This is a question that only you can answer, but how badly do you need to know who is trying to harass you?

If you have been receiving prank calls then you can just report them to your local police station and let them take care of it. If you trust them to pursue it then that should be the matter resolved. If you really want to be certain the appropriate action is taken then you need to get in contact with their service provider. The service provider will take the matter seriously and it could lead to the person making the calls being cut off or worse.

The problem is you can’t phone their service provider without using a cell phone number lookup website as without them there is no way of knowing who they are with (unless you phone their voicemail and they haven’t changed their message then sometimes you can tell from that). So even though there is a small charge then the best option is to just use it and dig up the service provider and the name and address of the person.

The police will be able to do a lot more if they already have the name and address as you have provided it, then just to make sure go to the phone company too.

That is a double-whammy that ensures the person gets into trouble. Of course they could carry on anyway - but if you know the name of the person you at least have the upperhand and if you let them know you are aware it is them then you are no longer being a faceless victim and most people are cowards and will just stop straight away.

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