When you’ve got a mystery number texting or calling you, the person (or bot) behind those digits can range from a confused wrong-number caller to a salesperson, a canvasser, your doctor, a scammer, or just about anything in between.
Trying to find a quick and free way to figure out who’s calling you? Let’s check out your best bets.
Reverse Phone Lookup on Spokeo (Spoiler: It’s Really Easy)
Let’s start with the de facto best bet for how to find out who a phone number belongs to: a reverse phone lookup using Spokeo.
Who's Calling Me?
Search any phone number to learn more about the owner!
Just enter your mystery caller’s phone number. We’ll instantly cross-reference millions of landline and cell phone records. If you’ve got a Spokeo membership, you’ll immediately have access to available matching information, which can include the name of the phone number’s registered owner and a host of other public details as well, ranging from addresses to social media profiles to criminal history (hello scammers; additional fees may apply for criminal records search).
Pro tip: once you’ve got a name in-hand, use a people search to look up that name, and we’ll search billions of public records to provide info like their residence history, social media profiles and more, helping you get a clearer picture of who’s on the other end of that call or text.
The Process
If you’re not a Spokeo Member (yet), here’s how it breaks down:
- Enter a 10-digit phone number in the Spokeo Phone Number Lookup search bar, then click the pop-up box to agree to our terms of service.
- Hit “Continue” to see if there is an available report that can include all kinds of goodies, from the phone number owner’s current location to marital status to address history and more. The search is free of charge; for non-members, you can nab that report for $0.95 with a 7-day trial of Spokeo. That’s a lot of info for less than the tip on your last latte.
- Get all the available details of your (previously) mysterious caller.
Zooming in on the Location
If you’ve used Spokeo to reveal the location of your caller, but you want to go deeper, Google Maps is a great starting point. Wondering how to find a phone number on Google Maps, of all things? Easy. Pop in the provided address on Maps, then choose Street View and take a good look, for starters.
Are you looking at a commercial street full of businesses, or a residential street of houses or apartments? That clue alone might give an answer to your question: If it’s in Tucson, for example, and you’ve recently ordered something from a company in Tucson, that’s likely your answer. Or, if you only know one person in the area, that might just solve the mystery.
Largely commercial streets give you a few extra leads to chase. One is simply to look at the signs, and see if any of them ring a bell, or even better, advertise the phone number you’re looking for. On Map view, take a look at the businesses highlighted as icons – when you click one, its address and phone number will pop up. Bingo.