Before making a call or sending a message, you should check this mobile phone number. It must be officially registered to the subscriber or company. The services of operators and the possibilities of the Internet will help you find out the necessary information.
Instructions
Step 1
Pay attention to the length of the mobile phone number. If it is short and consists of 4-5 digits, then most likely it belongs to one of the mobile services that provide certain services: news, advertising, etc. Quite often, fraudsters use such numbers to send spam, malicious and phishing links. It is important to check the mobile phone number in order to find out who is the owner - the official mobile service or the attackers. Never type it or send messages to it if you received it from an unknown sender or saw it on an unfamiliar website on the Internet.
Step 2
Enter your phone number into one of the internet search engines and follow the search procedure. If the number you find leads you to the official website of a mobile operator or an official e-service company, there is nothing to worry about. But if there are no results when you search for a number or find it on sites with complaints, do not use it and write a complaint to your operator's email address.
Step 3
Do the same search to check a 9-10 digit mobile phone number. It is almost impossible to calculate its owner via the Internet, but you may be lucky if it belongs, for example, to the owner of a company or another public person.
Step 4
Visit your carrier's cell phone store and ask employees to check your cell phone number. Even if they refuse to name its owner, you can find out if the number is officially registered and if you can make calls to it.
Step 5
Quite often, cellular subscribers receive suspicious messages from unknown numbers with various offers. Try to unsubscribe from them by sending a message with the text STOP to this number. If you receive a notification that the mailing has been successfully stopped, most likely the number belongs to a cellular operator or an officially registered company. In the absence of any reaction, it can be concluded that you have become a victim of scammers. Contact your mobile operator to stop malicious users.
