Cell phone number reverse lookup

Hi all,
This isn't the sort of thing I usually do, but I'm trying to find out a name to attach to a cell phone number.

About a year ago, my roomate was being "stalked" by someone in the UK. I'm using the term stalked very loosely, as it wasn't much more than annoying and a little creepy. This dropped off for a while, but over the past couple of days she's been recieving text messages from a cell phone in the UK hinting at the fact that this person knew her and "loved her with all of his heart".

I'm trying to find a way to do a reverse lookup on the cell phone number to see if it matches any of the information we have on the last guy.

Really, it could be anyone, as my roomate's phone number is on her website along with her resume and portfolio. It's just a bit convenient that both instances origionated in the UK and they are so close to one another.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Boyd

Well...if you post personal info on the internet...you are gonna get this type of thing. :rolleyes:

Maybe she should "sanitize" it a bit....like removing her cell phone #,and any other personal info. Use an email address for a contact

Personally.....I would never publically post info of that nature on the internet....shes just asking for trouble.

If the calls are threatening ...or harassing AFAIK..you can report it to the authorities and let them handle it

MLF

Hi malletelf,

Don't know why you're worried about some nut who lives an ocean away...or why you want to trace the call...but being a Canadian you should know all you have to do is call AGT or whoever is your service provider and have it traced...it's a $10 charge on your bill here and you can do up to three traces a month I think.
Or call the police, or go down to the station it's just a couple blocks from the Husky Tower, and have them do a trace for you...why ask here about phone tracing, when it's so easy to do in Canada...sorry, I don't get your real purpose for this post.

Unfortunately, I didn't know she had any of this online, or I would have made the same comments you just did.

I just thought it would be nice to know if this was the same person that was harassing her before. Maybe add a little weight to any complaints I did send out. I don't have much faith in the authorities sometimes. IMHO, they have more important things to worry about than every text message or email someone recieves.

Just the same as I wouldn't go to the clinic with a stubbed toe like so many people seem to do, I don't really feel I should go to authorities if I don't have anything to back it up.

call the number back and tell the person to **** off. :) I have done it a bunch of times for female friends who are being bugged by guys. or just see who their provider is and call them and complain

malletelf

The answer to your question is "probably not"

You see I could wander up the road and buy a "pay as you go" cellphone for around 40 bucks and they wouldn't know who I was. I just top it up and pay cash.............no record :(

Do you have the actual number, or does it say "private number" or something like that............if it does I am pretty sure you will not be able to trace it.

The only way you would get any sort of interest over here would be if our police approached the cellphone company. All they could really be expected to do is cancel the number?

Heh, there isn't a damn thing you can do. All the cell providers I know of only track outbound calls, not incoming. So calling your provider prolly won't do a damn thing. You can as was said, pay the 10 bux to have it traced...a waste of money really since it is free to change your number.

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Originally posted here by hatebreed2000
Heh, there isn't a damn thing you can do. All the cell providers I know of only track outbound calls, not incoming. So calling your provider prolly won't do a damn thing. You can as was said, pay the 10 bux to have it traced...a waste of money really since it is free to change your number.

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A couple of points here:

- Cellphone companies in North America do track incoming calls as they make you pay for them. How much information they keep may vary, but they definitely have a record of the duration of the call and somewhere, which they probably won't tell you, they have information about the origin of it, since they also bill the provider of the caller for termination charges.

- As for changing your number, yes, that may be free, but how many people do you then have to give your new number. Is that effort worth 10 bucks?

Cheers,

BrainStop

I do second MLF's post. I don't think it is a nice idea to post a cell phone # in a public media. It is just like calling some bad chumps to do harassments. Anyways, check out the following link.

This is a reverse lookup utility.... worth trying...

http://www.anywho.com/rl.html

Got any clue???

Let us know...

Cheers

S.P: You will see bunch of links within the website.... try them.... you might find something interesting.....

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call the number back and tell the person to **** off.

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- This is way too cool XTC46, I’ve done that before, and it works. LoLz!

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but over the past couple of days she's been recieving text messages from a cell phone in the UK hinting at the fact that this person knew her and "loved her with all of his heart".

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Do you have the actual number, or does it say "private number" or something like that............if it does I am pretty sure you will not be able to trace it.

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- Sir nihil, in my case, if a text message (SMS) is sent, the sender’s mobile number appears on the message. Unless the sender uses PC/Internet based SMS program (usually it is free), it may appear anonymous. Otherwise if it is a call, most probably it will show private number.

Malletelf, if you have the mobile number, try to be frank and speak to the sender. Or send some text message and tell him/her to quit doing it or you will report it to the authorities (if the sender don’t use a dispensable mobile like nihil mentioned - "pay as you go" cellphone for around 40 bucks – for sure there is some way to tell the difference here?!?).

Research more… you could PM me the number of the caller/sender and I would be glad to help you on the research thing. One more question, how many mobile numbers are being used by the caller/sender on this latest issue?

Goodluck!

Yo!

google the phone number. I wouldnt doubt that at the very east it will tell you the service provider. Phone numbers are like IP addresses, each distributor gets a nice little block of there own. If its a pay as you go, then it will probably tell you that, and if its a more permanent service provider call them and explain the situation.

but i really would just call the person and just have a chat.

or be a REAL dick and get one of those nice SMS spammer programs and nuke his phone from your computer (I really would not recomend you do this, becasue then your ass is on the line for harassment)

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or be a REAL dick and get one of those nice SMS spammer programs and nuke his phone from your computer (I really would not recomend you do this, becasue then your ass is on the line for harassment)

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- I’ll be dam*, XTC46! One time I did it to help a friend! I’ve used unimobile for this instance and after sending bunch of spam and "porn sales material" stuffs (maybe the sender’s girlfriend bust his ass after reading such ads) the stupid freak quit bothering her and everybody lived happily ever after. End of story. Bye bye!

- It depends on the scenario, If you want to avoid counter-attacks and traces as such, stay anonymous, use random public computers in sending message, never mention names or any details (even country of origin). Just a lesson… just that.

BTW, if you want it, try this at your own risk - http://sharpmail.co.uk/html/sms.html

Goodluck!

Yo!

But for the sake of being professional and having that sort of peace of mind, I don’t recommend doing it at all (The spamming and harassing thing). Be careful then. Because here in AO, we learn protecting and securing things, not abusing it.

For the idea of offensive move, make it legal. It is the best advice you could have from the rest of us here in AO.

/*in addition...

Legally, you can contact the provider here:
Useful contact numbers: (Check it if it applies for international, sorry for not searching far)
· Orange Contract Customer Service 0800 801080 (opt. 2,2,3,2) or 150 from the handset, free call
· Orange PAYG Customer Service 0800 801080 (opt. 2,2,3,1) free call, or 150 from the handset, charged call
· Virgin Customer Service 0845 6000789 local rate call or 789 from the handset, 10p (not per minute, just 10p)
· Vodafone Customer Service 07836 191 191 national rate call or 191 from a handset, free
· One2One 121 from a 121 handset.
Anyway, you can also read more Tips and Legal stuffs here - http://wiredsafety.org/gb/law/spam/u...rbullying.html
Googled here - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Hope it helped!
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Cheers!

Yo!