1) Assuming someone hides their phone numer with spoof card, will trap call still be able to “unblock” it?

2) If not, do you know of any other service or equipment that maybe able to unblock it?

3) If I receive a call that I do not answer and do not decline, but the person calling hung up the phone after a couple of rings (before call got forwarded to trapcall), is there anyway to still find out who it was?

Thanks,

- Mike

When Will Trapcall service come to Hawaii? We are part of the United States

I have T-Mobile and I can’t get TrapCall programmed. What should I do?
Please note if you are a FlexPay, Prepaid, or Family Plan T-mobile subscriber, T-mobile does not allow customers on these plans to enable conditional call forwarding which is required to use TrapCall. Unfortunately this is a limitation that T-mobile imposes on subscribers who are on these type of plans, and we apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused you.
If you happen to have G1 you will need to follow these special instructions:

1. Go To Settings
2. Select Call Forwarding
3. Select Forward when Busy, Unanswered, and Unreachable. For each one you will need to type in +18669676590 as the forwarding number.
4. Save

If you still can’t get it to work and you are not on a plan that bars conditional call forwarding you will need to call T-Mobile customer support at 1-800-937-8997 from a phone other than your cell phone. A customer service rep can walk you through the activation process for conditional call forwarding. Our number that you’ll want to forward your calls to is 1-866-967-6590. If your phone does not support manual activations, a T-Mobile representative needs to manually modify your account on their end.

Title 18 USC 3121 defines a “Trap and Trace”

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/3121.html

It would appear that TrapCall is a “Trap and Trace”, except for one thing,
under the same definition Caller ID it’s self would be considered a
“Trap and Trace”. This issue was actually brought up when Caller ID
was first introduced. After several hearings, the conclusion was that
under 18 USC 3121(b)’s list of EXCEPTIONS, there is an exception when
the subscriber CONSENTS to the “Trap and Trace”. The subscriber in this
case is not the Calling Party, but the person who purchases Caller ID
from the telephone company who gives consent to the telco to perform
a “Trap and Trace” on every incoming call. The “Trap and Trace” statute
is a “one party consent” type statute, similar to the Federal Statute
requiring only one party consent to record a telephone conversation.
This one-party consent means that when you sign up for Trap Call you
are consenting to allow us to perform a “Trap and Trace” on all
calls that route through our system, the calling party’s consent is
not required.

When Caller ID first came out in the early 90′s, the FCC realized
many people may be upset that their consent is NOT required for the
called party to perform a “Trap and Trace”, and so they came up with
the rules regarding *67 and call blocking. These rules(47 CFR 64.1601)
only apply on interstate calls that the called party does not pay
for, because TrapCall pays for the call that is routed through our
system, we are entitled to the calling party’s number, which we then
send back to you legally as you have provided your consent for us to provide
a “Trap and Trace” for you. The relevent statute also applies only
to “common carriers”. TrapCall is not considered a “common carrier”.

The relevent part of 47 CFR 64.1601 reads:

“The terminating carrier must act in accordance with the privacy indicator
unless the call is made to a called party that subscribes to an ANI
or charge number based service and the call is paid for by the called party.”

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/pdf/47cfr64.1601.pdf