Lara has been receiving several phone calls from an unidentified caller for the last couple of weeks, out of the blue.

They’re not very pleasant calls. She has no idea who the man is, but he’s told her he loves her and has also threatened physical abuse. As you can imagine, Lara's concerned about the calls and every time the phone rings she wonders whether it will be a call from him. Her friends and family are also concerned, but nobody really knows how she should handle the situation.

It’s the only mobile number she’s ever had – and she doesn’t want to change it, mostly for business reasons, fearing she'll lose contact with people she may not have seen for a couple of years who only have that number.

Lara's tried to ignore him and hang up, but she isn’t sure whether saying something to the man might improve her chances of him leaving her alone. How do you get rid of a nasty phone stalker?