what to do with a harrassment call 100 times +

stressed_mummy

some kind soul of an ex employee passed on my home ex directory telephone number to a rather nasty creditor of my limited company
police wont do anything telephone company can change my number mobile from where they were calling nothing
besides unplugging the phone any ideas !!
plus now i know the mobile phone company i'm moving to another supplier

hethmar

Dont completely follow - but if you mean your land line - why dont you have withheld numbers refused? Do you have a screen giving you the incoming number so you can end the call without having to answer?

savemoney

http://www.truecall.co.uk/

You can block numbers and filter out calls

£81 on Amazon

Thinking of now getting on myself thanks to Talk talk

Owain_Moneysaver

Harassment of a debtor is a criminal offence. Report it to the police.

stressed_mummy

Police have been a joke unless he comes round & makes threats pc plod wont do anything! well not down our way even though its a ltd company & ex directory telephone number!!

McKneff

Why dont you just take the call and sort it out.

macman

You could always pay the bill, assuming it is due?

JustPassingBy

stressed_mummy wrote: »

Police have been a joke unless he comes round & makes threats pc plod wont do anything! well not down our way even though its a ltd company & ex directory telephone number!!

Owain Moneysaver has a good point:

The Administration of Justice Act 1970 S.40 makes it a Criminal Offence for a creditor or a creditor's agent (often a debt collection agency) to make demands (for money), which are aimed at causing 'alarm, distress or humiliation, because of their frequency or publicity or manner'.

Note it is a "Criminal Offence". The police cannot pick and choose which criminal offences they follow up. Point this out to them and ask why they won't do anything. A technical solution to your problem does not appear to be the answer here.

But if he's not making demands for money . . . .

stressed_mummy

McKneff wrote: »

Why dont you just take the call and sort it out.

the guy wont even let me get a word in edgeways so have tried!
it was just horrible

ACDeag

Change your number or get "Choose to Refuse" from BT, assuming you use BT. Limitations of Choose to Refuse are that they just call from another number.

I would change your number.