So, this number keeps calling me and hanging up

[ImAnOgre]

And when I call them to see who they are, they hang up on me. Any idea on what I can do to annoy this fucker as much as he/she is annoying me?

[Aimless]

If it's difficult to find out who's calling you then, I dunno, spread their number to as many spammy services as possible so that they're bombarded by people who want to sell them underwear.

Or talk to your carrier to see if they can help you identify the caller.

[CitizenCain]

And when I call them to see who they are, they hang up on me. Any idea on what I can do to annoy this fucker as much as he/she is annoying me?

Who's your telco? You can have that phone number blocked by the telco. I don't have a landline personally, but I think they charged like 25 bucks to have that done when I last used a landline. It's free with with my cell carrier and I can do it myself through my cell carrier's website.

Should you just want to fuck with this fucker instead, that's easy too, if you're willing to spend a few bucks - you can usually trace a number to the owner's identity online (for like 10 or 20 bucks, I think), and then the sky's the limit once you know who it is and where they live. Or if you just wanna buy a disposable cell phone and are willing to get all geek with it, you can program it to, for example, dial another phone number automatically. Every five minutes. Starting at 3am, perhaps. And then do that every day until tire of it, or run out of minutes on the disposable, or whatever. Oh, but doing so would constitute a criminal offense, and thus I can't officially endorse such a method, and disclaimer and such.

(You could also do so from your own phone, but it's best not to commit crimes on a number linked to your real ident, of course.)

And that's just the real easy stuff to return the harassment to a # or person. If you wanna go more medieval, so to speak, well, this public forum would not be the proper or prudent venue for that discussion.

[agamemnus]

Probably an automated spam calling company whose servers have an (PHP??) error.

[RandBlade]

Sounds like telesales. Is the number withheld?

Here harassment is a criminal offence and you can report the number even if it's withheld.

[newsreader]

Oh that's really frustrating! I hate such callers. But I don't get stressed because of them. They're never gonna stop anyway. I annoy them instead. Got my prank tips from here http://www.callercenter.com/articles...marketers.html.

Sure works every time!

[CitizenCain]

Sounds like telesales. Is the number withheld?

Here harassment is a criminal offence and you can report the number even if it's withheld.

Does reporting telephone harassment actually matter worth half a shit over there? Over here, it's a criminal offense, but the cops have "more important things" to deal with (like shaking down drivers on the highway), so they'll file that report in the trash unless the person being harassed is a VIP or a cop's relative, or like that.

[RandBlade]

I've reported seperate issues of harassment to the Police twice - on both occasions the cops spoke to the harasser and advised them to stop. They stopped. On the second occasion they were withholding the number.

[CitizenCain]

So then it's just American cops that are useless cunts whose sole raison d'être is to rob motorists. "Land of the free," my hairy brown butthole.

[Hazir]

Somehow I got on the call list of a Turkish bank; they call me to offer me services they don't offer to people who don't have residency in Turkey. And I don't have residency because I couldn't be bothered to go down to the INS and apply for it; takes a full day to arranges things (at least) where the present arrangement with tourist visas costs me about 20 minutes a year extra (at the same price) on top of normal travel time.

[nowandthen]

Just get yourself a very annoying ringback tone that is advertising toothpaste or health insurance for dogs: http://www.ect-ringback.com/Products...ertising_.html Make sure it has some horrible music in it, too. I swear that person won't be calling you for long Make sure to remove it, though, before you lose all your friends.

[oldmunchkin]

Since I don't have a landline, I don't know about fees and such, but do know you can block calls and/or file a report through the phone company, which will in turn go to the appropriate police department. I do pay something like $3.99 per year extra on my cells to be able to have unlimited call blocking! Trust me, that is money well spent when the creditors are climbing up your ass!