Each Beeline client has a unique telephone number, which is identified in the subscriber database, makes outgoing calls, and receives calls. The combination is issued after concluding a service agreement. If you did not purchase the card from official dealers, but are using someone else’s, then it is recommended to find out who the Beeline SIM card is registered to, so as not to encounter problems in the future and avoid blocking by the operator.
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:
- Go to the official website of the operator: . Click on the “Personal Account” button in the upper right corner.
- 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.
- 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.
Attention: beware of scammers
People's interest in the ability to determine various information by phone number is only growing every year. And scammers are trying to make the most of it. It's important not to get attached to them.
What do scammers offer? First of all, determining detailed information about a person by phone number for money. It is proposed to provide not only your full name and photo, but also passport data and other documents. For an additional fee, scammers promise to send you call history for the last week and even mark traffic information on the map!
The most dangerous thing here is that you can actually find out all this information. All this is determined in a couple of hours by employees of mobile operators and banks. Of course, this is illegally defined. But at least they're doing it! The scammers simply say that they will send all the specified information, but after receiving the money they immediately hide it.
How to avoid getting caught? First, it is important to know that the cost of such illegal services is high. In 2021, BBC reporters were able to contact two services to beat people up by phone number. In both cases, the cost of the service was 20 thousand rubles. If you are offered something similar for 2-3 thousand rubles, be sure that they are scammers.
And secondly, such artists are difficult to find. If you came to the site of “professional number boxers” from the first page of Google or Yandex, then they are 99% scammers. Real artists value anonymity, which is why you can often find them on the darknet and Telegram.
It's the same with private detectives. There have been many such people lately. They all promise a lot of information with one phone number, but there are also real masters. Many “detectives” make it their main goal to deceive the client, and not to help him. You also need to be vigilant with them.
It is better not to get involved in anything illegal, the likelihood of deception is too high. And legally, as we showed in this article, you can find out a lot of valuable information about a person with just one phone number.
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.
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.
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.
Mobile banking
Many banks have a service for transferring funds from one client to another. The service may be just right for your purposes.
So, by sending a request to transfer a couple of rubles to Sberbank number 900 with the text “Transfer <phone> <amount>” you will receive in response the verification data of the owner of the bank card to which the original number is linked. Unfortunately, they will be limited to the first name, patronymic and the first letter of the last name. But this is not bad if you are looking for a person among your friends.
The method only works if the service bank and the card are linked to the phone match.
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.
Possible risks
You need to understand that scammers operate in a variety of areas. This means that many of the proposed databases of license plate information may be either very outdated or unreliable to begin with. Therefore, not all proposals of this kind will turn out to be realistic.
In order not to waste money on a useless database, it is worth reading reviews about the resource where they are located, and about the specific offer as well. With a thorough approach, searching for the right option may take time, but in the end the money will be well spent.
Also, as part of the information on how to check who the number is registered to, you should pay attention to the following rule: never transfer your data to specific people or services offering information: passwords, address, number, etc.
Otherwise, trying to find out the identity of the owner of a specific SIM card, you can become a victim of scammers. It is important to be attentive to the databases that need to be installed on your PC - they may contain a virus. In short, any information product and service must be carefully checked.
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.
Payment points
The second point of searching for the necessary data can be a store where, in addition to other services, they also accept payments for a cell phone. By the way, we would not recommend making such requests to banks: their security system is even stricter than that of the operator.
If we talk about some dealer outlets or small shops, then it is quite possible that their name is displayed in their payment program. As if by chance, check who the cashier sees on the display and whether you gave the correct number. The method is not 100% effective, since financial programs are different, but it’s worth a try.
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.
How to find out who owns a landline number
A telephone directory will help you find out the owner of a landline phone. But the information here is presented in the wrong form - the owner’s number is written first, followed by his number. Scroll through the entire directory and you will find the phone you are looking for. There is one BUT - if the owner of the number has not given permission to publish personal data, then it will not be in the directory. Some directories are published in electronic form, but the information in them may not be up to date.
There are electronic directories online that require a mobile phone number. Using them may result in you receiving a mobile subscription with funds disappearing regularly.
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.
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.
Via the hotline
A hot reference service is another way to find out who owns a particular number. Megafon 24-hour help line – 88005500500
- For your information
- For corporate clients, dial 88005500555.
This method is suitable if there is even the slightest guess who may own the digital identifier. Service employees will ask you to provide the alleged personal data of the person you are looking for, the number of the personal account or agreement that the owner registered.
