Tracing phone calls

Yeah, I was pretty annoyed!

I was getting freaked that there might have been some weirdo stalking me!

The one main rule. NEVER give your number to a car dealer and never fill out one of their surveys requesting personal details..... trust me I know im engaged to one hehehe

KylahsMum wrote: The NZ law is, you have to note down 4 examples, exact day and time and call your provider, they have to be within 7 days, and you have to log the trace within 7 days of the first example. You have to give permission for your provider to disclose your number to the person doing it and they are told to stop. If they keep doing it, they get warned again and 3rd time they loose their connection and any future connections with that provider. Due to confidentuality laws, they cannot give you the number of the person calling you, or disclpse who they are. Sorry chick! Must be really annoying.

In my situation I only had 2 calls that I reported to the police. I had more to add to the complaint after I had contacted the police because they kept coming. But it was only a couple days before they told me who had made the calls. I didn't have to give permission to 'a provider'....and not too sure what you actually meant by that lol
Anyway, the police told me who had made the calls. I wanted to press charges, but the guy who did it was going to court the next day anyway on another matter and went to jail.
It was only afterwards I was told I should have still pressed charges regardless of that. But I was just glad it was over.
Oh...and I didn't know the guy personally.....it was my exhusbands girlfriends brother....sicko!

Another time, I have had nusience calls with people hanging up and was told by my phone company (was with telecom back then) that there was nothing they could do, except change my phone number. Which was more hassle than what it was worth. We just hung up on the ppl and eventually they lost interest...and we kept the phone off the hook at night so they'd get bored calling lol.

Has there been a change in this over recent years?

lol DH had something like this and he can't answer his fone while hes working so he left his fone at home so i could answer it.
Turns out it was vodafone but they wouldnt talk to me coz they wanted him so they kept calling and calling about 10 times a day for a week and they got him one day on his lunch break .
All they wanted was for him to upgrade to a contract plan.

PITA

The police won't unless someone has made a threat to you!
Just calling and not leaving a message is not misuse - no matter how many times. As the reason can easily be that they don't want to leave a message...there is nothing against the law about that.
So no, the police will not take a complaint if the person is just hanging up.

Nefertiti wrote: The police won't unless someone has made a threat to you! Just calling and not leaving a message is not misuse - no matter how many times. As the reason can easily be that they don't want to leave a message...there is nothing against the law about that. So no, the police will not take a complaint if the person is just hanging up.

I guess it depends on which station you go to and how amicable the cop / clerk you talk to is feeling on the day

AFAIK it comes down to individual circumstances, and whether the individual is feeling harassed or not also.

Edited by Pearls

That's why it can often be better to walk into a station and make a complaint that way. I think it is a bit off that it is a common response - these 'little things' can often be a red flag for something worse... I know I always tried my best to treat each person with respect and understanding *shrug* but anyway!

And 'AFAIK' = As Far As I Know

The Malisious (sp?) call centre will take your complaint and trace it if you have the exact times you got called (within a minute or so), you need to have 4 in a row (within 24 hours) to have it done and they only operate Mon-Fri 8am-4pm.