1 00:00:00,170 --> 00:00:06,260 In the previous section, we have learned multiple methods to find someone's phone number, and in this 2 00:00:06,260 --> 00:00:13,370 section I would like to focus on how can we find information that are associated to any phone number. 3 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:21,560 So the first thing that I would like to cover is how can you find initial or general information about 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:22,790 any phone number. 5 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:28,580 So let's assume that you were able to get someone's phone number, and you would like to know whether 6 00:00:28,580 --> 00:00:33,770 this is a landline number, wireless number, or VoIP phone number. 7 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:40,070 So in order to do this, we are going to perform a phone number lookup that will show us the number 8 00:00:40,070 --> 00:00:47,420 type, whether it's a landline number, wireless number, etc. and this will also show us the service 9 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:52,550 provider spam score and the estimated location of this phone number. 10 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:58,190 Now, please keep in mind that when I say the estimated location of this phone number, this does not 11 00:00:58,190 --> 00:01:01,700 mean the phone number physical location. 12 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:08,900 Instead, some phone numbers have area codes, and by identifying the area codes, you'll be able to 13 00:01:08,930 --> 00:01:12,590 know whether this phone number is from a certain city or not. 14 00:01:12,830 --> 00:01:15,230 And you will see what I mean in this lecture. 15 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:16,910 So here are my notes. 16 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:22,430 I have two phone numbers of Rishi Kabra and one US phone number. 17 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:23,900 That is for Rishi Kapoor. 18 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:25,790 That is in the United States. 19 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:32,570 So I'm going to copy the second number, the one that he used all the time that ends with one six. 20 00:01:33,020 --> 00:01:39,740 And then I'm going to go to a website called IP Quality Score, and I'll put all the links in the resources 21 00:01:39,740 --> 00:01:40,790 of this lecture. 22 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:43,490 And then you want to specify the country. 23 00:01:43,490 --> 00:01:46,160 And in our case it is India. 24 00:01:47,630 --> 00:01:50,150 And then I'm going to add the phone number in here. 25 00:01:50,150 --> 00:01:53,210 And then I'm going to say free phone number lookup. 26 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:58,130 So as you can see here are some information about this phone number. 27 00:01:58,130 --> 00:02:00,650 We can see that this is a valid number. 28 00:02:00,650 --> 00:02:02,540 And it's from India. 29 00:02:02,540 --> 00:02:06,260 And we can also see the carrier name which is Vodafone. 30 00:02:06,350 --> 00:02:10,630 And we can see the line type, which is wireless phone number. 31 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:14,680 And if you want to gather some more information, then we need a subscription. 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:21,190 But I'm not going to cover this because there are free methods that you can use to retrieve this information, 33 00:02:21,190 --> 00:02:23,110 which we will cover in this section. 34 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:29,290 The second website that I would like to show you, which is very similar to the previous one, is called 35 00:02:29,290 --> 00:02:30,610 Compete.com. 36 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:35,170 All you have to do is just to add the phone number in here and then say lookup. 37 00:02:35,170 --> 00:02:40,030 And please keep in mind that all the websites that I'm going to show you are completely for free, so 38 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:41,830 you don't have to pay anything. 39 00:02:42,010 --> 00:02:44,860 And here we can see some information about this phone number. 40 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:50,080 We can see that this is a mobile number that is from India, from Kolkata. 41 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,660 And we already know that he lives in Kolkata. 42 00:02:52,690 --> 00:03:00,310 Based on the information that we have found on his LinkedIn account and we can see the network provider, 43 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:03,070 here is another website that does the same. 44 00:03:03,070 --> 00:03:07,750 And please keep in mind that these websites analyze international phone number. 45 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:12,670 You can add any phone number and retrieve information about these phone numbers. 46 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,360 So let me add this phone number and then say analyze. 47 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:21,730 And as you can see it is a mobile phone number from India Kolkata. 48 00:03:21,730 --> 00:03:26,590 And here you can see that the original network provider is Vodafone India Limited. 49 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,870 And I think it was different in here. 50 00:03:28,870 --> 00:03:31,300 So we can see here Vodafone Essar Limited. 51 00:03:31,630 --> 00:03:34,990 And that's why I like to use multiple websites. 