Tag: TRAPCALL

The *67 telephone function -- which you can dial before making a call in order to mask your phone number -- has always been a valuable tool for phone pranksters and private investigators. A new online service, called 'Trap Call', foils such identity blockers by unmasking the dubious dialer's phone number, city of origin, and maybe even their name and address. ...

Earlier this week, telecommunications company TelTech launched a new service called TrapCall, which allows users to expose the numbers (and names) of blocked callers, according to the Wired Blog. Recently drawing some heat from the press, TelTech is responsible for the SpoofCard service, which has in turn facilitated the recent rash of 'swatting' incidents. With the SpoofCard service, ...