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A service like Whitepages scans public records on an individual or business to provide you with detailed insights on a person or phone number. The important thing to note in the US is that the service you use to track phone numbers connects directly with the SS7 network for real-time tracking. The SS7 network is a database of phone numbers with associated personal details, so every query your phone number tracking service sends through to the SS7 network will produce the details stored against the number.
You will know the name of the person calling through their phone number. CNAM lookups can also help you with checking the spam score of the phone number being tracked.
This is very useful to avoid wasting time on unnecessary calls that can disrupt your daily routine! Some tools like this one allow you to know the caller type business or personal. Twilio is particularly useful for displaying useful information from CNAM lookups in the following format:. Have a look at the image below:.
As can be seen, the search results display wherever the number has appeared on Facebook. It can be extremely useful to know exactly who called you and why, and protect yourself from any kind of fraud or spam calls. For more information on searching phone numbers on Facebook, refer to this community answer.
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If action is required, this empowers you with more information. So what do you do if the phone number is blocked and the caller is unknown?