How to find out who a mobile phone number is registered to

• April 24, 2019
• Civil law
• Svetlana Semenchuk

There are different ways to find out who the number is registered to. If you have a caller's card, you should use the opportunity to access your personal account. In most cases, this will not be difficult, since the code required for access is sent by the operator. If there is no map, then you should use regular search engines, specialized sites and available databases. The main thing is not to forget to read reviews about the resource.

View data in your personal account

This method is suitable if you have a SIM card at hand, the owner of which needs to be identified. This can happen in several cases:

• When you purchased a SIM card from an unofficial representative and are not sure that it is registered to you;
• When you bought a smartphone or other mobile device with a pre-installed SIM card;
• When you find someone else's cell phone and are trying to find out who it belongs to in order to contact the owner.

Whatever the reason, if you have a SIM card with the required number, you can enter the user’s personal account. There you will find all the necessary personal data - the owner’s full name, personal account number, SIM card registration date. Let's figure out how to do this on SIM cards of different operators.

How to find out who the MTS number is registered to

To find out who the MTS SIM is registered to, do the following:

• Go to the official website of the operator: .
• Find the “Login” button to your personal account in the upper right corner. Click on it and select “Mobile communications” from the drop-down menu.
• Enter the number and enter the password if you know it. If not, click on the “Forgot your password” link and wait for a message from the operator.

After authorization, you will be redirected to your personal account. The owner's name can be found in the upper left corner. Here you will see your account balance, active tariff plan, connected services, etc.

Do you need detailed information, including passport details? Click on the profile icon in the upper right corner and select “Account Management”. Comprehensive information about the owner of the number, filled out on the basis of an agreement with the mobile operator, will be available here.

How to find out the owner of a Megafon number

To find out the name of the owner of the number from Megafon, you need:

1. Go to the official website of the operator: . Click on the “Personal Account” button in the upper right corner.
2. Enter your personal account number and password, or select authorization via SMS. In the second case, you need to wait for a message from Megafon and enter the sent four-digit code in the field.
3. Look in the upper right corner: part of the owner’s name will be visible under the phone.

For more detailed information, go to the “Settings” section and select “Personal Information” there. Here you will find the full name of the owner, personal account and date of registration of the SIM card.

How to find out who your Tele2 number is registered to

You can find the name of the person to whom the Tele2 number is registered:

• Open the operator's website: . Click the “Login to your personal account” button in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Select a login option: with or without password. In the first case, you need to enter a phone number and a six-digit code from SMS, in the second - enter a phone number, select “Login by password”, and specify the password you set earlier.
• The owner's details are indicated on the main page under the number.

By going to the “Profile” tab, you will also see all the necessary personal information about the owner of the phone: last name, email address.

How to find out the owner of a Beeline number

Understanding who owns a Beeline SIM card will be a little more difficult. The fact is that the owner’s personal data is not indicated here in the personal account. You can find out the name of the owner of the Beeline number like this:

• Go to the official website: . Click on the yellow “Personal Account” button in the upper right corner.
• Enter your phone number or login, click “Next”.
• Enter your password or select “Get Password”. In the second case, wait for an SMS with a temporary password and enter it in the required field.
• After authorization, go to the “Help and Feedback” section and select “Create a request” there. Request a scanned copy of the contract via your work email.

In the contract you can see the owner’s full name and other personal data: address, email, passport number and series. Such requests are most often approved because technical support believes that only the owner can request a copy of the contract from his personal account.

Request

In order to find out who the number is registered to, you need to log into your personal account on the website of the desired operator. In this case, you will need to specify a password and login. Afterwards, data on the tariff plan and other information that is required are indicated. Then you need to send a request to the operator, to which he is obliged to respond.

You need to be prepared for the fact that you will have to visit the operator’s office and, presenting your ID, fill out a written application. The police can also make a request if messages and calls contain threats.

Write a statement to the operator

The most obvious way to find out who the SIM card is registered to is to contact the office of the cellular operator that owns the desired number. A simple call or appeal will not be enough here: employees do not have the right to disclose personal information of clients, so you will receive a refusal. You can find out the name of the owner only if you write a statement and indicate good reasons for such a request: threats, fraud, telephone hooliganism, and so on. After completing the application, company managers may meet you halfway and provide personal information about the owner. But this rarely works - most often the operator refuses to act until you bring a statement from the prosecutor's office.

