How To Trace A Spoofed Number

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Your Quick Answer:

If you want to trace a spoofed number, you can use tools like Iplogger or Grabify, through which you need to create a shortened link and sms it to the number.

Once the person clicks on the link their IP will be recorded, and you can trace them.

You can denote whether a number is spoofed by seeing if calling in that number is applicable or whether the number starts with a +1.

Besides, you can also use Number Lookup tools like Robokiller and Nomorbo, which can help you block spam texts and calls from such spoofed numbers.

Usually, a spoofed number comes from a telemarketer from outside the country but shows you that it is an average number from a nearby place, and you can lodge a complaint against it to the FCC or FBI.

Apart from that, you can also use a number lookup tool, as already mentioned, to block spam calls and texts.

Spoofed Number Tracker:

How To Trace a Spoofed Number:

You can try the following methods:

1. Iplogger Tool: Sending SMS

🔗 Link: https://iplogger.org/

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: It would be best if you had a URL that you will shorten; select an exciting and attractive news or video link because it ensures that the person clicks on it.

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Step 2: After choosing a link, open your browser, and using this go to the IP Logger web page, enter the URL you selected in the given box, and they will create a shortened link and tracking code.

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Step 3: Send the shortened link as sms to the spoofed number you got a call from, and wait until he clicks on the link.

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Step 4: If he clicks on the link, his IP will get recorded. Go to the IP Logger page, enter the tracking code you got earlier, and tap the “It’s a tracking code” option. After that, the person behind the spoofed number will be tracked.

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2. Grabify Tool: Sending SMS

Grabify is one of the most popular online tools for tracking a spoofed number. By creating a shortened link, you can follow anyone’s IP address through this link.

🔗 Link: https://grabify.link/

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First, choose an exciting link like a YouTube link, meme, video link, Instagram reel link, etc. Now go to the Grabify webpage, paste your chosen URL in the particular field in the given box, and tap the ‘Create URL’ option.

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Step 2: It will give you a shortened URL with strings and a tracking code which you may need further, so save it.

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Step 3: Now you have to sms the link to the person who is the owner of the spoofed phone number and ensure that he will click on the link. Their IP address will get copied as soon as they click on the link.

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Step 4: When the person clicks on the link, return to Grabify, and from the top of the page, tap on the ‘Tracking Code’ option and enter the tracking code you got earlier. After that, you will get all the necessary information about the spoofed phone number and where it came from.

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How To Identify a Spoofed Number:

You can try the following methods to identify:

1. Does Not Support Call-Back

When you get a call from an unknown number, call back immediately and see what happens. If someone picks up and talks, it is not a spoofed one.

Otherwise, in most cases, when you get a call from a spoofed number, you will not be able to call back.

Either it will say that calling the number is not supported, or the call will automatically get cut when you dial it.

2. Call Comes from a Virtual Number

If you see the number you have received a call from and suspect it to be spoofed, it might be so if you know it’s a virtual one. The way to denote whether a number is virtual is to see if it starts with a +1 before.

Usually, most numbers beginning with a +1 are not legitimate and turn out to be spoofed.

3. Number Lookup Report

Some new apps and websites can trace a number and derive from where it has been made and by whom. You can use one such Number Lookup tool to verify whether a number is spoofed.

Once you get a spoofed call, install a Number Lookup app and sign up for free using your email. Then enter the number from which you have received a spoofed call.

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After clicking on the Search Option, there will be buffering till the report arrives. If the report says that it is a spoofed number, then it is. Otherwise, it is not.

Apps to Anti-Spoof Number:

You can try the following apps:

1. Robokiller

⭐️ Features:

◘ Protects your phone from receiving spam calls or anything that can invite spam.

◘ Blocks phone numbers that are spoofed.

◘ Scans for any scammer or spoofed number trying to reach you and blocks that.

◘ Gives you control in your own hands.

🔗 Link: https://www.robokiller.com/

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Open Robokiller on Google Chrome and click on the three dots. Select “Try it For Free” and choose the desired subscription plan.

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Step 2: Then enter your mobile number and email address that you want to link.

Click on continue

Step 3: After the payment is made, you can go to the three dots again and click “Block Spam” and your job will be done.

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2. Nomorobo

⭐️ Features:

◘ It helps you block texts and calls from spam numbers or spoofed numbers.

◘ It detects any spam trying to reach your phone and blocks it immediately.

◘ It can also use a cover-up Number instead of yours in marketing so that spammers don’t reach your actual number.

◘ It allows you to decide how much you wish to get help.

🔗 Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomorobo&hl=en

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Open Nomorbo’s website on Google or download the app from Play Store or Apple store.

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Step 2: Then click on the three dots in the right-hand top corner and click “Get Started”.

Step 3: Click on the “Mobile Number” option, and you will get a space to enter your mobile number. Type your number and proceed.

Step 4: Now that your targeted mobile number is linked to Nomorbo, you can block spam calls, texts, or both whenever you want.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. What happens when a number is spoofed?

When a number is spoofed, it can call you with information that looks convincing, like a regular phone number with standard location details of somewhere nearby you or with someone’s identity that looks real. It makes you think that it is a general or business call or might even be a wrong number, but it might be from a faraway place or an outsider country placed by telemarketers.

2. Is there a way to stop your phone number from being spoofed?

Anti-spoofing apps are available nowadays, which you can install anytime and use to get your number, not spoofed. The working procedure of such apps is to keep your number private in the market by covering it with a fake number which even you can choose to input.

3. Where do I report a spoofed call?

You can file a complaint to the FCC online at their consumer complaint center. They claim they are decoding and tracking down the ones behind such fake and spoofed calls. You can also report to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, and the issue will be handled.

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