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Can You Get In Trouble For Prank Calling. If someone calls emergency services and pretends to be you a hoax you should make sure that you tell the police immediately. For example under Californias penal code obscene or threatening phone calls are considered a misdemeanor and are punishable by up to one year in. Theres a thin line between an obnoxious prank call and an illegal harassing prank call. Prank calling is illegal in most states as it is often considered a form of harassment stalking or bullying.
Ive been wondering what you actually do when you get prank calls. However if you start calling every ten minutes day after day or make threatening remarks then you may be violating the law. The statute if limitations is one year so its probably behind you now. Theres a thin line between an obnoxious prank call and an illegal harassing prank call. Since the federal government regulates all telecommunications crossing state lines state police may ask for assistance from federal investigative agencies who have more resources to investigate the motive or individual behind the call. Prank calls are covered under 653m of the Penal Code and are misdemeanors.
Although there are still people who consider prank calls fun prank calls are in fact a scam.
If you make a prank call to a recipient who is out of state you can find yourself facing federal charges. The second was confessing to a police detective. Theres a thin line between an obnoxious prank call and an illegal harassing prank call. Dont start back up though. Swatting occupies law enforcement response teams making them unavailable to. And you have a right to protect yourself.