Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for specific question about the law in your area. Austin, TX Email us. Search for:. Posted in General Tagged with: harassment. How Can We Help You? Connect With Us. All rights reserved. Blocking can also help you stop unwanted phone calls, in case the perpetrator starts calling you, too.
Here are some options to consider:. What can be tricky is that the abuser might continue sending you messages or calling you from another number. As soon as the person sending you unwanted texts threatens you in any way, you should go to the police.
If you receive disturbing messages from an unknown number, the police will need to obtain telephone records from the mobile phone companies to track down the perpetrator and reveal his identity. The first step in getting the records is obtaining a legal permission.
This might take some time, so you should be prepared to wait. They can only take action when your health or security is jeopardized. Your health can be affected if the messages in question make you feel anxious or stressed-out. In this case, the exact moment when the texts become harassing depends on your tolerance threshold. If you have a pre-existing health condition that makes your stress threshold lower, make sure you let the police know.
It is also crucial to mention whether the abuser if you know that person is aware of your condition. If so, the police can take action even after a single text message sent with the intention to cause distress. People usually ask for a restraining order if someone harasses them in person, but you can take the same step to stop text harassment, too. That way, the perpetrator cannot take advantage of the circumstances and find an excuse to send you disturbing messages. Unwanted text messages can easily grow into cyber stalking , or the perpetrators can even become in-person stalkers.
Asking for a restraining order early enough in the process is a good way to prevent the harassment from going to a higher level. In order to file a charge, you should be fully prepared for the process, which means documenting the harassing behavior. Here are some suggestions to help you document everything and gather enough evidence needed to charge the abuser :. When it comes to the consequences, the punishment for a text message abuser can vary from less than a year in jail misdemeanor to high-level felony charges.
The latter option is common when the perpetrator violates a restraining order, or they have been charged with harassment or a domestic violence offense in the past. Our app allows you to handle this issue in just a few simple steps. This information should help police and investigators to review your complaint. An index is one of the ways you can present the information. If you need to add explanations or notes to any of the information, prepare the note on an index card-sized piece of paper.
Staple this explanatory note to the evidence you believe requires it. For instance, you might add a note about when the harasser began the pattern of harassment. The note could refer the reviewer to the appropriate folder. Before sharing the information about harassing text messages or other harassment data with the police, make identical copies for your file.
Law enforcement agents might not return your originals for weeks or months. Make sure to add your contact information to each folder and each page in the folder. Provide your name, phone number, address, email, or alternate contact information. If you have additional details about the harasser, e. Your information might be returned to the harasser by accident. Ask to meet with a detective at the police station.
You may be asked by the officer at the front desk about your matter. Keep the response short and sweet. Will it be validated since she hasn't text with her number? My name is Linda Largent and I'm being harassed by my old landlord just because we didn't we could not pay our rent because my dad got cut off his security Social Security disability and so we wasn't able to pay her and I cleaned the apartment for her she said it was good it was done is paid off why she kept her stuff and now she wants to claim that she wants she's going to go to court for a small claim court I don't know something that she's arresting me everything.
I was put in a group chat and i dont know who they are. I cant block them or leave the group. I read some of the other people scam complaints here and i reconize the same numbers.
Could someone help me or us to stop this. Sir i want to report a cell number,the wommen is calling and texting on my husband's number.
Emails texts etc. I have teport on them her name is beverly she want morexgift cards i told no and i have my momeyband ipad tgat belong to my but theybwant more cards like amazon gift cards tgey will get arrest it she work at government companu tgat is a scammerc.
I keep having this scam number keep harassing me and other one please help scam me and lost money from this. Thairs a guy on this dateing site and he is realy starting to scare me!!!!! He keeps threatning me and sexuly harrasing me!!!! But i dont have a phone to contact the athoritys!!!!!! Im scared and i need help! What I did is that called harassment or am I just being paranoid. Some guy using this number has been harrassing me for over a week now stealing my photos from my social media pages which I ended up making private now he threatens if I don't meet and sleep with him he is gonna post my pictures on YouTube I find this very psychotic, thing is I run my business via social media including having magnets with my name, number and email address on kindly please assist in a situation like this.
Taki, I read your message and it broke my heart that you feel your parents to know you are gay, it's hard to tell them - I am a parent of a gay son and I am certain he may have feared the same.
My guess is if you ignore him, eventually he will just go away and stop contacting you. It's doubtful that he would go to his friends at the police department it is just a scare tactic. If would he continues to call, ask your parents to have your cell phone number changed. You can be vague about why you requesting a new number if you are ot ready for that conversation with your parents.
You have a right to change your mind about your feelings so never feel bad about that. Hope you find the courage to eventually talk to your parents, I bet they will be more understanding than you think. Best of Luck! Then he says he has friends in the police department place. I told him sorry that he is crazy but it was not his right to get me out like that. They will kick me out of the house and have nothing to do with me.
Someone randomly gave me my first name, my discord username, and told me that they are always watching me, i need some help. I did not put any private info anywhere visible. I recodnize them from small clues they gave me, but i did not want this person having my personal cell phone number that i think was given out by my freind. Please i need help.
Got a threat from a person claimig he was going through academy soon. Youtube name is The Legendary one, has made threats and conduct unbecoming of an officer of law.
Actually he posted the threat on a police network channel no less. Any help would be appreciated. Iam harassing by someone with different us number s and fake Facebook account text MSG's and my pics are with him he is blackmailing me he want some money otherwise he will put my pics in internet plzzz help me what should I do.
So i was just scrolling threw facebook and looking at people that went to school with me and adding them not even caring just adding well about twenty minutes in i got two texts fdom diffrent girls saying they are going to beat my arse but other word because i facebook friend their boyfriend. Hi my sister and her friends have been harassing me on facebook but the thing is i'm not on face book i had to go off face book cause i would block her and she would start up another face book under the name of a guy called ritchie campbell to harass my friends.
I'M in the Music Industry so i meet well known people well some of these people would go on my husbands face book and and say something nice about me or my sister would fake fake under her fake profile which my I T Guy from work found out it was her and my friend started up a personal face book celebrity and he mentions me my sister and her friends start thinking its me. Ive been experiencing harrassment from my girlfriend and its giving me a stress depression metal torture what can i do?
She texted me in chinese and one of the worst texts is" if you dare to pretend to be pathetic, using others, love and help. I don't think or know you can help but: someone is sending pictures of naked women. I have tried but do not see a call back number. I guess nothing can be done if I can not find out how to stop it - cant stop it if unknown how it started.
In California you basically have to be in the intensive care with multiple broken bones and and on a ventilator before a judge will give you a restraining order. I reported to the police harassing and threatening text messages and showed them - police does nothing.
In NYC. My family is harming me and saying I should go home with them when i said no i choose my kids first! There no proof of my partner hitting me and my sisters and her bf just want me be single mom and live with them!
Deborah and Tracy my sisters do not like my partner! I told them my kids come first and they keep saying my "mum" would be ashamed of me just because im caring mum to my kids. I want it to stop because I'm pregnant and my sisters are stressing me out and so is my Sisters bf.. Even tho there is no proof of that! He been arrested today and I fed up and just want to sort this out. My ex has a mother that is out of this world.
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