You receive a telephone
call on your mobile. Hmm, doesn’t seem like a number you
recognize. You’ve heard about phone call scams being on the
loose, blank telephone calls from another country with garbage
calls and charging absurd call rates. Or this number has been
calling you for the past few days and hanging up. In such a case
you’ll want to find out who this person is and the location of
the mobile no and caller name.
Mobile numbers in US
and entire North America follow the North American Numbering
Plan or NANP. As specified in the plan any number in US and
Canada consists of ten digits including the area code. Area code
is a three or four digit number which is same for all the
numbers in the specific geographic area. This combined with the
unique six or seven digit subscriber phone number form the
complete ten digit phone or mobile number. In most of the
countries outside the north America, mobile numbers start with
some distinctive first digit for examples- mobile numbers in UK
start with 7 or in India start with 7, 8 or 9; But in United
states mobile numbers do not follow such pattern and are same as
landline or wired phone numbers with a combination of area code
and unique subscriber number. By looking at just the phone
number it is almost impossible to tell if it were a mobile
number or wired base phone number. This also helps in tracing a
number to it’s location and owner as just by looking at the
number you can know of the area code and identify the geographic
area to which the number belongs. By entering the phone or
mobile number in the Mobile number tracker above you can know
the details of mobile phone number’s location.
Unfortunately, on the
Internet, you’ll find limited help. Sites exist that tell you
the name of the operator, the state the mobile is in and the
type ( CDMA, GSM, etc). But due to privacy concerns, you’ll not
be able to find out the name of the person who owns the SIM
card. If you do find a service that displays a name or address
or any such precise information, steer clear of that, since they
may be logging user's information without consent, which is
against the law. Of course, telecommunications companies are
required to divulge that information if a court orders them so,
so another option for you could be to file a police complaint.
However, if the problem is not serious, this is not a viable
alternative.
Another scenario could
be that you lost your mobile phone and are trying to find or
block it. In such a case, the IMEI number of your phone could
come in useful. This number is unique to each device and can be
used by providers to track down the phone. Of course, you’ll
have to provide proof (like a purchase bill) to confirm that you
own the phone. For this purpose, you should always know what the
IMEI number of your phone is. You can find out either by dialing
*#06# or looking at the packaging of the phone, which will have
it printed. Often the invoice of the phone also holds this
information.
Use Ameicatrace's
Mobile number trace service to trace a number to it's location.
The service provides details like the number origin place-
town/city, state, country etc. The service tracks both fixed
phone numbers and cell phone numbers. In order to use the number
tracing service just enter the complete ten digit number you
want to track or trace in the above box and press the submit
button. The service is free and you do not need to pay or
subscribe to in order to use the service. In case you are not
able to find information about any number, kindly check after
two weeks - as we update our database every two weeks. If you
still face difficulty in finding information about any
particular number you can fill the contact us page to request a
specific American number trace. The tracing service also works
for Canada mobile and fixed phone numbers.
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