That is good to know though. Just one more reason for me to not go cable on the phone.

But I will say this: phone company or cable company, neither would be able to release the phone number to you if you had it traced. They also cannot tell you who it is making the calls. But if they feel it is breaking the law, they can turn it over to the police.

I had a company that was sending us fax calls at times like 2am and 4am forever. If you know how some of those work, if a fax machine is unsuccessful, the call will go into the queue and retry until it is successful. Since it is a home number and not a fax machine, of course it was unsuccessful. But I would get these calls that would come like every 5 minutes all night long.

We DID have the trap placed on the line. The ph company would put a trap on, and we had to log when the calls came. When it was found who was making the calls, neither the ph company nor the police would do anything--even under it being called "harrassment" (and if getting middle of the night fax calls every five minutes isn't harrassment, I don't know what is?!!!)

In the end, we had to change our phone number. It is unfortunate that that is the way it is, but they won't block the calls or anything. No matter what gets found out, in the end, your only result will be they will suggest you get your number changed. They won't do squat about it. :mad:

Thanks for the advice. I did not sleep good at all I talked to my mom till 3:30am then my husband called and talked to me till 6 am That is when I fell a sleep. I was back up at 8 but at least with the phone features I will not be getting any calls. It was scarry because they seemed to know what was going at the time of the call, like my son told them I was not available and they said she was out on the porch, and I was out talking to my sister. They even said something about the stray cat we have been feeding! It was scarry, but we will be getting the court order and press charges for phone harassment. The officer did do a few drive by's past the house to check on things wich was good to know to. Maybe Mr Creepy saw that and knows we will not put up with this.

That is terribly scary...he can obviously see you so he lives close or knows you?? Have you met anyone new recently..at work or something? Someone that might be infatuated with you? I hope you can find out who this person is..it will be interesting to find out if you know this person at all or not...good luck with finding the creep!!!!!

Dawn

Goodness that is SO creepy!!! PLEASE stay safe!!! Is there any way you could go stay with someone else at night while your hubby isn't there??? At least until this weirdo stops calling???

My mom said that she would come stay at my house if I need her. I have 4 son's ages almost 14 to age 10 so it would be harder for us to go to someones house at night wile my husband works. My oldest slept out on the couch so that he could be by me last night. He fell asleep at about 2am. But by then I was a bit more calmed down and we did have the police do drive by's to check in on us. It made us feel safer for sure!

I have my phone on call screening so only people who have a pin # can call , all other calls go to voice mail. Also at night I can activate a Do not disturb feature so no calls can come in and only calls going out can. I have not checked the voice mail yet , I think my husband can check for me! The caller did call like 23 times yesterday:eek:

Monday my husband is going to go see what needs to be done to get a court order for cable to release the phone numbers to the police. I hade to right down all times that the caller called so we can give it to the police . My husband said he does not care who it was they are having charges pressed against them because I should not of had to been so scared for my kids and myself like that. He also is not working tonight, the boat got pushed back and so he will be home tonight! It was just scarry because the person calling seemed to know what was going on at my house at the time of the calls!

Wow !!! I Had something like this happen on my cell phone. after I had posted a rescue pup for rehome on YT it only happened once the call was blocked but my cell co said they could trace the # If the police ask it is free if I wanted it the cost would be $ 20.00 . I hope yours gets resolved.
BTW MY Number is no longer on YT Admin was so nice and took it off. Now I will never make it public knowledge again.

This is the first time we have had a published phone # our selves, I think I want it changed and unpublished again! You guys are all so caring, thank you all for information and support that you have given me! A few have Pm me with very good information ! Thank you!

what about *69?? maybe it is different in the US, but here i can push *69 and it will tell me the last number that called and then ask if i want to call it back.

* 69 did not work because it comes up as Private Name Private number. We checked the voice mail and they left a message on it. The Police informed us to save the message. If they leave any message we have to save it so the police can hear them. So far we only got the one call today. with the call screener every thing goes to voice mall unless you have the pin # to call in . I only have my mother and my inlaws with it and also the police department has it. I have to give it to the boy's school or I could just tell them to call the cell phone's to get me or my husband. I am thinking I want to change my # now. We'll have to see how things work out after we get the court order going.

I'm sorry your going through this. I'd be scared to death if someone knew what I was doing and when. That would mean they were close. Are any of your neighbors mad at you? My daughter had someone call her and say he was in jail and getting out soon. He told her he'd be coming to visit her when he got out and he even knew her first name. Her husband started answering the calls and thank goodness they stopped.

What did he say in the voicemail message?? This is sooo bizzare! Thank goodness your hubby is home tonight..definetly save any messages!!

Dawn

I would suggest to get alarm services too. We use brinks and they are great. I turn it on even when I'm taking a shower and hubby is not home. There are some many wierdos out there! Be careful and stay safe.

That's scary! Could it be someone nearby, in your neighborhood?

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