Skype/tracing users

Abo

Hypothetical question: If a Skype user (no Skypein, so no caller ID) is
using Skypeout to make nuisance phone calls to, say, a BT landline, can
that user be traced by e.g. the police?

Not that I'm considering becoming a heavy breather or anything; just
wondering...

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Paul Cupis

Abo wrote:
> Hypothetical question: If a Skype user (no Skypein, so no caller ID) is
> using Skypeout to make nuisance phone calls to, say, a BT landline, can
> that user be traced by e.g. the police?

Yes, it should be tracable. If this happens to you, report it to your
provider as a nuisance call and let them deal with it.

systemtek

On 11 Apr, 20:12, Paul Cupis <p...@cupis.co.uk> wrote:
> Abo wrote:
> > Hypothetical question: If a Skype user (no Skypein, so no caller ID) is
> > using Skypeout to make nuisance phone calls to, say, a BT landline, can
> > that user be traced by e.g. the police?
>
> Yes, it should be tracable. If this happens to you, report it to your
> provider as a nuisance call and let them deal with it.

Yes, they can not as easy as a normal landline, takes longer than
normal, but it can be done by trace the routing of the call, the call
routing will then point to off-net and the IP of the caller, which can
then be traced to the ISP and the ISP can say who had that IP address
at a given time.

Duncan