Don’t you hate getting calls with blocked Caller ID?
I do!
However now there is a brand new service which unmasks blocked calls so you will always know who is calling you! This service is called TrapCall and it’s the worlds first cell phone service to unmask blocked calls.
TrapCall.com was officially launched today and I wanted to let you be the first to know about it!
TrapCall is incredibly simple to use and setup. No messy software downloads or installs required, and it works on all cell phones with most providers. You just key a few numbers into your cell phone and TrapCall’s ready. So, if you’ve got fingers your good to go! (For those of you without fingers, just ask a buddy to help out!)
Along with Caller ID unmasking, TrapCall also has advanced premium features, like incoming call recording (another first!), voicemail transcriptions, selective number blocking (we play them a disconnected number notice!), Caller ID Name, and more!
Did we also mention that TrapCall is FREE?
To get started using TrapCall, just visit: TrapCall.com.
Wired.com broke the news about the TrapCall launch last night! You can read the article at: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/trapcall.html.
I just tried it out and it works great!
What is does is when someone calls you with a blocked number first forwards the number to be unblocked to an 800 number and then forwards the call back to you with the number exposed. At this point you can send them to voice mail if you don’t want to answer the call.
It was very easy to disable the feature as well, it varies per carrier. Just look on your trapcall account on how to disable it if you don’t want to use it.
This is so cool! I can now see who is calling me even if they block the caller id. They don’t even know it so they think they are calling me anonymously.
this service is mediocre. i wish that the cell phone companies would give you the option of either displaying or refusing all blocked calls rather than having to go through all this call forwarding crap.
This service is nothing compared to the original SpoofCard service. After SpoofCard, that TelTech Systems company got desperate to make more money so they came up with LiarCard, LoveCard, and now this service as a desperate means to make more cash!
Whoa! Now that’s a pair of legs!
This is cool for tricking all those people who think that they are blocking your caller id with *67.
However, if they are really crafty they can use SpoofCard to spoof their caller id to something else.
It would be crazy if they came out with anti-SpoofCard which unspoofed caller id numbers that were generated by SpoofCard. However, this might lead to a conflict of interests.
Does TrapCall work with Sprint? I could’t get it to work.
I don’t think that TrapCall supports Sprint yet. They are still in a Beta. They currently support AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Maybe a few others. Sprint/Nextel kind of do their own thing.
I just added trapcall to my phone, had my BLOCKED friend called me and it worked-super simple. I love it!
This service messed up my voicemail box. Now every time someone leaves me a voicemail i get a text message an hour later letting me know. Also, every time i go to listen to my voicemail i have to sit through 10 seconds of advertising before i can hear my messages. I think it’s very inconvenient and i’m want to know if there’s a way to reverse it.
I know me too. It messes up my voice mail after i cancelled it. It’s suppose to go straight to my voicemail but somehow it leaves a busy tone which people can never leave me any message. I’m so mad! Is there any way we can fix this?
Oh I just found a way. If you want your original setting after cancelling the trap call service, you have to do this. It’s simple… If you’re cell phone is Verizon, just dial *73…If you are an AT&T or a T-Mobile customer, just dial ##004# and then press send.
This resets your phone to its original settings. It worked on my phone..
You saved my life with that last one - THANKS!
this service seems to work, but it’s annoying that there is so much delay on answering the call and receiving that text message indicating who is calling you.
i removed it from my phone too out of frusteration. with current technology i can’t see how they’d make this better.