Ryan Seacrest was swatted on Wednesday, April 10, when a prank 911 call reported that armed men were shooting their way into Seacrest's home.

TMZ reported that the 911 call claimed that shots were fired inside Ryan Seacrest's house by "mobster looking guys in suits with rifles."

Police arrived at Ryan Seacrest's home in Beverly Hills, responding to the prank swatting call, at about 2:40 pm. The police found Seacrest at home, but no armed men, according to a Beverly Hills police spokesman. After confirming Seacrest's safety with the 'American Idol' host and his security team, the officers left.

Seacrest recently purchased his Beverly Hills home from Ellen DeGeneres for around $39 million.

Seacrest thus joins a number of celebrities who have been "swatted" recently, including Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, the Kardashians, Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber.

Most recently, Russell Brand's house was targeted by 'swatters' on Monday afternoon. A 911 call reported to Los Angeles Police Department emergency dispatcher that a man was in Brand's house with a gun.

The prank calls have been called 'swatting' because police sometimes send in SWAT teams to respond to them; but, in most cases, SWAT units aren't involved.

Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told CNN, "It's a very high-risk response. The problem with crying wolf is that sometimes its not false, so we always have to respond accordingly but cautiously."

Soon, it may be impossible to make such dangerous prank calls. Law enforcement agencies are improving their ability to track emergency calls to their origin. In addition, investigators have analyzed the calls to identify them. Whitmore said, "We're getting better at knowing what is and what isn't a hoax."

For example, a dispatcher suspected that an emergency call made regarding Rihanna's Hollywood Hills home was a prank, so only one police car was sent to the scene. LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith explained, "We figured it was a swatting. We really low-keyed it compared to how we've been."

Smith added, "We're training dispatchers to be able to recognize certain distinct characteristics of these calls and maybe change the way we dispatch them so they don't draw as high a profile response."