Remember these 4 ways to determine who the unknown phone number has just called, marketing or scam

Are you constantly receiving calls from unknown numbers? These unexpected and unsolicited calls can annoy many people, they can be marketing calls, but can also be scam calls.

Usually, if it’s too annoying, you can choose not to pick up, block numbers or report spam calls. However, in some cases, you will probably want to determine who the caller is to take further action.

The following article by journalist Tashreef Shareef, who has many years of experience in the field of computers and network security will show you how to find out who is on the other end of the phone using the service. third-party services and the internet.

1. Internet search engine

An easy way to find and block spam calls is to type your unknown number into a search engine, such as Google. Some websites will aggregate phishing and spam phone numbers reported by many individual users through community sites.

When you type a phone number into the search box, Google crawls web pages on the internet to try to find and identify any traces of that phone number, especially from web hosting sites. data mentioned above. Google will also display the social media or (public) user profiles associated with the phone number you are looking for.

2. Reverse phone number lookup sites

Phone number reverse lookup sites often have access to larger databases than search engines. They fetch data from publicly available archives, from search engines, white page services, yellow pages, and social media databases.

However, some paid phone lookup services can even mine data from the dark web and the profiles of business partners. This is also why free phone number lookup services do not always give you the desired results.

Therefore, when using the reverse phone number lookup service, you should pay attention to the data that this service requires you to provide. For example, if you receive a request to register your phone number, full name and some other information, it is possible that your information will later be exploited when someone looks up your phone number through this service.

Here are some free lookup sites to help you identify unknown callers:

SpyDialer

This is a free reverse lookup site that uses public data to find caller details. SpyDialer does not require you to register to use the service, you just need to enter the phone number you want to find and press “Search”.

Next, you choose a search option. For example, if you select “Listen to voicemail”, the service will dial the phone number you entered and record the voicemail greeting. Often voicemail can include the caller’s name and some other details. You can also choose to search by name, look up images.

ZLookup

ZLookup is also a free phone number lookup website and does not require you to register to use the service. This website will search for phone numbers based on its own data, or through some other source to find a match.

Whitepages (White Pages)

White Pages is not only a reverse phone number lookup service, but also a platform that allows searching for contact information by name or address.

In Vietnam, as of 2020, the White Page service no longer discloses the personal information of the phone number owner for reasons of user’s digital privacy security, but this website still displays the information. about the business using that phone number, and provide information such as how many times this phone number has been searched in recent days, and how many scam/disturbing reports have been recorded…

3. Caller identification app

Caller recognition apps like TrueCaller can help you identify unknown callers, like the caller’s name or location. Although this application is like a “double-edged sword”, it helps you to identify unknown callers easily.

The app also features spam reporting and auto block spam calls/messages.

If it’s just a spam or marketing call, you can block unwanted calls by adding an unknown number to your block list, or contact your telecommunications service provider to have the number blocked.

4. Contact your network service provider

You can contact your network service provider to try to find the caller details. However, this is a complicated process as providers are legally bound to protect the personal information of service subscribers. It is highly likely that they will only accept when they receive a request from law enforcement agencies.