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Among the most famous and earliest recorded prank calls are the Tube Bar prank calls tapes, which centered on Louis "Red" Deutsch.

Another increasingly popular option is to use some form of Vo IP.Wiretapping by several governments have also helped made prank calls easier to trace.Callers can also call from payphones in order to hide their identity, although this is becoming less common as pay phones are beginning to phase out starting in the late 2000s.The threat was taken seriously, and the celebrations were about to be cancelled when police discovered that no such threat existed.The teenager was then arrested for the false report.