How to bypass official requirements

The mobile operator does not always agree to provide data about another person. If you write a statement in the office, there is no guarantee that the answer will be positive. In this case, it is worth trying to convince the employees with whom you are communicating to make concessions. Of course, you will have to make strong arguments.

For example, it can be explained that the attempt to find out who the number is registered to is due to the fact that threats were received from it. As a result, there is a risk that the health of the applicant and his relatives will suffer.

If such arguments do not work, then it is worth filing an official request through the police. The operator will not be able to ignore it. The main thing is that law enforcement officials agree to submit such a request.

When you urgently need to identify the owner of a number, you can contact your friends who work for a specific mobile operator. Technically, they can provide the necessary information. But at the same time, you should understand that your friends will risk their jobs.

Another alternative method is to top up the account of a subscriber whose identity you need to find out. When the payment is sent to its destination, the monitor will display the full name of the person to whom the number is registered. If you can’t physically see this data, you can ask the salon employee to voice it.

View phone number databases

Databases with customer numbers and surnames are classified information. But often hackers break into the security and copy them, and then distribute the information to the public.

You can find databases:

• On torrents;
• In the radio markets of your city;
• On specialized sites.

Most often, the information in the databases is outdated. But many people use the same number for several years, so there's a chance you'll get lucky. In fact, this method rarely works. There is a much higher chance of getting viruses on your computer - so do not forget to check all downloaded files before running them.

Unofficial databases for determining identity

Dissemination or theft of other people's personal information is punishable by law of the Russian Federation. But we all know very well that most Internet users do not value it. And sometimes they themselves provide it on the Internet, registering on various websites and social networks. networks. Therefore, there are secret databases on the Internet where contacts are stored. Moreover, those who painstakingly collect it successfully make money from this information.

Form for entering a phone number to determine the owner

Now we will try to use one of these databases at: https://mobil-baza.com/. Don't think that there are absolutely all the rooms here. It is almost impossible to compile a catalog with all the telephone numbers in the country. But there is still something on the site. On the main page, find a form to enter a number. Write down the numbers in the empty line, click the “Get data” button. After some time, the service will try to identify who the phone number you need is registered to.

After a short pause, the site will show everything it knows. If the exact data (first and last name) is not in the database, you will see the region and city in which the subscriber lives. This may also be helpful in your investigation.

Use search services

Databases have been replaced by search services that find information about a person by his phone number. Data is taken from open sources: social networks, message boards, instant messengers, job search sites. The addresses of such sites are constantly changing, but you can always find current options in the search results. Some of the search services are free, while others ask you to send an SMS to a specified number and charge a fixed amount for it. Attention! Such sites are often created by scammers who steal personal data, sign up for paid subscriptions to services, or infect devices with viruses. Be careful: there is a high risk that you will spend money and be left with nothing.

How to identify someone else's SIM card

If you don’t have a mobile operator card in your hands, but want to identify a person by number, there are a couple more ways to achieve this. You can download and install Viber completely legally. Today it is one of the most popular means of communication. The application can work both over Wi-Fi and mobile networks. It can help us with its unique function and operating principle.

Viber messenger

Viber can be used by entering only your mobile phone number during authorization. In this case, your entire contact book will be synchronized with the application servers. This means that you will share your contacts with other members of the Viber network when you log in to it. The app does this to everyone who uses it. So try downloading Viber to your phone. You can download it on the Play Market for Android and the App Store for Apple devices.

After that, open your call book and take note of the number that interests you. If it is in the Viber database, you will see the contact's last name and first name. And also his avatar - a photo of the user. If you couldn’t do this with Viber, try downloading a similar WhatsApp messenger program. It can also be downloaded from online stores for your mobile device. It works similarly to the first application.

This may be useful: Beeline phone technical support (Internet, operator).

Call and ask

A free and easy way to find out who the number is registered to is to call him and ask for his full name directly. But you will have to introduce yourself as someone else who the person can trust with their personal information. To find out the owner of the phone this way, you must:

• Use another SIM card on which you have never received a call from the desired number. Ideally, buy a new one.
• Introduce yourself as a manager, call center operator, recruiter or social worker who is conducting the survey. Which role you choose is up to you.
• Talk to the person, put him at ease, and at the end of the conversation ask him to state his first and last name.

