✅ In this article we will figure out how to find out the owner by phone number absolutely legally and free of charge. You can get a phone number and find out who it belongs to in many legal ways, and you don’t have to resort to the help of mobile operator employees or bank employees. Such methods will be discussed in this article.
In many countries, tapping a stranger's cell phone number is illegal and can lead to administrative or criminal liability, although in practice it is quite difficult to prove guilt unless caught red-handed.
Search for a cell number on social networks
This is the easiest, fastest and in many cases the most successful way to find out who owns a phone number. Now the vast majority of the active population is registered on various social networks. When filling out their profile, many of them leave a phone number in their data, and often more than one.
To find a mention of a specific number, we need to enter it directly into the search bar of the social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Instagram and others, and click search. The number can be found both in the completed profile on its page, and in various posts of communities and groups to which the person is subscribed.
For a more reliable location, search by dialing the number in three different ways ⇒
- +7 (9??) ???-??-??
- 89?????????
- 79?????????
To significantly speed up the search process, it is best to use the specialized service mysmsbox.ru. It makes it possible to automatically search for a number on the most popular social networks, ad sites and instant messengers.
Instructions for dialing a cell phone number ⇓
- On the main page of the site, enter the number in the search bar. Below, you will be shown information about which operator and region the phone number you are looking for belongs to.
- Now go below to the advanced tools and select social media search.
- A search for the number will be performed on all popular social networks and if it is found in any of them, information about this will immediately appear with a link to the subscriber’s profile
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What does the law say about this?
On January 1, 2014, the Federal Law of November 2, 2013 No. 304-FZ “On Amendments to Article 44 of the Federal Law “On Communications” and the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses” came into force.
The law prohibited the street sale of SIM cards. Now the operator or a person who acts on his behalf (dealer) is required to enter into an agreement for the sale of the card and enter the subscriber’s passport data into it.
The dealer must send a signed copy of the agreement to the operator within 10 days. And the operator will check the accuracy of the information.
Find out whose number through popular instant messengers
If nothing worked through social networks, then you can try using Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp and other less popular messengers. Each of them has the function of adding a new contact. We will use this to find out the first and last name of who owns the unknown number.
The subscriber we are looking for will not be able to somehow determine that we found his data through the messenger in which he is registered. The process of adding to contacts is completely anonymous, and if we don’t need the person we are looking for, then we won’t need to confirm adding a new contact. His photo, first and last name (if indicated in the profile) will appear without confirmation. You only need to start the process of entering your cell phone number.
I took Viber as an example. If a person is not registered in this messenger, a message will be displayed about this.
Adding a new contact to Viber
If you were able to find a photo of the caller, then you can then find other data from the photo. To do this, you need to use special services ⇒
- FindClone
- Find You - application from Odnoklassniki
- lovereport.ru - a site for searching people by photos on social networks
Checking Beeline subscribers
How to find out who the SIM card is registered to
If you have a SIM card of this mobile operator in your hands, you can easily log into your personal account on the Beeline website and get the necessary information about the owner and the current tariff plan.
Today, a special application “My Beeline” is available, which allows you to view information about the card owner. You must request a login password by typing the command *110*9# into your device.
If you do not have access to the card, you can request the necessary information at Beeline offices. Employees are not authorized to disclose this information, but can assist for a certain fee if it is possible to reach an agreement with them.
Enter your phone number through bank payment services
It also happens that a person is not on social networks or in instant messengers. This is relevant for the military, law enforcement or older people. In this case, online services of various banks come to our aid. For example, “Sberbank Online” or “VTB Online” or others. For any of them, the person you are looking for has a credit or salary card.
In order to find out the first name, patronymic and first letter of the last name, the Sberbank Online application will help. VTB currently shows only the first name and the first letter of the last name.
Determining the first and first letter of the last name in VTB online bank by phone number
- In any of the services, go to the “Transfers by phone number” item.
- We choose our card with which we will make a transfer.
- Enter the phone number you want to identify
Next, the online banking service searches for a match in its database and displays or does not display data on the client.
Searching for information about the owner - is it legal?
There are a lot of working options for how to find out the owner of a cell number. All that remains is to understand: are your actions even legal? Or is searching for personal information punishable by law? From a legal point of view, the actions listed above are completely legal. No matter what you decide to do - look for profiles on social networks or ask for a last name during a call, this is not considered an offense. Exactly until you start distributing personal data without the owner’s knowledge. So feel free to look for the name of the owner of the cell phone - you have every right to do so.
Check who owns the phone number in special services
In the services listed below, you will not be able to find out personal information about a person or organization (with rare exceptions), but they are excellent for identifying debt collectors, scammers, various advertising call centers, banks and mobile operators.
Here are 8 services that you can use absolutely free ⇒
- ktozvonil.net
- who-calling.rf
- zvonkoff.net
- zvonili.com
- neberitrubku.ru
- 8sot.su
- ru-98.ru
- kto-zvonil.net
In fact, there are many more of them. I just listed the most popular ones. On all these sites, data on numbers and reviews on them are created by visitors themselves. This is a huge database with contact information about which subscribers often file complaints and which can be safely blacklisted.
Hire a private detective
And they provide such services. For a couple of hundred dollars they promise your full name and address, for a thousand or more - a complete dossier: download from the operator’s database, current location, call details. They most often refer to connections with authorities and the operator.
Of course, there is no guarantee. You wouldn’t report a private detective, much less a police or FSB officer. But the larger the amount, the higher the likelihood that the OPSOS employee will give out such information.
Representatives of law enforcement agencies, judging by information on forums and on the darknet, are also doing the same. Of course, this is an abuse of power and a matter within the jurisdiction. But most often the method works.
Determine phone number using apps for Android and iPhone
At the moment, the best and most convenient application for searching data about the owner of a number on cell phones and tablets is GetContact. Includes messenger, caller ID and spam blocking. Works on iOS, Android. It shows how the owner of the phone number is recorded in other people's contacts. Here are the links to the application ⇒
- Download from Huawei AppGallery
- numbuster.com/ru/
There are many negative reviews about this application regarding the imposition of paid subscriptions and services. Be careful. It looks like the application itself should be blacklisted if such problems actually exist
