<p>Okay, so I was wondering if there is any way to trace a call on cell phone from a blocked number. Some guy left me a disturbing/obscene message on my phone using a blocked number and i would like to seek legal action, but it seems as if nobody knows what to do about the blocked phone number. the phone company even said "that's our government for you." please help!</p>
<p>there are services out there, google it.</p>
<p>Yeah, google it.</p>
<p>Dude calm down..it was most def a kid in school that was messing with you! Everyone takes things so seriously these days....</p>
<p>If it's only happened once, it's probably just a prank call and someone's idea of fun. If it happens again, then take action. From what I've seen, most of what you find on google as far as tracing blocked numbers requires you to pay some sort of fee and/or looks kind of shady.</p>
<p>Don't use any of the internet services/ they don't actually work. They just take money and fool you. The number which shows up as blocked can actually be accessed by your phone company (look up blocked numbers) but to access their records you may need a subpoena. Its better if you try to install a call tracking software on your phone(provided its advanced enough) and it would give you GPS triangulation of the person you are searching. The person who did that basically dialled *67 before their number so you can do the same to the person you suspect.
PS. The wikipedia article is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2A67%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2A67</a></p>
<p>also try finding the ANI</p>
<p>If "disturbing" means that you feel in danger, call the police, and save the message so the police can hear it.</p>
<p>I already informed the officer at school, and we've contacted the phone company and they have their specialist on the case. i'm hoping we're gonna catch this jerk, because i'm not gonna calm down, this is serious.</p>
<p>what ur doin is good latinac2</p>
<p>u also never know if the message was intended for u, or if they dialed the wrong number, right??? that happens all the time 2 ppl i know, leaving messages for the wrong ppl since they dial the wrong number (im talkin about when they dont use their cell phones)</p>
<p>here's what I would do if I were in your shoes.
I'd ignore the messages and just have a few laughs with friends about the feak who has nothing better to do than send sick messages to people.
S/he will sooner or later get bored if you do not respond to the messages (i.e if you just ignore them and do not make a big deal out of it at school or whatever). He or she will approach you bec. s/he is bored of doing the same thing. Once that happens; go to an authority figure and reveal the identity of your stalker lol.
That's how I see it.
But if you insist on takeing action, just show the messages to your principal or whatever and have them deal with it. If the harassement presists confront people.</p>
<p>if she waits until the person approaches her, she might be in danger. Latinac2:your plan is good.</p>
<p>I don't know the entire context of the call, but if it was just some generic, random, one time prank call, she might be overreacting... personally, if it was just a one time thing, I'd blow it off... if it happened repeatedly, I'd become concerned... however, if she really feels in danger, then she's doing the right thing.</p>
<p>The guy approaching her was a hypothetical situation. She should, as ^ said, blow him off unless he persists. Then call someone for help. If he sends more than, say 5 messages..then she should call the police.</p>
<p>so i'm not scared, but it was definitely intended for me. the thing that is bothering me now is that i spoke with someone who i thought was a good friend of mine, and he said he knew who it was who did this, but he said that he felt it was unnecessary and unethical for him to reveal that information. that just makes me mad.</p>
<p>Maybe the person who did it regrets it and doesn't want you to know he did it? </p>
<p>Let us know what happens with this all, I'm curious now.</p>
<p>latinac2
If a friend of yours knows who the guy is and won't tell you becasue he feels that it's "unethincal", then the guy must be a friend of his. And if you friend isn't a psycho stalker himself then the guy who's harassing you is harmless too.</p>
<p>How likley is it that the guy who left it was drunk? If so, then don't bother doing anything about it.</p>
<p>Seems like just about everyone I know has gotten a phone call from a random drunk acquaintence at some point, and they can be...interesting phone calls.</p>
<p>^But there is a difference between drunk dialing your friends and leaving obscene messages on someone else's machine. If latinac2 feels uncomfortable in any way because of the message, that's harassment. Even if the caller had no intention of causing harm, he still needs to know that what he did was immature and unacceptable.</p>