There are many reasons to want to find a person by their phone number. For example, if you need to communicate with a person you don’t know personally and you only have his phone number. Calling or texting a stranger is not always convenient; you will feel much more comfortable when communicating through a social network. From this article you will learn how to find a person by phone number on social networks (Odnoklassniki, VKontakte or Facebook).
Search on VKontakte
Many residents of Russia have an account on VKontakte, so the chances of finding someone here are greater than when using search engines.
Anyone can find a page on VKontakte by phone number, only if its owner has not disabled this function in the privacy settings.
At the same time, even if the profile turns out to be closed, you will still find out your first and last name, possibly your date of birth and place of study.
How to find a person on VKontakte by phone number:
1. Add a phone number to your contacts 2. Open the VK application 3. Go to the Services -> Friends tab 4. Click on the Add friend button 5. In the Import friends section, select Contacts. The application will ask for access to your contacts, grant it
Now all that remains is to find a stranger. But this will not be so easy to do, because VKontakte does not show the phone number and first and last name from the phone book.
Try asking other Internet users for help
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Chance of finding organization/phone number: HIGH
They also recommend another method of searching for information on the Internet, which can be great for searching for phone numbers not of individuals, but of organizations, stores, and private offices. The gist of it is this: ask people if they know the number? Post your request to services like:
Yandex District;
Other local forums in your area;
Mail.ru answers
People on such resources not only willingly share available information, but are also happy to help in the search itself, especially when a person literally from the next yard contacts them.
But there are nuances regarding the number of a private person. Of course, no one will give it to you on such forums, since such information is simply unknown to a wide circle of people.
Search on Instagram
On Instagram you can also find a person by phone number. This is done by analogy with VKontakte.
Just keep in mind that the stranger must have an account with an associated phone number.
How to find a person on Instagram by phone number:
1. Add your phone number to your contacts 2. Open Instagram and go to your profile 3. Click the Follow button 4. At the top you will be asked to find a page by phone number. Click the Connect button and grant access to contacts 5. Wait 5-10 minutes, go to the menu in your profile (three bars in the upper right corner) and click the Interesting people button.
All Instagram users from your contacts, as well as contacts from WhatsApp, will be displayed here. Remember that there will also be those who are friends of your linked Facebook account (if you have linked it before). So the method is not effective, but as an option it will do.
Ways and reasons
Reasons for searching for a user by phone number may include:
- The need to find a person who, for some reason, cannot be reached by phone. For example, the owner of the number does not answer the phone when calling from unfamiliar phones.
- Finding your lost or stolen phone. Although usually thieves quickly change the SIM card, and it is no longer possible to detect a mobile device simply by the number.
- Checking the location of a loved one who does not need to be constantly called. For example, a child or an elderly relative about whom parents or children are worried, respectively.
You can also search by phone for a stranger with whom the user has some kind of financial dealings - for example, a suspicious seller in an online store.
Having a number allows you to search for friends who have recently changed their number without leaving other contacts.
Although this search does not allow you to determine the exact location, but only an approximate one, and the main goal is simply to contact the person in other ways without using the phone.
The simplest way would be a special database where you could enter a phone number and find out where its owner is, and even get other information.
However, in reality such services do not exist.
Their activities are illegal, and the offers on the Internet come from scammers.
Rice. 2. One of the sites offering search services by phone number.
A mobile operator might be able to help locate the person, but phone companies usually only respond to requests from law enforcement.
If the reason for searching for a user by number was due to threats coming from him, in such a situation you should immediately contact the police.
Search on Facebook
On Facebook it is much easier to search for a person by phone number than on VKontakte and Instagram. Just open Facebook and enter the number in the search bar in the format 7XXXXXXXXXX.
If you don’t find anyone, then there may be two options: the user has linked another phone number, or has prohibited searching for his page in this way. Well, or the person simply isn’t on Facebook.
Search services
If you want to find not the exact location of a person, but simply his personal information, you can try using a regular search service for this.
The Google search engine is best suited for this purpose.
The technique works according to this principle:
- most users indicate their phone numbers when registering on various sites - from social networks and games to mailboxes;
- sometimes a person indicates his data when selling or buying a product or ordering a service - in this case the number can also be saved;
- the number can be in a portfolio or on a website page dedicated to a hobby.
To search on Google, you just need to enter your phone number and see the results. The best way to find old data is numbers that have been used to work on the network for many years.
To increase efficiency, it is worth specifying numbers without a country code - for example, not +78001234567, but only 8001234567.
Checking the number in Sberbank
Sberbank is the most popular bank in Russia. Almost everyone there has a card. Therefore, it would not be amiss to try to find a person here too.
Open the Sberbank application and try to transfer money using your phone number. At the last stage, before translation, the system will display the first name, middle name and first letter of the last name. Don't forget to go back after this to cancel the operation.
In a similar way, you can find out a person’s last name through Tinkoff Bank.
We are looking through advertisements on Avito
The person we are looking for must have posted an ad on Avito at least once. Without this condition, the method does not work.
First, we find his advertisements using a special website. Enter the phone number in any format into the search bar, click on the ad, and then click on the Link to ad on Avita button.
As a rule, the real name is indicated on Avito. If you're lucky and the seller places his photo on his profile, you can upload it to Google or Yandex image search, and then find accounts on social networks.
Twitter find a friend through search
Twitter is a truly unique social network, thanks to a format that allows users to instantly get brief updates on what's going on in each other's lives. It is used by both creative youth and serious companies that notify about news and innovative projects.
Twitter, like many other sites, supports contact synchronization. To activate it:
- Go to Settings & Privacy.
- Select "Privacy and Security."
- Check the consent box next to “Be able to find you and contacts.”
Setting up address book synchronization with a social network will take effect immediately. But if a person has forbidden to search for himself, then the system will not give access to information about him: he will have to act directly.
Getcontact and similar applications if other methods do not help
Getcontact (available in the App Store and Google Play) contains a large database of numbers with first and last names, which is replenished by the users themselves. They give access to their phone book and its contacts, thus populating the service with search results.
Alas, when registering for the service you will be asked for a phone number and access to contacts. Without this, it is impossible to use the application. In addition to Getcontact, there are now a lot of similar applications and services - and they work similarly. All of them are initially free, but have in-app purchases for additional features.
Important: Getcontact is known for privacy issues, so use it at your own risk. This also applies to any other services that require access to your Contacts. Their names and numbers will become the property of the service. Be vigilant and do not open access if you have something (or someone) to hide.
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