We have all received calls from unknown numbers and wondered who the caller might be. Whenever the phone rings, and it’s an unknown number, we all wonder, ” is it safe to pick up the call?”
The call could be from a call center or a salesman trying to sell you his products, a scammer trying to fetch sensitive information from you, or it might be one of your friends who just got a new number and is trying to prank you.
There are multiple FIRs filed daily under the fraudulent calls section just because the user was unaware that the unknown number belonged to a scammer, not the real authority he was talking to.
When these issues arise, it is critical to know who the caller is so we can take appropriate actions. And don’t we often ask ourselves how we can find out who’s calling us and if there are any ways to do it without paying a certain amount?
Various apps in the market allow you to see who is calling you. However, these applications come at a certain price. Since we all get suspicious when we get a call from an unknown number, we decided to make the process easier for you!
In this article, you will learn everything about finding out who called you from an unknown number and how you can know their identity before receiving the call.
Let’s get to know who the caller might be and you and how you can identify them in a detailed step-by-step process.
Methods To Find Who is Calling You For Free
We have analyzed all the possible methods to see who is calling you without paying a hefty amount. Below are a few methods that will allow you to check who is calling you for free.
Use Third-party Applications
Several third-party apps let you identify callers without charging for them. While many third-party applications might help you get the name and location of the caller, there are one most reliable applications that are widely used. Let’s learn about it in detail and see how we can identify unknown numbers via these apps.
Truecaller: Caller ID & Blocking
Truecaller is a free third-party application on the Play Store and App Store. You can easily know who is calling before picking up the call and even after picking up via the caller identification algorithm Truecaller provides. You can use it not only for caller IDs but also for other features like call blocking and spam protection. It uses a community-based spam list updated by billions of users worldwide to classify the callers into categories, like important or spam.
While the application is excellent for seeing who is calling you, it is easy to fake your identity on Truecaller. You can set up any name you want on Truecaller, and the name you have set will be visible to others. Therefore, there is no way to determine if the person’s name showing up on Truecaller is their real name.
Let’s get to the detailed methods to set up Truecaller on Android and iOS devices.
Android Devices
Truecaller works seamlessly well for Android devices. Follow the steps below to activate your account.
Step 1: Go to the Play Store and install the Truecaller app on your Android phone.
Step 2: Launch the Truecaller app and click on the “GET STARTED” option after completing the installation.
Step 3: Enter your country and phone number in order to get started with the further process.
Step 4: You will get a robocall on your entered number for verification purposes.
Step 5: Once the verification is complete, you’ll get a signup screen and enter the requested details.
Step 6: Keep tapping on the “next” button until the app tutorial is over, and then on the last slide, click on “Got It.”
Step 7: In order to activate the caller Id, go to your phone settings > apps and notifications > Truecaller > Notifications > Show notifications.
Once you have followed these steps, your Caller ID will be activated, and you will know the caller’s details, like their name, location, and Email id, before you even pick up the call. And you need an active internet connection at the time of receiving the call.
iOS Devices
Truecaller also supports iOS devices and works similarly to the Android version. If you are an iOS user, follow the steps below to activate your account.
Step 1: Go to the App Store and install the Truecaller app on your iOS device.
Step 2: After completing the installation, launch the Truecaller app and click on the “GET STARTED” option.
Step 3: Enter your country and phone number to get started for the further process and click Agree and continue to proceed.
Step 4: You will get a 6-digit verification code on your entered number for verification purposes. Enter it and click on verify.
Step 5: Once the verification is complete, you’ll get a signup screen and enter the requested details.
Step 6: Keep tapping on the “next” button until the app tutorial is over and then on the last slide, click on “Got It.”
Step 7: In order to activate the caller Id, go to settings > Phone> Call blocking and identification> Truecaller and then turn the toggle switch on.
Once you have followed these steps, your Caller ID will be activated, and you’ll know the caller’s details, like their name, location, and Email id, before you even pick up the call. All you need is an active internet connection when receiving the call.
Reverse Phone Lookup
Reverse phone lookup is one of the services where they reverse lookup the phone number provided by you in their database and provide you with the information of the person associated with that number. While this is a very old trick and works much better in the US, you can always try to search for the number.
Websites like NumLookup, white pages, Spokeo, etc. provide the Reverse phone lookup feature.
