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Top 10 Find out who owns a number — Did you receive a missed call from an unknown number on your phone? whether it's undesirable or not. If you are in this situation, know that it is possible to find the owner of a telephone number for free and easily.
These days most of us have apps like Truecaller, but as you probably know, these apps don't list all the numbers around the world. They are more effective in some countries than others. This is why today there are several reverse directories, white pages, and sites dedicated to giving you exact information on anyone's number.
Indeed, for months I tested several of these services, paid and free, and today I decided to share with you the complete list of the best sites to find out who owns a number for free.
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Phone numbers are a bit like fingerprints, they can reveal a lot about a person, such as their name or where they live. If you receive a call from a number you do not recognize, the following information may help identify the owner of a number before calling them back.
You want to know the identity of a person from his number? Well there are several easy ways.
The first method consists of using the reverse directories listed in the following section, these sites make it easy to identify who owns a free number and without having to register.
Then if it is a mobile phone number, you have to determine which operator the number belongs to, then you can go through special numbers to get directly to the voicemail, with a little luck the person gives his identity or you will be able to recognize the voice.
Ideally, call this number by masking yours by preceding the number above with #31#:
- SFR: #31# 06 5000 5000
- Orange: #31# 06 80 80 80 80
- Bouygues Telecom: #31# 660
Numbers starting with 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 for landlines:
With the first 2 digits of a fixed line, it is possible to know the geographical origin of a telephone line.
- Ile-de-France.
- North West of France: Lower and Upper Normandy, Brittany, Centre, Pays de La Loire.
- North East of France: Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine, Nord Pas de Calais, Picardy.
- South East of France: Auvergne, Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica, Languedoc Roussillon, Rhône Alpes.
- South West: Aquitaine, Limousin, Midi Pyrenees, Poitou-Charentes.
Numbers in 09: Numbers starting with 09 are allocated by internet service providers for box lines which often offer unlimited calls on fixed lines in France and abroad.
Moreover, nowadays a large majority of us use social media such as Facebook. It is therefore possible that the owner of this phone number is active on at least one social platform. On the profile page, one can find the name of the person, his coordinates, his addresses. If that person hasn't set their profile to private and you don't have to connect with them on the service before you can view the personal details, type the mobile number in the search field and see this which comes out.
However, if no results are displayed, chances are the profile is private. In this case, you will have to switch to the most effective method: using a reverse phone lookup service. We share with you the best addresses in the following section.
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Best sites to find the owner of a phone number for free
The easiest way to find out who owns a number for free is actually to do a reverse phone lookup with the help of a people search engine. Depending on the service used, these sites generate a detailed report that includes:
- Personal details: the caller's first name, last name, aliases and other related information.
- Social media accounts
- Location Information/Address
- Marital status …
If you do a Google search, you will find that there are several sites that allow you to do a reverse phone number lookup for free. But in most cases, you won't be able to get the most up-to-date information about the person you're looking for. This means that the information provided is not accurate.
To effectively find the name that belongs to that number, we suggest using only the best free sites:
- Google — This is the classic method of identifying a phone number, which provides a quick, easy and completely free result. If the call is from an official or public source, a search engine like Google or DuckDuckGo can provide full details about the location and owner of the phone number.
- 118712 — The 118 712 reverse directory allows you to conduct free searches to find out who owns a specific mobile number. This site is totally free and accessible 24 hours a day, 24 days a week.
- White pages — Directory of individuals PagesBlanches allows you to find the telephone number or the address of a person from his telephone number.
- Directory-inverse-france.com — The Number 1 reverse directory. Find out who owns a fixed, portable and mobile number in France. Quick and anonymous search.
- 118000 — Find out who tried to reach you with the 118000 reverse directory. 118000.fr offers you a 100% effective free reverse directory.
- CTWho — Free universal reverse telephone directory (fixed portable mobile). From the number find the name and address.
- Who Called — Who Called Me” is a free, website-based service that lets you quickly and easily find out who's calling. If you want to know more about the person who called you, start a phone number search by simply entering the number in the search field.
- Annu — The most effective directory both upside down and upside down for professionals and individuals.
- Lantern — With PagesBlanches and Linternaute.com, find a person's contact details in one click. Also use the reverse directory to find out who called you.
- Directory Pages — Reverse Directory of professionals and individuals throughout France.
- Location — Find a business address and phone number with the Local Directory service (businesses only).
- InfoSVA — The reverse directory of SVA Numbers. To find out who owns a number, know its tariff and obtain information related to the service.
Find out who owns a number with TrueCaller
Another alternative to reverse directory sites is the application Truecaller, which gives you the option to perform a search with the phone number to get the owner's name directly mobile or landline number.
Using the TrueCaller app is very easy. From any screen in the app, tap the Truecaller search bar and type the phone number you want to search for, the owner's name will be displayed on the screen.
The limits of an online phone number owner search
Several online tools allow you to perform a reverse lookup and possibly identify the owner of a phone number. Unfortunately, you will likely encounter several limitations with any phone number identification:
- If someone has added their number to the national do not call registry, for example, or had it removed from a site like White Pages, it will be difficult to find that phone number.
- It is almost impossible to find out the identity of the person behind a mobile phone number for free. However, with numbers in countries other than France, you can at least find where the number was registered.
- Also, many "free" services will try to sell you their service, even if the information can be found for free elsewhere.
- Some countries, including the UK and Australia, have restricted reverse phone number lookup. If you try to find a number in these countries, you will be out of luck.
- Phone numbers can be decommissioned or change ownership. Since it can take a while for a service to keep up to date with these changes, you can never completely trust the information you find online.
- Several countries have temporary/disposable numbers, which are used anonymously, so it will be impossible to know who owns this number in these cases.
Know that to appear in a reverse anti-directory, a telephone subscriber must make a request to his telephone operator.
When a subscriber asks not to appear on a reverse directory, he is added to an "anti reverse directory" list, he can also be added to a red list which will allow him not to appear on any directory (paper, line and reverse directory).
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Depending on the operators, subscription to the anti-reverse list may be automatic. In general, during a new landline registration, the line number is authorized in the reverse directory and for a mobile line, the user is automatically registered in the reverse anti-directory list. Don't forget to share the article on Facebook and Twitter!
