Thursday, August 28, 2008

It’s 11 pm and your cell phone rings...

You pick it up thinking the worst. Who calls anyone that late at night unless
it is bad news, right? You are worried that your elderly mother has been
rushed to the hospital or that your son has been in a car accident. However,
when you nervously answer the phone all you hear is laughter and the person
or persons on the other end quickly hang up. Okay, so it was a crank call. That
happens. In fact, you can remember making a few in your younger days.
The problem is that these calls continue. The same number always
registers on your caller ID and your answer is always met by laughter.
Okay, so you could turn your cell phone off, but what if there really
is an emergency - your daughter has a flat tire or your wife has car
trouble on the way home from her second shift job – you will not
endanger your loved ones to accommodate some teenager’s whims. But what
can you do? The police are too busy to be bothered with nuisance calls.
With crime rates rising, every available officer is utilized tracking
down actual criminals, not bored teenagers. Every time you try to call
the number the phone is turned off and you are sent straight to a
nondescript voice mail. You could be a victim and replace YOUR cell
phone. This of course would result in you being assigned a new number
and thus foiling the caller. But why should you have to go to the
expense of doing this when you can go to PeopleProbe.info. This
site will allow you to type in the offending number and using their
reverse look-up system you will instantly know who the phone belongs
to, where they live, if they have a criminal background, and other
pertinent information. It could be just a crank call, but what if it’s
that disgruntled ex-employee, or an angry ex-spouse. Now you can know
and take steps to address the problem. If it is a crank call, Junior’s
parents probably won’t be too happy to hear about his antics. If they
don’t respond a call to the authorities claiming harassment will
probably take care of the problem. If it turns out to be someone of a
more dangerous nature, such as the disgruntled ex-employee or the angry
ex-spouse, you can take steps to protect yourself before the situation
escalates.

© 2008 Jonathan Hopkins - May Be Re-Published But Not Edited

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