Surely it has happened to us at some time, that we have received a call from a number that we do not know and we have not been able to answer it, but when we call we do not get an answer, we skip the answering machine or it does not exist. This creates uncertainty and curiosity to know who has called us, since it may be an important institution or perhaps it is that job interview that we are waiting for.
There are methods to know if that call comes from some type of service or if more people have received calls from that same phone and from which area of the country the call comes from. In this way we will know if we should insist calling or directly block that number so as not to receive more unwanted calls. We are going to see in this article what methods to use to discover the origin and know who has called us.
There are many times when we are very busy, they call us on our mobile and when we see a phone that we do not know, we do not answer. Most of the time these calls come from operators who try to convince us to change our operator or to offer us some kind of service, which if we really wanted to, we would have hired on our own.
In the past we easily identified these Spam calls because they used long and easily differentiated phone numbers. Currently the companies themselves call us from private telephones and that leads us to not answer calls that may be important. For this reason, we are going to see some websites where we can identify these phone numbers.
tellows
It is undoubtedly one of the best websites to discover the origin of calls with unknown numbers. With a presence in more than 50 countries and 7 million monthly users. It classifies the calls by class and gives it a score that tells us if the number is trustworthy or, on the contrary, it is a fraudulent number or that uses spam.
It has a thermal map with which we can see the places where this type of call is most alerted during the last hours. As well as the most searched numbers to detect if one is acting in our town.
SpamList
Very popular in Spain and Latin America. It has a database of more than 50.000 telephone spam numbers in more than 20 countries. This database is collected from the thousands of active users that this website has, ranging from computer scientists, lawyers or private users themselves. The community is popular for being one of the most active and up-to-date.
In addition, this website has its own smartphone application, For both iOS and Android we have an application that allows us to block these calls automatically. It is one of the most downloaded of this type.
Download the App from this link for iOS.
PhoneSpam
Another good option on this list is undoubtedly TelefonoSpam, it focuses on the national level, unlike other websites that have a database of many countries. Its strong point is the collection of phone numbers used to commit fraud. The so-called reverse telephone directory (instead of looking for a telephone number by the owner of the same, here the owner is searched from his number)
We have a search engine to see a list of most wanted numbers and those confirmed as spam. When we tap on a phone You can see the user reviews that explain what it is about and their experience.
Who called
In this case, it is a totally international page, with availability in several languages. Although we have a Spanish version, This does not distinguish between countries so it mixes the numbers for Spain with others from Spanish-speaking countries. On this website we have a large reverse phone book and a forum where users can post suspicious numbers and their experiences with each of them, thus offering feedback in real time.
Each of the identified numbers has its own tab with the dangerousness index as well as the type of call in question, such as spam, unknown, harassment or scams.
Infotelephone
Like the rest of the listed websites, it has a good collection of numbers associated with spam or scams thanks to users or complaints. We also find a search engine where we enter the telephone number in question to discover its origin as well as its owner. The problem is that the reviews for each issue are stacked next to the questions, so it can be a bit confusing.
It also has an information section with all the prefixes of Spain, as well as the special dialing prefixes, this way we know if returning the call will cost us money or it will be totally free. Something very important since if it is paid it could be a scam that tries to take advantage of our ignorance.