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OT - Is there any way in the UK to trace the owner of a mobile phone?



Uncle C

Uncle C

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Jul 6, 2004
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Bishops Stortford
Getting a name and address seems impossible.
 




beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
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stalking isn't like it used to be with the old phone book. on the other hand, Facebook give improved opportunities to track someone.
 


Acker79

Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008
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Brighton
Do you have the phone and are looking to return it, or do you just have a number?
 


Uncle C

Uncle C

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Jul 6, 2004
11,683
Bishops Stortford
Acker79 said:
Do you have the phone and are looking to return it, or do you just have a number?
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I have the mobile number of a rogue trader who upset an elderly lady and wish to find who it is and where they are based.
 








Uncle C

Uncle C

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spring hall convert said:
I know this may be teaching grandmother to suck eggs but have you tried typing it into google? Very occasionally if it is attached to a business, you may get a result.
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Yes it has come up with similar adverts and indeed he is using a second mobile number to put out the same adverts, but no hint of a name or location.
 


Uncle C

Uncle C

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Bishops Stortford
clippedgull said:
Ring it, ask rogue trader to visit under the pretence of a job. :shrug:
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There's no way he will come back to the same address (region) and is not answering the phone (to me) or responding to texts.
 




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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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What are the company names, or is it a sole trader ?
 




fork me

fork me

I have changed this
Oct 22, 2003
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Gate 3, Limassol, Cyprus
Uncle C said:
Getting a name and address seems impossible.
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It depends on a lot. It's easier with contract numbers and can be difficult to impossible with PAYG numbers.

The police can sometimes (but not always) do it if a crime has been committed from it.

When I had incidences of kids being bullied by text the easiest way was usually just to phone it.

Me, "Hello, who is this?"
Child "<name>"
Me, "It's Mr X here get to my office immediately".

You'd be amazed how often it worked!
 








Uncle C

Uncle C

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Jul 6, 2004
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Bishops Stortford
I have told both the Police and Trading Standards but neither are optimistic about tracing the owner of the number (data protection apparently). Both have hinted I may have more success myself, so I turned to NSC.
 




Sergei's Celebration

Sergei's Celebration

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I've come back home.
You are going to struggle if, fork me says, it is a PAYG, unregistered, of if it has not been linked to the trade / business. There are other ways other than through the number, do you know a name etc... or is it just the number?
 


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Springal

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Uncle C said:
Its a sole trader who is not always honest about the fact he is a trader.
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If you want to ping some company names, or his name I can run against a few things possibly.
 


Uncle C

Uncle C

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Jul 6, 2004
11,683
Bishops Stortford
Sergei's Celebration said:
You are going to struggle if, fork me says, it is a PAYG, unregistered, of if it has not been linked to the trade / business. There are other ways other than through the number, do you know a name etc... or is it just the number?
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Just the number - hence the struggle.

In the USA they have reverse search for telephone numbers but not in the UK
 






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Bad Ash

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Jul 18, 2003
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Housewares
If you seen other ads with a different number have you tried calling that (not using your own number, which is sounds like he now knows)?
 




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