Abusive txts need help !

pmcf

I need advice a friend of mines keeps getting abusive txts from someone i mean really bad stuff ! and she dosent know what to do,the numbers is an o2 number and she rang o2 but they were no help they just said they couldnt do anything has any else had the same problem or knows what she could do.

deadl0ck

Hard to say.
If they are abusive/threatning I'd say go to the Gardai.
I'd also ring Consumer Affairs and talk to them to see if they can offer any advice

kmart6

I think numbers are able to block numbers from contacting you completly,afaik,although I think the need significant evidence. Going to the Gardai is the other alternative but would our friend be prepared to press charges and go to court?!

deadl0ck wrote:

I'd also ring Consumer Affairs and talk to them to see if they can offer any advice

What's it got to do with them?!

Sizzler

OP - Sorry to hear of your friends troubles.

The long and short of it is if the texts are coming from another person and have have happened more than once i.e. not a random mistake then you have to go to the Gardai. Do not reply to these texts.

Consumer Affairs / Mobile operators / Comreg etc etc. can NOT help your friend. They need to keep the texts, go to their local Garda station and make a statement.

Also be patient, unless there has been a threat made on the persons life the process could take 6-8 weeks to get resolved.

Best of luck.

billbond4

Yeah its very unfortunate at the moment, you cant just ring an operator and ask them to block a specific number from texting/ringing you.

Apparently it has something to do with infringing on their data protection, its all about protecting the criminal and not the innocent :mad: technically it should be no problem to do it, but the law as it stands is outdated in this regard.

The same applies if your phone is stolen,if someone puts their own sim card into your phone, you cant ask your operator to track down the location of the mobile,as doing so would infringe on the criminals' data protections, Stupid or what !!
You have to goto the guards yourself and then the guards can goto the operator to tell them where your phone is located.

MacBuster

The Person sending them can be charged under :

The Non-Fatal Offences against the person act 1997, if you or they contact the garda this can be pressed.

I've up to very recently had an ex-girlfriend doing this and to the extent stalking, I contact the gardai who were very helpful and she was charged and is awaiting a court apperance.

It is vital to act or an alternative simply change the phone number.

pmcf

Yeah i think going to the guards is the only thing she can do but i know from chatting to other people thats not going to make any difference i thought her service provider could block the number but as said above they wont do that.so im trying to get her to change numbers thanks for the advice guys

RedXIV

put the abusive number up here. i've 300 web texts doing nothing i could use in retaliation

h57xiucj2z946q

post their number in Lolocaust forum

thenightrider

I sold a laptop to a guy in the buy and sell he came to my house to pick it up was happy with it told him if he had any problems let me no and if anything was up with it in the first few weeks i would fix it or give him his money back

Any way cut a long story short 6 mounts later i get a call saying there is some password on it now and he could not get in to it so he wanted his money back i told him no it was not my fault he lost his password anyway he kept calling and treating me i called my network they told me that to get a number barred you had to first repot it to the Gardai then they would bar it

Went down the gardi they rang him up told them if got one call or tx they would do whatever it is they do

Never got a call again

Brenda&Audrey

Hello all,

am my wits end! Have been getting nasty texts from an 02 number. Someone who knows a lot about me and my life, and has been watching. Is there any way I can find a name for the number? The account doesn't have voicemail. I suspect that someone has just bought a sim card for an existing phone,:mad:

Thanks for all help

Doctor DooM

pmcf wrote: »

I need advice a friend of mines keeps getting abusive txts from someone i mean really bad stuff ! and she dosent know what to do,the numbers is an o2 number and she rang o2 but they were no help they just said they couldnt do anything has any else had the same problem or knows what she could do.

I have personally gone through this, recieved many many death threats (seriously) and have worked in O2 so I know quite a bit about this.

There are 2 things you can do.

Firstly, DO contact the Gardai. If it is serious enough, they will try to catch and charge the culprit.

Secondly, people who do this are very similar to trolls. They do it for a response. In many cases the best thing your friend can do is simply nothing at all once you have alerted the Gardai.

To explain this further:

No matter what volume of texts or calls, simply do not respond.

The person responsible will get more and more frustrated, and for a period of time (usually a couple of weeks) the no of texts will increase as they are desperate for attention.

Eventually, when they realise you have moved beyond them, they will stop.

All it takes is for your friend to be one reply stronger than the stalker.

I cannot stress how much any response- positive, negative, angry or funny- any response at all- is giving this person what he wants.

Networks cannot block an individual number.

Networks cannot hand out details on the no unless the Gardai get them permission to because of the data protection act.


PM me if you wish to talk about this more.

all the stars

maybe the guards can help? if its serious..

or maybe o2 can help if you log a complaint

faceman

You can ask your SP to bar the number afaik. Also if the texts are bothersome you should inform the gardai.

Doctor DooM

I have just posted this on this topic:


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56016071&postcount=11


I have a certain amount of knowledge on this topic, having been on the recieving end and as someone who has worked for O2. Feel free to PM me if I can help any more.

Brenda&Audrey

I feel really silly now cause I just read the thread above (very similar) ... the texts are bothersome but I am reluctant to go to the Gardai. Quite apart from anything else the texts are not threatning and I feel I might be wasting their time. Creepy, but not threatning

Doctor DooM

Brenda&Audrey wrote: »

I feel really silly now cause I just read the thread above (very similar) ... the texts are bothersome but I am reluctant to go to the Gardai. Quite apart from anything else the texts are not threatning and I feel I might be wasting their time. Creepy, but not threatning

The root issue is the same: It is about intimidation and control. I recommend the completely ignoring tactic to get shot of them. Works every time (just like with trolls.)

Ah-Watch

I completely agree-ignore them, I was getting calls and texts piles and piles a day from the people that kept ringing me and at the beginning I sent a message saying "F##k off!" spelling the word, It got so bad I brought it to the guards attention and they pulled my records and saw i sent a message to them months beforehand-only one message, when asked had i any contact with them like a text i said never as i never remembered sending it until it was produced to me. which made me look bad though i was on the receiving end of the abuse.... Be certain of whats happening ie get a small note book and write out the time date and message, bring it to the guards and they'll take it from there but have all the information u need to back up what you say!!!!

flywheel

as suggested save the messages and so you can show them to the Guards and they will take it from there

think this is all the advice you need so i hope it works out for you


just to highlight, as it had been suggested by some people above, anyone posting anyone's mobile number on the forum is not somethign you should do, and it would result in a ban