When you receive a phone call from a number you don’t recognize, whether or not to pick up the phone is a question. You are wondering how answering that phone call may open up a pandora’s box that puts you in harm’s way, or how declining it would cause you to miss out on an important call. Been there.

But perhaps now it’s time to put to bed this “Who is calling me” conundrum – whenever in doubt, you can use a reverse phone lookup tool to find out who it really is behind the line. Easy peasy…

How to find out who called

Not so long ago, when we wanted to find out someone’s phone number, we dug out our bulky phone book and looked up the person’s phone number that we wanted to call. But now, situations have been quite the other way around – we have the phone number and want to know who it is. This is where a reverse phone number lookup tool comes to help. A reverse phone number lookup tool, as its name suggests, allows you to find out the identity of the caller and their relevant information just by providing the phone number.

Here are four ways for you to track down a phone number.

1. BeenVerfied
2. Intelius
3. Spokeo
4. Use a search engine

Option 1: BeenVerified

BeenVerified is another excellent phone number lookup engine.

When you search for a phone number at BeenVerified, the engine will start gathering data from its database and then unlock a trove of information about the number owner, which includes the following when available:

• Basic information (name, age, photos etc.)
• Personal contact information
• Social media profiles
• Dating profiles
• Family background
• Properties owned
• Marriage records information
• and more

If need be, you can run deep background searches on virtually anyone based in the US.

Here is how to use BeenVerified to run a reverse phone number lookup to find out who a phone number belongs to.

1. Go to BeenVerified Phone Lookup.
2. Pop the 10-digit cell phone number into the box and hit SEARCH.
   
3. Wait a bit as BeenVerified searches its billions of records in its database. Once finished, you’ll receive a comprehensive report about the person whose phone number you put in to search.
   
   

The BeenVerified database is updated on a periodical basis, so you can expect very accurate and comprehensive search results.

Option 2: Intelius

Intelius is a powerful reverse phone number search tool. Just enter the phone number, then it will search through public records to track down the available owner data and generate a detailed report for you. All the searches are conducted privately and anonymously, and the owner will not be notified that you searched for them.

1. Head to Intelius Reverse Phone Lookup.
2. Enter the phone number and click SEARCH.
   
3. Sit tight as Intelius scours its public records sources. Once it locates a match, it will generate a detailed report about the available data associated with the phone number and its owner. In order to view the report, you will need to purchase a membership plan.
   The above image is a sample report. Actual Intelius reports may contain more or less information.

Option 3: Spokeo

When it comes to reverse phone lookup services, Spokeo is a highly reputable tool that comes with a robust algorithm to help you quickly trace even the most obscure phone calls and find out highly accurate and relevant information about the owner. It’s 100% legal and it’s very easy to use.

Spokeo has made it pretty easy and straightforward to trace any unknown phone call, both available through the website or the app. Just choose the way you prefer (If you have a pile of phone calls to identify every day, using the app may be more convenient).

How to use Spokeo find out who is calling me

Via the app:

1. Download Spokeo from Google Play and install it on your phone.
2. Launch the app.
3. Type in the number you’re subspicous about, then tap SEARCH.
   
4. You’ll get a report that containing the information about the owner of the phone number.

Via Spokeo website:

1. Go to Spokeo official website.
2. Type in the number you’re subspicous about, then hit SEARCH NOW.
   
3. You’ll get a report that containing the information about the owner of the phone number.

In case you’re curious about more information other than the name of that mysterious caller, here’s some extra information you can get hold of with Spokeo’s advanced tool:

• Name of who owns the number
• Personal details
• Location and address history
• Family and associates
• Court records
• Properties owned
• Social media accounts

Option 4: Use a search engine

Another helpful way to find out who’s behind that unknown call is to run a web search on search engines such as Google and Bing. So long as the callers have left traces of his or her personal information on websites, forums, or anywhere else where the information is made public, there is a good chance that your search engine will lead you up to it. Use this method if you are highly suspicious that the call is spam, robotic, or telemarketing one – it may have already been flagged on the internet.

What to do after finding out who called you?

Once you have learned the identity of the caller, the pick-up or not pick-up question will have already been sorted.

• If it turns out to be someone you already know, or is pertinent to you, your family or your workplace, it’s important that you return that phone call to find out if everything is alright or if there’s something that needs to be caught up with. And if need be, save the number to your contact list so that next time you won’t be stumped with a Who is calling me question again.
• If, however, the caller is just someone you want to avoid (related to spamming, scam, telemarketing, harassing, or in other ways you deem a nuisance etc.), simply ignoring the call may not be enough. You can block the number or even report it via Federal Trade Commission to keep yourself safe.

Wrapping up

Getting a phone call from an unknown caller may leave you wondering whose number is calling you. And it’s important that you take the initiatives into your hands by looking it up. To do so, you can use a reverse phone lookup tool or perform a web search on search engines. Once you find out who’s calling, you can then either follow up if the caller is of interest to you. Or, you can choose to block or even report the caller if he or she poses any harm.

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