Prank phone calls?

Question

My mate pranked someone the other night who goes to our school, but she didnt threaten them or anything remotely like that, just wound them up by sayin silly stuff. Now the person is sayin they went to the police station and they are gonna trace her number :S :S i though the police could only trace a number once its all connected and the lines bein watched?? :S :S

Answer 1

even if they do trace the nuber you wont get arrested it was a prank and ther not going to go that hard 2 trace your number from a prank call when thers more serious **** going on

Answer 2

The police arent going to do anything, because prank phone calls happen all the time, but if you and your mates continue to do it to the same person, the police can easily just retrace where the call came from and pay you a visit.

Dont worry, me and my friends used to prank call people all the time, and the worst thing that happened to use was the person called back! We've done everything, even ordered a pizza to someones house!

Answer 3

I would assume that BT works the same way as the US telcos. All calls are logged. The destination, the orginating station and the time and duration (as well as routing data) are kept in the computer. A police agency can get an order to have the telco release this information.

Answer 4

the police wont do anything but if keeps up they will all they do is trace it from the phone company.

Answer 5

You would have to make repeated prank phone calls to this person before you'd get in trouble for it.  With today's technology, the call has already been documented with your phone company, but not recorded.  You can deny it being a prank and just say you dialed a wrong number.  Besides, how did this person find out it was you, in order to tell you they went to the cops?  If they know you already, they don't need the cops to trace the call.  Sounds more like a case of Harassing Phone Calls, which can get you into trouble if you keep doing them on the same person.