Nuisance calls advice needed

JDPower

My girlfriend had a call to her mobile last night (Tuesday 31st) from a bloke claiming to have had a missed call from her. He asked who he was speaking to and my gf gave her name (whoops) and told him she hadn't called this person and that he must have misdialled. This person then asked where she was so she hung up. He called about 6 or 7 times that night and we just ignored it. Then tonight (wednesday) he's been calling again, every few minutes from 11:30 pm till about the time I'm writing this - 3:30am. We have still been ignoring it but its been keeping my gf awake, not just the calls but the worry that some nutjob keeps calling her.

What should we do about this? I have told her she should call her network (T-Mobile) in the morning and see if they can do anything, ie block the number, but don't know what else to suggest. I said if he rings again tomorrow night (Thursday) I'll answer it and have words with him but I know thats probably not a particularly clever idea. I've looked on T-Mobile's website but there doesn't seem to be any advice on there.

Any advice???

roswell

Turn the phone off for a few days they will soon get board.

JDPower

roswell wrote:

Turn the phone off for a few days they will soon get board.

Thats not really an option, she has to have her phone on for work.

Ken68

A man voice might do it. Try to sound like a gorilla.

djl

Ken68 wrote:

A man voice might do it. Try to sound like a gorilla.

tell him to f**k off and get a life

kenshaz

put your phone on silent ,if they ring check the number on the display before answering,do not answer withheld numbers

fatboyonadiet

Know someone who had a similar problem, next time you just answer the phone, tell them you've reported the number to the police and their network for nuisance calls and no doubt the police will be in touch. They'll quickly hang-up and probably try to cover their tracks! You can call the police if you want, whether you do or don't this threat normally works.

ka7e

If the calls are from another mobile you can use this strategy. My daughter had a similar problem so we sent a text to the offending number " Please be aware we have informed our network that we are recieving nuisance calls from you. We have also contacted your network and any further communications will be referred to the Police. A detailed record is being kept of your calls to us and these will be passed on if you do not desist from harrassing us."
There is a site on the net that tells you to which network a number is allocated - that you can identify their network tend to scare them! Using "we" and "us" implies she's already shared the information with somebody else.
I think landline nuisance calls can be dealt with by BT if they appear to originate from one of their lines.

matrix999

Heres a link to the site that can tell you what network a mobile is on, so long as the number has not been ported.

http://www.mnnc.net

Ken68

There has to be a better answer to this . The poor sod needs help. Being aggressive is perhaps helping him, if that is in his comfort zone. Not replying, not answering, keeping quiet will just pass the problem onto someone else.

black-saturn

I find a male voice helps so if your not about her dad, a work colleague a male friend or whoever can answer it. Answer with a sharp "Yes?" (if you know it's definately him). My bet is that they hang up straight away and don't call back. Also dont let it worry you too much. I doubt he knows her address and is just a sad individual with nothing better to do.