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[Frosty]

We all know that when you dial *67 before dialing the phone number you are calling that your number will be descreet and private so it cannot be traced.

BUT is there a way for the person you called to be able to trace the call back to your actual number even though you used *67?

I was told you could 100% do that but how? I thought if you used *67 your number could NOT be traced back to you? Is there a special type of service that allows you to trace these private calls? I'm trying to fiqure this out, does anyone know?

I don't understand how it could be done... I know there definitely has to be some special service you order from your phone company I guess? Anyone know

[8inet-Johnathan]

unless they go through the phone company i dont think theres a way it can be traced back to you

[sgarbus]

Originally Posted by GroveStreetNetworks

unless they go through the phone company i dont think theres a way it can be traced back to you

That's what I've heard as well. It'll be interesting to hear if you can trace it from a residential area Time to bust these prankers!

[Frosty]

Interesting, I just called bellsouth... they say there is noway to trace the private *67 dialer back to their real number.

GroveStreetNetworks,
What do you mean when you say "Unless they go through the phone company i dont think theres a way it can be traced back to you"... what do you mean through the phone company?

Like a special service you order from the phone company enabling you top trace such numbers? Is that what you meant? I searched and there is no such service. I'm going to google this again... first time I only checked split second... I'll google more throughly this time

[keliix06]

Isn't *67 just for blocking caller id and *69? Anything that goes over a phone line or through a satellite can be traced if someone really wanted to.

[Frosty]

Yes, what *67 does is make your number appear as private. It cannot be traced... not even if you *69 and try to call it back.

I think I found the answer, the only way you can really trace it is if you hire a PI or use that type of PI method as described below:

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache...race+*67&hl=en

[sgarbus]

Originally Posted by Frosty

GroveStreetNetworks,
What do you mean when you say "Unless they go through the phone company i dont think theres a way it can be traced back to you"... what do you mean through the phone company?

I think he means that if someone calls you with a private number, you can call the phone company and have them tell you who made the call.

[macdonaldp]

I'm not sure why it would be any different in the United States but a *67 call can be traced by the phone company.

Recently there have been bomb threats phoned into schools here and the pranksters got caught by the phone company.

It really makes sense because if the phone company was unable to trace a *67 call well then there could be major issues.

So unless a call was threatening the phone company probably won't let you know who called.

[8inet-Johnathan]

What i mean by " them going through the phone company" would be someone getting a court order for the phone compan to release the records of the phoneline that recived the calls

[JayC]

Even when you've disabled caller ID, there's ANI (automatic number identification). If you call a party that has access to that, which includes calls to 911, sometimes to law enforcement agencies directly, and usually to toll free or 900 numbers, they'll have your ANI... that is, they'll have your phone number.

Also even when CNID is "disabled" it's still given to the switches throughout the system, but with a privacy bit enabled to keep it from being visible to the person you're calling. So phone companies can trace calls because they have both that data and the ANI.

So how useful that is depends on which side of the call you are.

[okihost]

I noticed when I called AOL to cancel my free 30 subscription I ALWAYS use *67 and they were able to look up my account automatically by getting my phone number. I am not sure how and I did ask but I got pushed around on the phone for about 20 minutes and gave up.

[Lumix]

I had an account with Virgin Mobile, one of those pay as you go cell phone accounts. I could go on line and log into my account and view the numbers for all incoming and out going calls. All the incoming calls that said "private" on the phone had the number listed in my account . Most of those were still untracable because they were cell numbers. But I could call them back if i wanted to.

[JayC]

Originally Posted by OKI-Paul

I noticed when I called AOL to cancel my free 30 subscription I ALWAYS use *67 and they were able to look up my account automatically by getting my phone number. I am not sure how

Because you called their 800 number, for which they apparently have ANI access. CNID (Calling Number ID, what's usually marketed as "caller ID") and ANI are two different services, and while you can choose not to display your CNID to people that you call, you can't hide your ANI -- but most phone subscribers can't see it.

[ub3r]

I wonder if the telephone company keeps a special log of people using *67.

[theqase]

Well....

Here is how I do that....

If I want to find out a number of someone who is calling me. I simply forward the calls to the number they are calling to my toll-free number (which ignores *67) and get the number from that. Works 98% of the time.

Now it would be obvious if you were giving them the 800 number that you are wanting their number (if they knew what was going on), but if you simply forward calls from your regular number (as i said above) then no one will really know the difference.

you can forward calls using *72 (must be a feature of your line)