UK Phonebook Reverse Lookup

Trying to establish if it's valid

[graywolf]

I have a phone number in the UK trying to see if its valid and who owns it, is there an internet site that does this

[storevalley]

You could just type the number into Google ... if the relevant person or company has the number on their web site, you might just get lucky ...

[graywolf]

trien and it didn't work, I think that only works with US numbers. the format is

+xx-x-xx-xxxx-xxxx

I don't regularly deal with the UK so don't even know if it's valid

[sem4u]

Ignore the first bit +44 and search like this xxx-xxxx-xxxx

[storevalley]

Ignore the first bit +44 and search like this xxx-xxxx-xxxx

That might work for a London number. Drop the +44 and add a zero like so ...

If the number is +44 xxx xxxxxx use 0xxx xxxxxx
or if the number is +44 (0)xxx xxxxxx use 0xxx xxxxxx

Note that in the UK, we don't usually put dashes in phone numbers.

[graywolf]

no result, wonder if i am being scammed or not

[storevalley]

You could always check out the whois info for the domain in question. Allwhois is pretty good for this ...

[graywolf]

I got the info from whois

[dmorison]

Call the number.

See how they answer, if they say who they are; appologise and say that you've got the wrong number.

If they don't announce themselves, say "Hi, could I speak with [make up some name]". There is a slim chance that they will say who they are when saying that the made up name doesn't exist at that number.

That's what i'd do.

[graywolf]

Trying to avoid the expense of an overseas call if possible

[georgeek]

Trying to avoid the expense of an overseas call if possible

15c/min :o

[PCInk]

I think you may have to call: Reverse lookup is illegal in the UK, so if you can't find it in a search engine there is little else you can do.