A phone number is inextricably linked with a huge amount of information about each person.
It is enough that the SIM card itself is registered only with a passport, and to register in popular social networks you need to indicate your phone number.
That is why just one number may be enough to, for example, legally find out a person’s name and appearance, as well as find his pages on social networks.
We figured out what information can be obtained about a person by knowing only his phone number.
Name, appearance and pages on social networks. WhatsApp and Telegram will help
If you save a number in your contacts, profiles linked to it will appear in messengers.
If you save a number in your contacts, its pages will become available in Viber, WhatsApp and Telegram. As a rule, the user signs the pages with his name.
If there is a photo of him on his profile, you can use it to find his pages on social networks and photos in other people’s albums.
All you need to do is download the photo and upload it to Google Image Search (uploading is only available from computers!). The service will display the name of the person in the photo and links to his social media accounts.
Another option for finding a person by photo is Findclone. We upload a photo on it and get the person’s page on VKontakte and pictures of him on the pages of other people.
Findclone searches for a person using photos on VKontakte.
However, the user can limit the availability of these photos, and then the method will not work.
In instant messengers and social networks, you can change privacy settings so that people not included in the person’s contact list do not see his photo, phone number and activity. For example, on VKontakte you can close your profile. Then Findclone will not find the owner of the page based on the photo.
What other methods are there?
The instructions would not be complete without mentioning other available search options.
Internal search VKontakte
If you have a phone number, you can always look for the user through the search. To do this, go to VK, at the top of the screen, in the search bar, enter the numbers, and press the Enter button.
On the next page, go to the People tab. If a person is found, his page will appear in the search results.
This time we were unlucky - we could not find the person. This sometimes happens - a search in VK does not always display the desired page.
We search by number through search engines
You can try to find the user's page using Yandex or Google search. It is enough to enter the number in the search bar and indicate the address of the VKontakte website - so that the search is carried out only on it. Now I’ll show you with an example how it works.
We will work with a known number. Our request will look like this:
89687717325 site:vk.com
We wrote the phone number, and through the “Site:” operator, indicated the VKontakte address. Now just click on the “Search” button.
This time I was luckier - the page of the right person was found by number. It appears in the search results - you can go to it.
First name, patronymic and first letter of last name. Issued by mobile bank
The data is visible when transferring money by phone number.
Just try to transfer 1 ruble to the desired number.
When transferring money to a card of the same bank using a phone number, information about the transfer appears on the screen: amount, commission amount, first name, patronymic and the first letter of the recipient's last name.
There is no need to make the translation itself for this. After downloading the cardholder information, you can simply cancel the transfer without completing the procedure.
The chip works in the applications of Tinkoff Bank and Sberbank, as well as in some others. We wrote about it earlier.
How to find a person on VKontakte by number?
Is it possible to find a person’s page on VKontakte by phone number?
The social network VKontakte tries to provide users with maximum privacy and security. For this reason, many popular methods of searching for a page by number have stopped working. In 2021, only one method remains relevant - importing contacts. We tell you how to find a person on VK by phone number.
To search for a person by number, you need to add this number to your contact list on your phone. Instead of a contact name, you can enter any number, letter or word - this will not affect the search in any way. You can find a user under the following conditions:
- He has a VKontakte page.
- In the privacy settings, he allowed his profile to be found when importing contacts.
If at least one of these conditions is violated, the owner of the number will not be found on the social network.
To start searching for a page in VK, you need to use the mobile version of the application. First, the user needs to enable contact synchronization using the following instructions:
- Open the “Profile” section.
- Select the three horizontal lines icon in the upper corner of the screen.
- At the bottom, select the “Settings” section.
- Go to the “Account” section.
- In the "Other" section, select "Contact Sync."
First of all, the user needs to give permission for the application to access contacts (click on the “Allow” button). If this window does not appear, it means permission was given earlier, and this item is automatically skipped.
In the window that opens with the heading “Contact synchronization”, three options will appear to choose from. By default, “Do not sync” will be active. The user needs to select “Contacts Only” and then click “Save”. After this, synchronization of contacts will be completed, and you can start searching by number.
