[Rad_J]

How hard is it to hide where a fax was sent from? It seems like it would be easier to trace a fax than a normal phonecall. Wouldn't a police fax machine have more capability built in for tracing faxes? So, what I am asking, is there such a thing as a truly anonymous fax?

[r9etb]

Wouldn't a police fax machine have more capability built in for tracing faxes? So, what I am asking, is there such a thing as a truly anonymous fax?

Almost certainly there's tracing information on the fax machine, and if not that, a simple *69 (or whatever caller ID capabilities the SLCPD has) will trace the call back, too.

Let's suppose that it's a crank letter -- anybody dumb enough to do that would be dumb enough to send it to the police fax without any idea that it could be traced.

If it's a genuine letter, the fax once again suggests arrogance and probably no real attempt to hide the origin of the fax.