<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Justin Bieber is being threatened with legal action by two victims of an online phone prank.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   The pint-sized popstar attempted to show off his sense of humour on Twitter earlier this month (March 12) by posting a phone number missing a final digit and instructing his fans to give him a call.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/mar/Bieber28.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 689px; " /></div>  <div>   <em><strong>Prankster: Justin Bieber posted a number on his Twitter account with the last digit missing and asked his millions of fans to call him. File pic.</strong></em></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   As millions of Beliebers tried to guess the remaining number, two Texans claim they were plagued with phonecalls from teenage girls at all hours of the day.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The tweet was quickly deleted but the two say the stunt was &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; and that the harassment continued.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   The lawyer acting for the pair &mdash; an older woman named Dilcie and a man named Kent &mdash; say her clients&rsquo; patience &ldquo;wears thin&rdquo; after receiving over 1,000 phone calls and they want compensation for all the problems caused by the prank.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   They also suggest Justin could make it up to the disgruntled duo with an apology, concert tickets, cash &mdash; and an endorsement for Kent&rsquo;s upcoming online project.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <strong>Funny bone</strong></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   Justin&rsquo;s is well known for his pranks and once appeared on a prank show Punk&rsquo;d to convince Taylor Swift she has blown up a boat where a wedding was being hosted.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   Last week, he tricked his fans with an announcement that he was joining a new band with Maroon 5&rsquo;s Adam Levin and pal Kenny Hamilton.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He said he was delaying the release of his new album, Believe, and added, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to do a collaborative thing, us three, We&rsquo;re the Whirling Dervishes.&rdquo;</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But another one of his gags landed him in hot water in September 2010.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   He narrowly avoided arrest when he hit a US cop with a water balloon backstage at a concert in Carolyn.</div>  

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