyone who wanted to "help" out by seeking who was making the call by other means could be illegal. I know that some people have access to phone records and can find out who makes calls. When they do that then it becomes illegal even if you were to do it for "good" reasons. Answers were being given that they had "access" and just didn't want anyone to get in trouble. My wife and son had jobs with the phone companies and they were always being told not to access phone records unless it was authorized by Supervisors in the case we're talking about on this post.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by Cigary

Googling isn't illegal and I was posting so that anyone who wanted to "help" out by seeking who was making the call by other means could be illegal. I know that some people have access to phone records and can find out who makes calls. When they do that then it becomes illegal even if you were to do it for "good" reasons. Answers were being given that they had "access" and just didn't want anyone to get in trouble. My wife and son had jobs with the phone companies and they were always being told not to access phone records unless it was authorized by Supervisors in the case we're talking about on this post.

What is illegal is accessing personal records that you don't have authority to.
In other words, if anyone on this board works for a provider and secures private information for a friend, that is looking to be fired and face lots of issues.

However, there are many services and many programs that provide information/databases. Accessing those at a cost to the person seeking the information does not put the person at risk. As an example, there are many vendors that at a fee of something like $29, will provide you anything you want to know about the person by simply giving their cell phone number. As an example, in my business, I can search out any of you to see if you have liens, bankruptcies, on and no. However, to do it for something that does not involve a case we are working on would be seeking to be fired.

If I were getting harassing calls, using such a vendor would be something I could easily explain to anyone or any court. However, I would pursue the matter via my personal carrier first.

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by Big Vito

http://www.searchbug.com/

This is a good site for finding out which carrier initially issued a number. However, it doesn't take in to account number porting to other carriers, so the info may or may not be current.