52 00:03:35,890 --> 00:03:42,340 And next we have search yellow directory that come all you have to do just to add the international 53 00:03:42,340 --> 00:03:44,380 format of the phone number in here. 54 00:03:44,410 --> 00:03:46,330 And then click on search. 55 00:03:47,050 --> 00:03:51,220 And this will give you some information about this phone number. 56 00:03:51,670 --> 00:03:54,460 So we can see that it's an Indian phone number. 57 00:03:54,490 --> 00:03:57,100 The phone carrier is Vodafone Essar. 58 00:03:57,130 --> 00:04:03,010 And we can see it is from Kolkata or this city or this city. 59 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:09,010 Next we have a website that will give you information about us phone numbers only. 60 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:14,720 So you want to add a US phone number and click on search and find some information. 61 00:04:14,870 --> 00:04:21,320 And since Rishi Kabra phone number is an Indian phone number, we are going to copy and paste the phone 62 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,600 number that is for the second Rishi Kabra who lives in the United States. 63 00:04:26,630 --> 00:04:33,830 So I'm going back to my notes and then copy the second phone number and then go to this website and 64 00:04:33,830 --> 00:04:36,140 add the phone number and click on search. 65 00:04:37,430 --> 00:04:41,660 And as you can see here we have some information about this phone number. 66 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:45,050 We can see that this is a cell phone number. 67 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,820 We can see the network provider and we can see the phone location. 68 00:04:50,030 --> 00:04:54,350 And if you would like to find more information then you need to create an account. 69 00:04:54,350 --> 00:04:55,880 So let's do this. 70 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,960 You can create an account for free by clicking on join. 71 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:04,250 And then you want to add your first and last name. 72 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,490 And then you can use a temporary email address. 73 00:05:07,490 --> 00:05:12,680 So you can go to a website like Temp Mail Dawg that you will find its link in the resources of this 74 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:20,320 lecture, and then copy the email address and add it in here and add a password as well. 75 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,580 And you can see that I. 76 00:05:21,610 --> 00:05:26,230 Have already created an account, but once you create an account, you'll get an email and you need 77 00:05:26,230 --> 00:05:27,700 to activate your account. 78 00:05:28,210 --> 00:05:31,990 And after you activate your account, all you have to do is just to sign in. 79 00:05:32,650 --> 00:05:35,020 So I'm going to log in like this. 80 00:05:35,530 --> 00:05:41,170 And now I can copy the phone number again and add it in here and click on search. 81 00:05:41,170 --> 00:05:46,660 And you can see that it will show me one more information, which is whether this phone number is a 82 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:47,620 fake number or not. 83 00:05:47,620 --> 00:05:50,140 And we can see that it's not a fake phone number. 84 00:05:50,890 --> 00:05:57,250 Now the coolest thing that I like about searching for us phone numbers is that it's going to show you 85 00:05:57,250 --> 00:06:03,520 the phone location based on the area code of the phone number, and we can see that it's from Fremont. 86 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:14,290 So if we open Google Maps and then search for this city in California, we can see that Fremont is actually 87 00:06:14,290 --> 00:06:15,790 a very small city. 88 00:06:15,790 --> 00:06:21,000 And if we were able to find more information about Nishikawa, Ishikawa, who lives in the United States, 89 00:06:21,030 --> 00:06:23,520 like any pictures from the city. 90 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:27,390 Then we can easily identify where this person was. 91 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:30,570 But we are going to cover this in a future section. 92 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:37,470 The last website that I would like to show you, that will allow you to find detailed information about 93 00:06:37,470 --> 00:06:42,600 any US or Canadian phone number is called NPA annex. 94 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,810 And I'll put the link in the resources of this lecture. 95 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:51,090 All you have to do just to paste the phone number in here and then click on lookup number. 96 00:06:51,270 --> 00:06:53,670 And then you want to solve the Captcha. 97 00:06:53,910 --> 00:06:55,920 And here we have some information. 98 00:06:55,950 --> 00:06:58,980 We can see that it is a wireless phone number. 99 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:03,870 And it was first assigned in 2003. 100 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:09,390 And this is the information about this area code and not about the phone number. 101 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:10,800 So keep this in mind. 102 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:16,140 You can also find some additional information for example that this phone number is from California 103 00:07:16,140 --> 00:07:17,850 from San Francisco. 104 00:07:17,850 --> 00:07:22,920 And if we scroll down more we can see that it is from Fremont Newark City.