We do not recommend using this option: there are much simpler and more honest methods. If you do decide to use it, think about what you will say in advance. And practice your speech in front of a mirror to sound convincing.

other methods

All mobile operators protect the subscriber database very effectively and it is almost impossible to find out the number of the person who owns the SIM card if you do not have access to it. The only legal right to find out from a mobile operator information about the owner of a SIM card is only law enforcement agencies; they can also check which phone numbers are registered with a person, in other cases it is more difficult. In any case, you will have to write either a statement to the police or a statement to the MTS company, but it is unlikely that it will provide information; only in exceptional cases, the consultants themselves will determine whether you have the right to receive such information or not. But most likely they will refuse to disclose information about the subscriber, because who the SIM card is issued to is confidential information that is not allowed to be disclosed in accordance with the contract.

If you want to find out which numbers are registered to me personally, then just go to the MTS salon and provide your passport, they will definitely provide you with the entire list of accounts that you own.

Find profiles on social networks and instant messengers

Many social networks and instant messengers now have user identification by phone number. If the person you are looking for uses them, it will be very easy for you to find them. To find out a user's profile in Viber or WhatsApp instant messengers, you need:

• Copy the desired number, open the messenger and start a new dialogue. In the case of Viber, this is the “Add subscriber” button; in the case of WhatsApp, you need to add the subscriber to the phone book and then select it from the contact list.
• Click on the user's icon and go to his profile.

Usually, messengers provide little information about themselves, but from the photo and signature you can understand who you are dealing with. Searching in Telegram or Facebook is even easier. All you need to do is open the search field and enter your mobile number instead of your first and last name. Soon you will see the profile to which he is linked, and there - all the necessary information, if it is specified by the person.

Search for personal data by Megafon phone number

For Megafon, you can use popular instant messengers. Their way of interacting with smartphones is useful in our case. When we need to determine who is calling from a Megafon number (or another operator). To do this, you will need to install the WhatsApp client on your mobile device. By the way, this method of communication today is a huge competition for all mobile operators. Since the messenger allows you to make video calls and send messages completely free of charge.

Its unique property is that a profile is created on a remote server when a user registers. In it, the username (login) is the mobile number. The profile also includes all the user’s contacts and their names. From this article you will learn what ticks mean in WhatsApp. Thanks to a search in the messenger, you can establish your identity if this subscriber also uses WhatsApp. You can download the application from this link: https://www.whatsapp.com/?lang=ru.

Procedure:

1. To search, use the “Calls” or “Chats” section;

2. Select the action button below and enter your phone number;
3. Add other information and the contact will appear in your list. The name of the number owner will appear here.

If you can’t find a user in this messenger, use Telegram, Instagram.

This may be useful: How to disable Zvooq subscription in Tele2, Beeline, MTS, Megafon.

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.

Information about your own Beeline number

If you want to find out who the owner of the card that is currently available to you is the easiest way.
You need to visit your Personal Account on the operator’s main website and look at the owner’s contact information provided. For Beeline network users, this can be done according to the following scheme:

1. Insert the card into your mobile device, request a password and enter your Beeline Personal Account. The LC contains all the information about the tariff and the owner.
2. Go to the My Beeline application from your phone, then look in your personal data for who was registered.

Contact the intelligence services

If you receive threatening calls or messages on your phone, you are constantly harassed by the same caller, or you have encountered a scammer and are trying to figure him out, you should not look for the owner of the phone on your own. It is much better to contact law enforcement agencies and file a statement. At the request of the police, the operator will provide all the necessary information about the owner: full name, passport number, registration address to law enforcement agencies. You can get information in the shortest possible time, find the owner of the phone number and deal with the problem once and for all.

Procedure for obtaining a SIM card

SIM card - connection with the world

Every time when applying for a new SIM card in mobile phone stores, the buyer is required to present an identification card. However, recently, anonymous SIM cards have become in great demand. In this case, the citizen does not need to show any documents; the phone number in this situation is already registered to a third party.

However, such actions are not legal, since Federal Law No. 126-FZ dated July 7, 2003 states that within 10 days after issuing a SIM card, the seller must enter information about the buyer into the general database of cellular phone numbers. However, the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for various penalties only for sellers.

Administrative fines range from 5,000 rubles for individuals and up to 200,000 rubles for various enterprises. Therefore, there is no penalty for purchasing a SIM card without presenting an ID.

Anonymous SIM cards are in great demand among business travelers and migrants who are not registered in a particular region. Regardless of the fact that almost every mobile phone owner buys their SIM cards officially, by signing an agreement with the operator and presenting documents, a difficult situation may develop in which it will be necessary to identify the owner of the SIM card.