Can you trace a telephone number???

[JamesMio]

If you can find out which network it's on (a good way to do this would be to try phoning it with your number withheld at 4am, chances are it's going straight to voice mail, and if you're lucky it'll be the standard network message along the lines of "Welcome to the O2/Vodafone/T-Mobile/Orange Messaging Service".

Once you know the network, it's a case of finding someone (there's bound to be someone on here that works for each network) that doesn't mind 'accidentally' pulling up the account details for that number on their system.

The only snag might be if it's a Pay As You Talk number, but even then there's a medium-high chance that the number has been registered, and as such should give you the person's name.

For obvious reasons this method / information would breach the laws of Data Protection Act, and as such should be ignored and not used etc etc etc etc etc.........

Please don't post the number up here as a forum it is not for us to get involved, from a personal or legal point of view. Though you can PM each other and then it is not involved with the org, but I would follow the advice and try to trace what exchange it come from if it is not a mobile (07) that will give you a idea and I have in the post phoned the operator and they will even tell you right down to the street.

get phil to phone it?

Thank you for your advise. Don't worry I wont post the number up here. It's not my intention to get people "involved" just wondered what options I had.
If people want the number hey can pm me, but i don't want any games to be played with them!!

Stick the number in google and see what comes up ... you never know ...

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

Thank you for your advise. Don't worry I wont post the number up here. It's not my intention to get people "involved" just wondered what options I had.
If people want the number hey can pm me, but i don't want any games to be played with them!!

Thanks, hope you get it sorted.

if you have a suspicion can't you try and find out their number instead?
Direct Enquiries, facebook or something like that?

On this note, I have had a private number that rings me about once a week and hangs up as soon as I answer the phone. Any idea how to get rid of it, its been going on for about 6 months but if its going to take me ages I can't really be bothered.

Originally Posted by tomjones2

On this note, I have had a private number that rings me about once a week and hangs up as soon as I answer the phone. Any idea how to get rid of it, its been going on for about 6 months but if its going to take me ages I can't really be bothered.

i think thats an automatic thing, just to see what time of day u are in, so they can call back

I've cancelled my facebook account becuase apparantly i've been sending people horrible messages (needless to say i haven't) and im sick of it causing more trouble than its worth. I think i will change my number and just hope that they don't send any messages that could have been used as evidence.

Just spoken to a policeman and everytime he rings this number it goes directly to an o2 answer machine???