And obviously, talking someone out of their credit card numbers or other account numbers can get you into trouble, even if you didn’t write them down and had no intention of using them. It’s easy to trick people out of their personal information, but you should be careful when doing this because once the victim finds out that you’re not who you say you are, their imagination will run wild and they’ll assume that you’re an identity thief and that they need to report you. Explain to them that you’re not really who you say you are and that you’re simply a prank caller who chose them at random and that their calls to the police will be pointless since you’re on the other side of the country. When you think this is a possibility with your victim, maybe it’s time to let them know that they’ve been pranked. Prank call recipients will often overreact and call the police even if you’re doing your best by not making threats and not involving the police. It’s fun to exploit the stupidity of humans, but you should stick to making them do things that are hilarious, rather than things that actually hurt people or damage property. Don’t get people to break things, or microwave their cell phones, or set their house on fire, or hit themselves with a hammer. It’s incredibly easy to trick people into doing stupid things over the phone, but you should never exploit this fact to cause another person damage property or hurt people. You’re not being original at all when you pretend that you want to kill yourself to a hotline worker. Come on, do you really want to tie up the lines at a place that tries to keep people from killing themselves? Don’t mess with hotlines that are designed to help people. The police don’t like it when ordinary citizens pretend to be them. Not only is this illegal, but once your victim becomes suspicious of your call, they might call back the agency that you’re pretending to be with to confirm your identity and then the police become involved in your pranks. You can’t pretend to be a police officer or an FBI agent over the phone. Threats are bad and can result in your arrest, even if the call recipient threatened you first. Don’t call Wal-Mart and give them the secret bomb and fire codes. Don’t threaten to blow up cars and houses. Threats scare people and then they call the police over a silly prank call. Making threats, even when you don’t mean it, is a crime. So as hilarious as you think it will be, don’t send the police or fire department to your victim’s house and don’t make silly prank calls to 911 or local police stations. This should be common sense, because when you start involving emergency services, your local police are suddenly interested in your prank calls and you may find yourself getting fined or arrested. Follow these guidelines for a long, illustrious, jail-free career in prank calling… Involving the police in your pranks is not only a threat to your own freedom, but it also ties up emergency services. Most of the rules revolve around trying to keep the authorities uninterested in your prank calls, which is good for everyone. This handy online guide will hopefully help you avoid that. Prank calling is a really fun activity, but it’s very easy to go just a little too far in your calls and end up getting yourself into some kind of trouble.
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