If i pranked called someone what does it mean by you're phonecall has been traces?

Question

because i pranked called someone for like the 50th time and finally they said you're call has been traced! i amso scared my parents don't know ! (i know this is wrong but it was kinda fun at the start) anyway i used a landline phone =[

Answer 1

apologise so they dont press charges!

Stop calling them after that.

Answer 2

Stop that!  Calls can be traced and you (or even your parents) can be fined or even go to jail for what you're doing.  You need to call your "victim" and apologize before this goes too far.  You might even consider telling your parents what you've done so they can help smooth things out.

You'll probably be in some kind of trouble, but remember, you DID do something wrong.

Answer 3

It means you're busted. After the 10th time, they probably decided to figure out who it was incase it was threatening and because it's a nuisance especially depending on what time of day you were pranking them. Some people consider that kinda stuff harassment.

Answer 4

if the person has caller I.D. , it's not too hard to catch onto you!!!

Answer 5

if they dialed *57 after you called then the phone company did a trace to see where the calls were comming from...

so you may be facing charges....

it is easy for anyone to trace a call... next time you know better... either dont prank people or use  a payphone..

Answer 6

it pretty much means they know what number you're calling from.  i think you need to do some really quick apoligizing.  Hopefully you know this person, or they are nice enough to decide to not press charges.

Answer 7

They might have been trying to scare you becasue tracing calls is not something that the average joe can do.  All phones can be traced given enough time and that's because each has a unique identifier... you know a phone number will ring at a certain place because it's linked to that place. The same computer systems (nowadays in most places) that route those connections also know where you're calling from. That doens't mean that just anybody can find that information though.

Answer 8

What it means, assuming they actually di trace you, is that they have the phone nummber you called from. Assuming that you were using your home phone, and you have a listed number, they can easily find out where you live.

Pranking was probably not such a good idea after all.

Answer 9

If your call has been traced - it means that they can get a court subpeona and find out who you are. Legal action can be taken, but i doubt it though, you sound like a minor.

Thats about it.

Answer 10

50 times? My God, I hope you really hated that person. Me and my friends do alot of prank calls to people we know and don't know (I know I need to grow up), but guess how many times we do it? Once! Even doing it once is pushing your luck if you p**s off the wrong person.