Using Phone Codes

Unwanted calls happen all of the time. You can choose to hang up, ignore all together, let the machine get it, or even change your number. Those calls come and go, and you may forget about them as soon as they are over. However, when things get sticky, you may want to do something about what is going on. If you find that someone is harassing you in any way, and you feel you may be in danger, you have to learn something about phone codes to help the police and the phone company figure out what is going on and how to stop it.

One of the most important phone codes you have to know is the call trace code. This is generally the code *57 through most phone service providers, but it might be different in your case. It might not work at all on mobile phones. You will have to call your phone company to find out what phone codes you should use in this case. When a troubling call comes through, you will want to hang up and then press the code into the phone.

What happens next might not be very satisfying to you, but it can help you out of your predicament. What happens is that the phone codes will alert the phone company that the last call to your line was troubling. They can then see if they can locate the number that called. What you wont like is that you will not know the number yourself. You may think you know who it was, and the number would help you decide, but it is for your own safety that you do not get the number. You should press the phone codes in each time a call like this comes through.

Not all codes are needed for unwanted calls. There are plenty of other ones that may be included in your phone service. Almost everyone knows that *69 will give the last number that called, or will at least redial it for you. This is not used as much as caller ID does this without having to use the code. Other phone codes help with three way calling and many other nifty features that your phone can do. Look in the front of your local phone book for more codes you can use with your service. If you cant find them there, you can always call your company up to see what they can tell you.