To find the owner of the number, you must perform the following steps:
- Open the “Services” section.
- Select "Friends".
- Select "Add Friend".
- In the “Import friends” section, select “Contacts”.
The list that opens in the “Contacts” section will display all users whose numbers are contained in telephone contacts. However, their names will be taken from the social network and not from your phone contacts list, so it may be difficult to determine which page belongs to the number you are looking for.
Important ! In addition to imported contacts from your phone, this list will contain other similar profiles. In this way, the social network is trying to protect its users from the connection between the number and the VKontakte page. Therefore, it is recommended to use a phone with a small number of contacts to simplify the search. The fewer contacts, the easier it will be to find the page you need.
To find some information about a person by phone number, we recommend reading the special instructions.
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Mentions of numbers and reviews. The search engine will show
The search service will find references to the number on the Internet.
If you enter a number in the Google or Yandex search bar, the system will collect information from all sites where such a phone number has ever been found.
Perhaps the number you are looking for was listed on one of the social networks and is not hidden by privacy settings. There is also a chance that he is mentioned in a profile on some website.
Person's location. We break through on a special website
Enter the number in a special line, and the site displays information about the registration of the number.
Specialized services have been created to identify spam. A lot of them. For example, one of these is who-calls.rf.
It will provide information about a possible spam call, as well as where the SIM card is registered.
Service data from who-calling.rf. Operator, region where the SIM card is registered, reviews.
Enter the last 10 digits (without +7) in the special field on the site. The service will display: the operator, the region in which the number is registered, reviews of other users who have previously encountered it.
It is unknown where this service gets its data from. Therefore use at your own risk .
Name, Facebook page, region, address. Telegram bots will tell you
AVinfoBot searches for a number among advertisements for car sales.
The messenger has a lot of bots that can provide information about a person by phone number. Here are the main bots for punching numbers:
▶ https://t.me/GetCont_bot: displays username
▶ https://t.me/Tpoisk_Bot: displays username
▶ https://t.me/getfb_bot: displays a link to your Facebook profile
▶ https://t.me/bmi_np_bot: determines the region and operator
▶ https://t.me/avinfobot: determines the car number based on the owner’s phone number
▶ https://t.me/mailsearcher_bot: displays username according to e-mail databases
▶ https://t.me/numberPhoneBot: gives address and username
How to open the phone book from your phone
Everything is the same here, or just open the link to the mobile version of the “Phone Book”: https://m.vk.com/friends?section=phonebook. Or go to the site itself and open the “All Friends” page and click on the top menu.
Click on All friends
A directory item will appear in the drop-down list, where we go to the phone book section.
Select Phone Book
How to add your numbers? So that your contact information can be seen by your friends, you need to add them to your profile:
Who is the SIM card registered to? The mobile operator will tell you
There are also official ways to obtain information about the owner of a phone number. The first is contacting your telecom operator.
You can submit a request to any mobile operator to obtain information about the owner of the number. You need to submit a request by writing a special statement at the communication salon.
The main point of the statement is the justification of your interest in such data. The operator must consider it significant to satisfy the request.
For example, a request with the reason “I want to find out who called me yesterday” will be rejected. It’s another matter if the person hiding under this number threatens you or your family. In this case, operators can accommodate the subscriber and provide information about the contact they are looking for.
Name, passport details and location. The security forces will break through when opening a case
There is a chance that the operator will not deal with serious requests to determine the identity of the phone. If you need to find a criminal, missing people or a stolen phone, only police and intelligence officers can request information from the operator.
They can also help with revealing a person’s identity by phone number, but only after opening an administrative or criminal case.
One way or another, you will need to contact the police with a statement against the person. If the authorities accept the application and open a case, they will send an official request to dial the number to the operator. He will provide the necessary information without fail.
More useful articles about searching for information:
▪How to find out if a person is wanted
▪ How to find out the owner of an apartment or plot. Without this extract, property may be taken away
▪ How to find out everything about a person by last name and first name
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