Prank Calls To Hotel Guests

ow,, i think the Hotel should give more security for phone line. There have to be some people who should take care on the line phone and make call system where there will a sign if the call is from hotel officer or from out side the hotel line. So if the call is from out side the hotel and do pranks, the person who stays will know.

It sounds a lot like an internet program called Friday Nite Cranks and that is all these people do is call around and make prank calls. My 13 yr old grandson listens to them and loves it which kind of bothers me. He has wanted to pull some of these pranks and I get after him because he could get into so much trouble if caught. I guess this show is really popular amongst the young kids. There is another one, Prank U... http://www.ggmania.com/cheat.php3?cheat=13132 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SzV-4nrAW8&feature=relmfu

Unfortunately, since we are part of the computer age, and most phone systems in large hotels are controlled by a computer, some hackers can break into the system and make themselves appear to be part of the staff. It won't take the federal government too long to decide this is an organized criminal conspiracy and when encouraged by wealthy business owners, they will do their investigations across the country and over the internet. Criminal conspiracy does carry a pretty healthy penalty in felony jail time. Many youths who may be involved may find that mom and dad can't save them from this one. What seemed like fun to some of them, won't be when the government steps in. It is sad that there are people out here in the world who have nothing better to do than be destructive. It would be nice if they took all that wasted energy and used it for something constructive. But there just seems to be too many people who are solely interested in their own entertainment no matter what the cost. Those who frequently call themselves pranksters end up being criminals and punks. Thanks for the discussion friend.

That is insane! The hotels chain must have really angry about all these pranksters, do they reported this to the proper authority so that an investigation can be carried out to nap the group leader, criminal charges can be filed and stiff sentence can be handed out to whoever responsible for this to facilitate their next call from prison, i do hope police take prank calls like this seriously, and consider they are indeed criminal activity under the law, and DA office aggressively pursue the person responsible for the prank call. Someone could have die of heart attack or panic attack due to the sense of urgency with fear in the message. Then it will escalate into homicide case. I have not read thing about this in prints and news reporting only until now in here.

It is amazing what people think is funny these days. I wonder who ends up having to pay the bill, the guest, the hotel or the insurance company. I would not think they could get the insurance to pay, since they have all kinds of loop holes to get them out of paying. If the hotel has to pay for the damage then of course their rates will go up to cover the extra expese. And how many of us as a guest in a hotel could afford to pay a $100,000 damage bill, most of us are lucky we can afford to stay in a hotel for a vacation. Just a shame, if they can catch these so called pranksters they need to figure out a way to pay these bills along with some jail time.

Hi boston, Next thing that comes along may be the burglars to get what they want. I should think twice before responding to such calls. The hotel management also see to it that their line is secure from prank calls, caller ID and all those things.

This is really bad and especially since we are living in such tough economical times. These pranksters need to get what they deserve. I hope that they get caught and that justice is done because they could end up ruining someone's business. It is hard enough for hotels as it is. Is it just the big hotels or small ones too?

That just not right. I knew some youngsters love to pull such prank on businesses, and what is the fun of it. It might cause danger to some guests, if that happen, what would they got? I just don't understand they ever consider the consequence of it. Oh well, I hope the authority will catch them, and give them a spank lesson.

Crazy. Those pranksters are crazy. If they are thinking properly, they wouldn't be doing that.

I think this pranksters is bunch of sick people. I can not wait to see them get caught and send to prison. If they act all over United State does it mean they are just one gang of prankster who moving around or there are many groups of them at different state?