If you have been called by an unknown cell phone number, you can use a reverse phone lookup to identify the owner and avoid having to call back.
Cell phone number: Find out the owner using reverse phone search
If you receive a call from an unknown phone number, you can use a reverse phone lookup to find out the name of the person who called you.
- Call back the number displayed and ask who called and what the purpose of the call was. For your own safety, suppress your own number beforehand.
- If you don't want to do this, you can use the so-called reverse cell phone number search on the Internet. To do this, enter “sync.me” in the search bar, for example. Enter the phone number in the search mask provided.
- Usually, the first and last name of the caller or the company that called you will be displayed. It doesn't matter whether you have the number in your contact book or not.
- However, there are also people who object to reverse phone searches in their mobile phone contract. In this case, you will not be able to find the owner of the number you are calling using reverse phone searches.
- If you know the corresponding code, you can call the mailbox of the number holder directly. If he or she has spoken to the mailbox, you will hear the name and know what is going on.
- For T-Mobile, simply add the numbers 13 after the phone number, for E-Plus 99, for Vodafone 50 and for o2 30.
- Often, a simple Google search can help. Simply enter the cell phone number into the search bar on the Internet and see what is displayed. This is also the best way to check whether it is a sales call.
- Ideally, you should enter the phone number in quotation marks. This will allow Google, for example, to find the exact number, but without it the search engine will also check numbers with extensions.
- If you are frequently called by unknown numbers, it is best to use the “tellows” service. Here you can not only use the reverse phone number search, but also protect yourself against telephone terror.
Other options: Find cell phone number owners using reverse search
If you do not want to call the unknown caller back, you can use one of the following links:
- The telephone book
- The local
- 11 88 0
- clickTel
- These providers are also suitable for tracing landline numbers. You can also search for people and addresses using the services provided by “Das Telefonbuch” and “Das Örtliche”.
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