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people have been crank calling me ALL DAY LONG
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:45 PM
 
This weekend, I've been getting so many crank calls that it's really, really getting on my nerves. Lately, people have been calling my cell phone like every two seconds. Totally random people just call and then laugh or hang up. I've tried turning off my phone, but when I turn it back on it just keeps ringing and ringing. I can't even check my voicemail because its so full of garbage. Has anybody else ever had this problem before?
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:47 PM
 
Never happened, but how long did you turn it off for? If it's a set group of people they'll get bored if it's been off long enough.
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:50 PM
 
Pretend you run a psychic service and they are getting charged for the calls at 10 bucks a minute.

waky waky!
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:51 PM
 
Originally posted by itistoday:
Never happened, but how long did you turn it off for? If it's a set group of people they'll get bored if it's been off long enough.
I turned it off for around 2 hours, but according to my missed calls list, whoever it was kept on calling while it was off. I don't know if its one person or a group of people, but it looks as though each call is from a different person, which can't be possible.
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:58 PM
 
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 08:59 PM
 
Ring them back. From a private number.

Depending on how bored or adventurous you feel you could also do any of the following:

a) Pretend you are the police, investigating prank calls
b) As above, but pretend you are an irish policeman.
c) As above, but also pretend you are in a car chase as you talk
d) As above, but pretend you have an accident and die while on the phone.
e) As above, but also pretend you are someone else that picks up the phone, and asks who they are speaking to.
f) As above, but the person who picks up your phone should have a swedish accent.

PS: You may need good sound effects and impersonation skills.
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 09:03 PM
 
The following solution works for me:

Don't turn on your cell until you need to make an outgoing call on it.
If it doesn't scare hippies, it's not worth listening to
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 09:04 PM
 
Return their calls.
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Feb 20, 2005, 09:04 PM
 
Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
you must be on Paris Hilton's address book.
correct

this thread is now about paris hilton's hacked cellphone
     
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Feb 20, 2005, 09:12 PM
 
Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
you must be on Paris Hilton's address book.


I too have T-Mobile. As soon as my contract is up, I'm ditching them.
     
   
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