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#1 ·
What am I missing. If I get a phone call from strange number...
folks say to Google it... All I get is a bunch of ad links wanting money to find out who it is. Is there truly a free site available.
 
#7 ·
I looked up a dozen or so numbers and people there. All the info it gave me is at least several years old, like from before that regulation change I mentioned was made. So if you're looking for someone who hasn't moved or changed numbers in 10 years or so, you can probably find them.

That said, it's probably the best available at present.
 
#5 ·
I'd like to add that a lot of calls I've been getting are scammers using a spoofed number
a spoofed number is a number belonging to someone other than the caller, used in an attempt to trick you into answering . just let your voicemail or answering machine do its job and don't pick up . If there's something you need to know the will leave a message .
 
#10 ·
Never understood why people are so obsessed with knowing who called. It was either someone you want to talk to or someone you didn't want to talk to. Most "scam" calls are not even coming from the number that shows up on your phone. SO even if you look it up or call the number back you still dont have the answer to who's called. Most of the onsite lookups have minimal info, maybe the carrier, what city the number is from, but not where someone actually is. My cell number on a number of sites shows me from a state I have never been in and a carrier I haven't used in 5 years. If you dont know the number send it to voice mail and 90% of the time they (or for robo calls) will just hang up.
 
#11 ·
What am I missing. If I get a phone call from strange number...
folks say to Google it... All I get is a bunch of ad links wanting money to find out who it is. Is there truly a free site available.
www.whitepages.com is truly legit and safe to use. Used it for years. You can use it to find reverse phone numbers AND addresses.
 
#12 ·
www.whitepages.com is truly legit and safe to use. Used it for years. You can use it to find reverse phone numbers AND addresses.
Whitepages.com used to be good, but now it has the same very outdated info as the other site above, for the same reason.
 
#13 ·
Thanks for the heads up.

I guess now the only thing good that can be said for it is that is not a scam or loaded with malware or something...

Hope they can get on the ball and get back to their former glory, tho.
 
#15 ·
sure you can do a number search , a name search , an address search , where they live search who used to live there search , a who they know search and more here https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/
Interesting, I tried using my phone number and my wife's on the link,both our numbers came up with different people than us?Maybe the site has not updated information?I am happy someone else is getting our spam calls!
 
#16 ·
I'd like to add that a lot of calls I've been getting are scammers using a spoofed number
a spoofed number is a number belonging to someone other than the caller, used in an attempt to trick you into answering . just let your voicemail or answering machine do its job and don't pick up . If there's something you need to know the will leave a message .
Yea... this one number I keep getting.. tried TPS and it says the guy died in 2009... So I would think it is a spam number.. unless he is trying to contact me from the grave.

Never understood why people are so obsessed with knowing who called. It was either someone you want to talk to or someone you didn't want to talk to.
Can't argue with that.. But there are instances where the unknown number may actually be someone I'd want to talk to.. I cannot say I'm "obsessed", but I would feel pretty stupid if the Virginia lottery was trying to get a hold of me to find out where to drop off my 330 million.
 
#17 ·
Can't argue with that.. But there are instances where the unknown number may actually be someone I'd want to talk to.. I cannot say I'm "obsessed", but I would feel pretty stupid if the Virginia lottery was trying to get a hold of me to find out where to drop off my 330 million.
If its important they will leave a message. About 75% of all calls I get are from automatic robo callers with take numbers. If I really won as as many Caribbean vacations as they robo callers say won I could retire on just the free vacations. Most of the calls com from the same exchange as my phone number so I know those are fake. Ignore them and list to the VM if you dont know the number
 
#19 ·
I sell on C.L as a retirement supplement , in doing so I have to answer the phone to make a sale . I pick up say hello twice and hang up if no ones there .
caller I.D now often says spam caller so no need to pick up .
you know the phone company could stop this mess if they wanted to .
they know the number is bad yet allow it to go through .
 
#20 · (Edited)
I understand you, I've been in similar situations, and it's annoying. But sometimes it can get even worse, you can be scammed by people who call from unknown numbers, and that's very sad. In cases like that I always use this website sccatl.org, you can try it, I found it on Google. In case someone knows other websites that work, please share with us. I will be very grateful. Hope my message will be useful for you my friend, and be careful next time with calls from unknown numbers.
 
#21 ·
I do not answer unknown phone numbers at all, unless I know in advance that they will call me from delivery. And besides, it is not immediately possible to check the number, because for this you need to enter it, and by that time they will probably have already stopped calling
 
#22 ·
Even if you check a number its most liley not going to be the number that actaully is calling. CallerId spoofing/faking from scammer is pretty common. If I dont see a number/name I reconize I let it go to voice mail. I do have on my cell phone an intercepter that will answer read off a message and ask them to enter there name and what they are calling about. I can see that on my screen and chose to answer or drop the call.
 
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