can i track a caller who hides their phone number?

Question

someone has been calling my cell and blocking the number. it's annoying so i've gone ahead and forward the calls to voicemail but now not only does the person not speak they stay on until the 5min. of voicemail is up.
which is also annoying, now it's 5min. of silence i gotta listen to b4 deleting the message. so how can i find out who's "calling in silence". i'm with sprint and they are also aware of this problem. a new number is not an option.

Answer 1

*69

Answer 2

I had the same problem, but I was with T-mobile. They said since the number was blocked there was nothing they could do about it. This is what I did. In order to keep the person from leaving voicemails, I would just answer and then hang up real quick. That way I wasn't wasting minutes listening to a voicemail with nothing. Eventually, they stopped calling.

Answer 3

There's no way for the cell company to help you with this situation, I get calls about it all the time. You could try contacting the police, but they may not be able to do anything about it either. They would have to go through the subpoena process, etc....and there's no guarantee. That's one of the worst things about a cell phone, because it's not a stationary phone and goes between multiple towers there is no way to trace it.

Answer 4

i had the same problem a few weeks ago, bought a new phone and got # changed . but i heard later the service you are threw can track down who the person is because all numbers go through there system, but it could take time before they find out , kinda like a trace on your phone. if your service provider will do it most will but don't know about sprint. ask and the worse they can do is say no.

Answer 5

actually you can call the cops and tell them someone is calling and harassing you and then they will go to your cell phone provider, and they will get the cell phone records and criminal charges can be brought upon the person if you want.

Answer 6

u'd more likely have to get a court order to have your phone records given to you. because if u just call sprint they might not give it to you.

Answer 7

Ya ,when then call,answer it,hang up,then dial *69.when they answer say YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING ME AND U NEED TO STOP...OR ELSE. then think of sumthing else to say after that.