So you're in a relaxing deep sleep one night, enjoying your first chance at some quality rest on the start of your weekend. Suddenly the piercing ring of your phone jolts you up. You then reluctantly drag yourself out of bed, placing the phone to your ear, only to realize it was a prank. You angrily slam the phone down, trying to go back to sleep while thinking about how you could find a way to stop prank callers from harassing you again.



This is just one scenario of course, and there are countless times where being prank called can be an extreme annoyance. In some cases, they can go to the point of actually being harassment.

Some people resort to hiring a private investigator to find out detailed information about the caller in order to stop the harassment. However, this can cost you hundreds of dollars to find just a few pieces of data. A free reverse phone lookup online may seem like the next reasonable option, but sadly, these "free" services only provide the carrier and issuing location of the cell phone number.

The best way to get your hands on the name, address, and other details about the prank caller, is to use a quality reverse phone lookup. These are not free (none of them are), but for around $30, you can get an entire year of unlimited lookups to hundreds of millions of records. Whether the number you are searching for is a cell, residential, or unlisted, you'll be able to discover detailed information about the prankster.

Also included is helpful assistance if you can't find the details you are looking for, and access to even more data via an extended people search (you can find out their family member information, background, etc.). All of this can be achieved simply by entering the area code and the seven digit phone number.

So what do you do now that you have all of their information? One idea would be to wait until they call again, and answer it with their name... letting them know that you know EXACTLY who they are. This is usually enough to scare them off from calling you ever again.

However, if that still isn't enough, you'll have enough information to go to the police or file a harassment complaint. Most of the time it doesn't go that far, as they usually stop once they realize you have their personal information.