Calls from unfamiliar numbers are often annoying. Especially when it's turns out to be spammers. Often you don’t want to pick up the phone if the number is not in Contacts.
Cloud telephony and calls from routing services further complicate the detection of unwanted incoming calls. However, the numbers are not endless, and most scammers and shady companies use the same phones.
So how can you find out who the number belongs to without answering the call? Let's consider different options.
Check the number through services on the Internet
Opening a browser right during a call and entering the number into the search is the first thing that comes to mind. Telephone scammers are usually quickly identified and made famous throughout the Internet.
Services that collect user reviews about various numbers will also help:
▪ zvonili.com ▪ who-calls.rf ▪ zvonkoff.net ▪ numbuster.com
Services are free. They have one drawback: if someone is very offended , he can write a dozen unpleasant comments.
It’s up to you to trust reviews or not, but services identify spammers with a high degree of probability.
Through search engines
The simplest method of determining a phone number is searching through search engines. The check will take less than five minutes. However, the user will only be able to break through the numbers of organizations or companies.
This method of determination is quick and informative. More often, banking organizations and other companies call from unknown numbers and offer a profitable promotion or program. The search engine displays the result immediately on the first page.
In addition, databases of spammers and scammers are posted on the Internet, where real people write reviews about the rooms. To effectively punch into Google or Yandex, you need to enter numbers in different formats. Let's list the formats:
- 8 (9xx) xxx-xx-xx.
- 8-9xx-xxx-xx-xx.
- 89xxxxxxxxx.
- +7 (9xx) xxx-xx-xx.
- 79xxxxxxxxx.
It is recommended to search for the number in search engines in at least two formats. This is necessary in order to find out additional information about the license plate. This rule must not be neglected. After all, a certain format can be distributed on various web resources, including those sources that contain data about a person or organization in open form.
Install an identification application on your smartphone
Such applications usually have a database of numbers themselves, and also allow you to add numbers with custom notes.
Kaspersky Who Calls
The application automatically detects who is calling from an unknown number and warns about spam and scammers. If a company calls, Who Calls displays what category it belongs to and what reputation it has on the platform.
If you missed a call, the number will immediately appear in the list of missed calls with information from the database. It is also possible to add numbers to your own spam database.
The downside is that the database does not contain too many numbers and often misses outright spam. Users also complain about poor feedback from developers: numbers that they have marked as spam are rarely included in the general database.
In addition, the application may not turn on immediately, but after 10-15 minutes after installation. The developers explain: this is how the system works, we can’t do anything.
But Who Calls is free.
Download Who Calls: for iOS and Android (free)
Who's calling
There is no mistake in the emphasis - the developers claim that in our area spammers do not call , but rather call . It compares unknown numbers with records from its own database, which is regularly updated.
It’s convenient that you can access reviews of numbers directly from the call log. So if you miss a call from an unknown number, you can immediately find out whether it’s worth calling back. You can also add your own reviews.
The application is paid, costs 379 rubles. But it starts working immediately after installation.
Download “Who's Calling”: for iOS (RUB 379)
Numbuster
The application can show information about other people's numbers (including name options - they are allegedly collected anonymously). The database contains 1.3 million numbers.
Data is loaded from three sources:
▪ your phone book; ▪ user profile in Numbuster itself (if he installed the application); ▪ reviews from other users.
There is no search by name or phone number in the application. Numbuster can also hide information about your number. And it will show how you are registered with friends.
The free version shows up to two variations of the name of the user who is calling from a specific number, as well as its in-app rating, reviews, blocks and security labels. Everything else is for money.
You can hide the names associated with your number for 149 rubles per month. It costs the same to show all the name options for each number.
Download Numbuster: for iOS and Android (RUB 149 per month).
Truecaller
The developers claim that the application is used by 250 million people around the world. All of them are involved in updating the database of spammers and unwanted contacts.
You can block spam with Truecaller by name and number series. In addition, you can set automatic blocking of spammers and recognize SMS senders.
An additional feature is call recording . Finally, Truecaller supports Flash messages with geolocation, sending statuses and emoticons. We are also pleased with the reasonable support for two SIM cards.
In the premium version, the app will also show Truecaller users who have viewed your profile and add a number of other features. The Gold version has a golden background when other users identify your number and priority support.
Download Truecaller: for iOS and Android
How can you determine a hidden number?
Some annoying calls are made from hidden numbers that cannot be contacted or blacklisted.
Special operator services
To identify a hidden contact who is pestering you with calls, you can use the services of your telecom operator. The anti-determinant has its disadvantages:
- you will have to pay for assistance;
- the contact may not be declassified if it belongs to another network.
Some television networks provide the user with the opportunity to test the service: for several days after connection, the subscription fee is not charged. Methods for activating the option using the Beeline operator as an example:
- draw up an agreement for the provision of services in the office;
- in the “Tariffs and Services” section, connect yourself;
- by calling 06744161;
- dial the command *110*4161#.
If the user has no debt or overdue bills, Caller ID is activated. When the function is no longer needed, it can be disabled.
Why you can't call spammers back
If you miss a call from an unknown number, do not call back. The chances that this is a paid number with a hefty price tag for the connection are much higher than the inability to call you back later.
Often, when you answer a call from an unfamiliar number, you can hear a choice curse word. The caller then hangs up.
Naturally, you call back to answer, and a nice girl starts talking to you, offering various products and services. On a paid telephone line.
If you still cannot help but call back, use Skype or another instant messenger that has the function of calls to landline numbers. You will not lose more than you have on your balance.
They also force you to call back in order to get your number . To issue a duplicate SIM card, operators may ask you to indicate the last three numbers you called. By calling back, you increase the chances of scammers stealing your number, and with it the linked accounts, for example, Internet banking.
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