Is prank calling illegal? If so, what are the penalty?

by **jarel** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:03 pm

So me and my friend decited to prank call a boy who was bullying her last year for revenge. It was a simple prank call saying "Your dad is cheating on your mother with my mother! You're father is ruining my family." Just to scare him a little. It was just a funny prank call and I didn't think he would even take it seriously. An hour later, his mother called and told us she was going to get the police involved, we lied and told them we got the wrong number and we texted him saying we got the wrong number too and he texted our number and said "Okay goodbye weirdo"
His mom told us she was in the law enforcement and we started getting scared if she would track us down or not. I know we went a little too far this time but we did not expect this to happen, it was just supposed to be a funny revenge prank call thing, and I never thought this would get out of hand. So the question is, is there a penalty for prank calls? If so, what is it?

He sent us a text saying that his mom called the police, would the police even care or do they have other things to worry about? It has been 2 days since the call. Would they have done something by now?

by **arrigo** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:04 pm

I'm sure all they could do is talk to you they can't put you in jail or majorly fine you I mean seriously the cops won't really care

by **lamarr3** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:05 pm

The police will probably think it's just as funny. Then the fact that they actually called about it would blow them away. They would probably be all serious with you and tell you not to do it anymore (so they wont get anymore dumb reports) and start laughing as they're driving away. Haha

by **tripp** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:22 pm

The police will probably think it's just as funny. Then the fact that they actually called about it would blow them away. They would probably be all serious with you and tell you not to do it anymore (so they wont get anymore dumb reports) and start laughing as they're driving away. Haha

Prank calling is a Federal criminal offense under the Communications Act. You can get into serious trouble if the mother decides to make a complaint through the FBI.
You can also be held liable for slander and defamation of character.

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