The Lebron James Phone Prank Having all the skills of a professional athlete would be great. Jumping 4 feet in the air ... Running a 4.2 forty ... Having their phone number, however, is not so great. Especially if you're friends with Paris Hilton. Here at Juiced Sports Blog, we know firsthand how annoying it is to receive hundreds of calls asking for "LeBron James." Last year, my friend and I created a page with a dummy number of phone numbers of celebrities "listed.
Initially, we were going to mess with pizza joints in New York, but our compassion kicks. Specifically, we thought it would be best not to risk any punishment "legal" as if there was indeed a law against displaying a series of figures that people online celebrity without numbers approval. Moreover, it would be funny to put in place a number of LeBron and see who is calling.
Ikenna (Okafor, Emeka cousin) volunteered, because he did better than me LeBron. In fact, his voice did not matter. Within hours of announcing the Wordpress page and link it to a number of forums, we had 400 page views and dozens of calls that everything goes like this:
Ikenna: "Hello?
Scared Guy who thinks he talks to LeBron: (She hangs up.)
Twenty-four hours later, the same thing had happened, by the Count Ikenna, at least 200 times. When I was with him, it was rare to go a few minutes without their phone ringing. Remember back when Paris Hilton's cell phone was hacked? Anyone who tried to call, for example, Eli Manning to ask him why he was not as good as his brother (His reply: "Shut up.") To recall how many times they had to call to pass. L effect was not as extreme here because the link had not been online promotion such as telephone list of Paris. Even if, Ikenna was still making calls after week, he complained to me to take the link. (Maybe it's because I posted the number itself on some forums. Do not tell him that.)
Even if I ended pissed off listing line number (if consented), I was still back when it mattered. Like when punk band from Los Angeles called and I gave him to speak to the reason for not post the number of athlete online. Describing himself as an agent of LeBron, I accused him of having published the number, after finding her number on the recent calls list:
Me: "Hi, this is Mitchell Blatt IMG. I am an agent of LeBron James, and we have proof that you posted online his number."
Guy: "No, I did not."
M: "Your number has shown its call records."
G: "I called him."
M: "We have traced the IP code internet, and it got you."
G: anger [of] voice: "I do not know, I just called the number. It has already been posted. "
M: "Can one of your friends have posted on your computer?"
G: [] in distress "No, none of my friends have done."
M: "Well, well, I just want you to know that this investigation will continue, and you better watch your back. The King has his eye on you.
Posted on April 9, 2010.