can calls be traced from abroad?
30-09-2008, 19:48
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can calls be traced from abroad?
I need to phone the u.k from abroad but I don't want the person to know that I am abroad. Will they be able to tell - will the number show the international code prefix?
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30-09-2008, 19:53
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
yep...
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30-09-2008, 20:01
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
I wonder what it would show if it was a mobile phone though as they go through England anyway don't they.
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30-09-2008, 20:01
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
O.K.....so can I withhold my number?
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30-09-2008, 20:13
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
Nope, it'll still come up as INTERNATIONAL call
What you can do though is to use something like SKYPE , no number then and they get routed through local exchanges to the destination call
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30-09-2008, 20:25
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
Fiddly work around could be to set up a call redirect with someone's phone in the UK.
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30-09-2008, 20:43
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
sorry to be a bit thick but whats SKYPE?
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o.k...just looked up SKYPE...dont think this would be any good. Is it fiddly to set up a call redirect? How do you do it?
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30-09-2008, 21:49
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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Originally Posted by shelly
sorry to be a bit thick but whats SKYPE?
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o.k...just looked up SKYPE...dont think this would be any good. Is it fiddly to set up a call redirect? How do you do it?
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You would need to arrange it with a friend in the UK who has call redirect or divert facility on their phone. For example some one who is with BT and has opted to pay for call diverting. You phone them at a pre-arranged time when they will have set their phone to redirect your incoming call to the UK number you want to connect to.
Result your call will appear to have been made from your friends phone number. Told you it was fiddly. 
http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...ON-CAL-FEAT-R1
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07-10-2008, 16:57
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
what we all really want to know is, why dont ya want them to know you are abroad lol 
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07-10-2008, 17:01
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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what we all really want to know is, why dont ya want them to know you are abroad lol |
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07-10-2008, 17:03
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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Originally Posted by northy
what we all really want to know is, why don't ya want them to know you are abroad lol |
Possibly off sick and going abroad on holiday, and has to report in while on the sick  .
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07-10-2008, 18:12
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
Surely it would be shown the same.
You don't have to dial 0044 in front of a mobile number to phone it when it is abroad
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07-10-2008, 18:49
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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Originally Posted by Sirius
Possibly off sick and going abroad on holiday, and has to report in while on the sick . |
Businesses are increasingly employing investigators to catch out their employees who try this.
PS SKYPE is a good solution. My daughter is currently working in Denmark but uses SKYPE to phone us - the call looks like it is coming from an Edinburgh number.
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10-10-2008, 21:35
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Surely it would be shown the same.
You don't have to dial 0044 in front of a mobile number to phone it when it is abroad
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You do on many networks.
The OP could use a UK Mobile whilst abroad, the person in the UK wouldn't know any difference.
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Originally Posted by Ernie_C
Businesses are increasingly employing investigators to catch out their employees who try this.
PS SKYPE is a good solution. My daughter is currently working in Denmark but uses SKYPE to phone us - the call looks like it is coming from an Edinburgh number.
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I use real VoIP and similar with a Birmingham and London number and other areas too, cheaper call rates than Skype as Skype along with Tesco are the two dearer providers.
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29-10-2008, 19:35
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Re: can calls be traced from abroad?
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Originally Posted by shelly
I need to phone the u.k from abroad but I don't want the person to know that I am abroad. Will they be able to tell - will the number show the international code prefix?
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NOTHING will be shown, if you can disable your number before making the call. Most systems, land lines, cell phones can do this.
For example, I use 02 in the UK, its just a matter of going into the phone settings to switch off "Show my number" then it dont matter where I am in the world, the number will not be shown.
If your using a landline, then ask the owner how to switch it off  *67 ?
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