I realise that abuse of the telephone by kids has been around as long as the device itself of course...but having copped the same perps, using the same m.o. yet again, despite having been busted a year ago, my paranoia is getting the better of me.
These are high school kids, using pre-paid mobiles to make bulk nuisance calls to the same business 0800 numbers, using the same script, i.e. their brainless banter is exactly the same.  They were finally caught last time after they made the mistake of calling from a number that could be identified.  They came from a private Catholic school.
The difficulty such businesses have to get the assistance needed from the telcos makes me wonder just how motivated they are to stop such abuse when they are benefiting so handsomely from such activity.
Not so long ago, you only had to log 3 calls and Telecom would act.  Now it is 7 days!  These ratbag kids are calling dozens of times a day.  Count the cost.
High school kids?  I didn't do this sh*t as a primary school kid.  Seems there has to be more of a reward than the thrill of just annoying someone at that age.
Anyone else see a pattern here?