How can you find out whose phone number it is? Someone calls and is silent ...

Good day!

Probably, almost everyone on the phone (from time to time) receives calls from unknown numbers: sometimes, at the other end, they are simply silent, sometimes the connection is broken after the first "hello ...".

And in some cases doubts creep in: "What if it's ...? Hmm, maybe first find out whose phone number it is, and then call back, if that ... (otherwise they'll charge a certain amount of money for the call)".

It is quite logical reasoning, and in this note, I decided to give some of the simplest, open and available ways to verify a phone number. 👌

On my own behalf, I will add that the methods below help in more than half of the cases it is easy to recognize the person or organization that bothers you (of course, unless they are deliberately hiding from you at the other end).

So...

👉 Help!

How to block calls from unknown and hidden numbers on Android - several ways.

Subscriber identification methods

👉 Option 1

And so, the easiest and fastest way to find out the photo, name and surname of the caller is to use the most popular applications: Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram.

For example, in Viber, it is enough to activate the function "Add contact" , enter the subscriber's number, and woo-a-la, if a person is registered on the network, then you can see his name and photo (though not everyone post their real data, but still ...). See example below. 👇

Add contact - Viber

Of course, for more reliable information, you need to go over all the listed applications.

By the way, as soon as you find out the name of the subscriber (for example) or some other information (e-mail, nickname, etc.), you can try to do a search and, according to this information, too.

Sometimes such step-by-step cross-queries help you learn a lot without leaving 2-3 applications ...

Search in Skype: find out the country, city, nickname, etc. / All matches with real people are random!

👉 Option 2

When transferring funds through Sberbank-online by phone number - at the confirmation stage, a form appears in which you are told the name and initials of the person to whom the funds will be credited. Having learned this information, you can simply not confirm the transfer and close the form ...

👉 Help!

How to use Sberbank-online - step by step instructions

Transfer of funds by phone number / Sberbank

Of course, a similar thing works in a number of other banks ☝, however, Sberbank is one of the most widespread and very many are registered in it ...

👉 Option 3

If the number you are looking for has already "lit up" somewhere: let's say, it called and interfered not only with you - perhaps it is on various review services.

For example, one of the numbers (which often called me and was silent) - I typed into the Google search line, and the very first link from the search "told" that this is one of the banks, persistently offering to take out a loan ...

Match - Google Search

Of course, such a search is best done in several search engines and social media. networks: Yahoo, Yandex, VK, etc.

👉 Option 4

Specials have been released for smartphones. applications that allow you to block (add to the blacklist) unwanted numbers. In these applications, often, there is a built-in database in which numbers are entered that "get" many subscribers (moreover, this happens very quickly ...).

Thus, when you receive a call from these numbers, the application will prompt that this call is coming from the bank, from the credit department ... (often even the name of the organization from where you are called from is reported ...). See screenshot below. 👇

👉 Help!

How to create a blacklist on your phone: 3 ways (we block calls from intrusive subscribers).

Screenshot of the Blacklist application

By the way, in such applications, you can block already known "spam" numbers with one click (thus, they will not be able to reach you ...).

👉 Option 5: Caller ID from Yandex

If your version is Android 6.0 (or higher), then a very good solution may be to use a caller ID from 👉 Yandex (link to Google Play).

Moreover, the application itself is already preinstalled on most smartphones, and you just need to turn it on ...

This is done simply: launch the application Yandex , go to it customization and open the caller ID (green shield with a tube, see the screenshot below).

Turn on the caller ID (Yandex)

Next, turn on the identifier (and give permission to access your contacts). And, in fact, that's all: now, even if they call you from an unknown number, Yandex can tell you who it is (for example, "Settlement center", "Offer from a bank", etc.). See screenshot below. 👇