It happens to us all. You miss a call, or you receive a strange or unwanted call or text and you want to know who the caller or texter is. Like most of us you probably have a contacts list on your phone which identifies people you know. You can look at your phone’s screen and see straight away who’s calling if it is someone that you know.
Sometimes, though, the caller or texter is unknown. That’s when things can start to get difficult. You might not be looking at your own phone. Perhaps you have a niggling feeling that your partner hasn’t been completely truthful about who s/he has been seeing or where they’ve been. In an attempt to find out you’ve decided to see who has been calling or texting. You might find several unknown names and/or numbers. Now you need to work out a way of finding out who the numbers belong to.
Obviously you can’t just ask your partner who they have been calling or texting. That’s a dead giveaway that you are suspicious and, if they are cheating, they are unlikely to give you a truthful answer. If they aren’t cheating then you might spoil your relationship for no good reason. You need to find out for yourself who owns the numbers.
There may be other reasons why you want to know who owns a number. It’s all too easy for someone to send explicit texts. These can be very upsetting and especially if the receiver is young or elderly. If this starts happening to an elderly friend or relative, or to your child you will want to find out who’s sending them. It could be someone who has a grudge against you, perhaps. They probably think that as they are harassing someone else you won’t be able to trace them. That’s not true, of course, you can trace them.
Sometimes the unwanted texts are bullying or threatening. Bullying online and via cell phones is becoming a serious problem. For some reason people seem to think they can get away with posting or texting anything they feel like saying, without a thought to how the victim might feel. If you can find out who is sending those awful texts you can go to the Police. Armed with the right information a busy Police Department is more likely to take you seriously and try and help you.
