Saturday, November 18, 2017

Basic Information About Arnold Prank Calls And Other Similar Ones

By Catherine Wallace


Pranks or practical jokes are mischievous tricks some people play on someone, normally to let a victim experience perplexity, embarrassment, discomfort or confusion. These differ from confidence tricks and hoaxes because victims are told regarding the joke after instead of tricking them into handing their money and other valuables. They are lighthearted usually without a lasting impact.

Their goal is to make their target feel humbled and foolish but not victimized and humiliated by using humorous affectionate gestures in encouraging laughter. Arnold prank calls are examples of these, where the callers use sound clips obtained from movies featuring the actor to fool another person into thinking the one calling is the celebrity. Digital applications are used by them, where recorded lines are chosen in talking similarly to them.

Originally, these were done by imitating the voice of famous people during telephone calls which is easier since the callers are anonymous. Doing this have been harder since then because technology of letting you know who is calling you has been developed. These are known as caller IDs where individuals can now see the names of those calling them.

Pranksters also could use payphones because the receiving device cannot display their numbers but most people prefer not answering calls with no caller IDs shown. These are less common now since the payphones are fewer due to them getting phased out slowly. Their goal in remaining anonymous has become harder with these situations.

An alternative is increasingly becoming popular which is utilizing some VoIP services that telephone numbers would not simply exist. Tracing calls from these are very difficult since they can pass through different servers and routers being operated by various entities from several countries. Though law enforcement agencies could trace them but the required effort, time and resources for the ordinary prank is too great.

With more people using the internet, the popularity of prank calls has increased again where some online radio stations are dedicated to this. They broadcast various submissions from the community and features them on their channel. There are software allowing them to privately share their pranks live to fellow users.

Sharing of personally created pranks calls through the internet is possible allowing their own community to get developed. They might share previously recorded or live ones with some systems giving listeners the platform of chatting with pranksters while they are calling victims. Giving suggestions to what they would say is possible including having some discussions.

Be careful though if you have plans of doing this yourself since laws against the joke being abused are there which is considered to be a crime. Calling emergency services while pretending immediate help is needed by someone or talking to them any random things are among them. If you call with the intent of abusing, harassing or threatening someone is considered a crime as well.

Another commonly done prank considered a crime is when you contact law enforcement agencies to report a threat like a bomb. This could cause them to search the area or cancel an event happening there resulting to inconvenience for many people. Doing these acts might get you arrested after tracing you.




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