Advice Request How can you tell if your phone number is in a scammers database ?

[ng4ever]

If you can't it is ok but was wondering if it was possible to know 100% for sure.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

With all the breaches lately and more to come, just assume it is.

 

[plat]

One source is right here:

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach

Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.

haveibeenpwned.com

My phone # is not pwned yet, thank goodness. Plus, I have not gotten any spam texts, robo calls or whatnot lately. If you get any of those on a daily basis and you can't nail it down to something you shared, you have to wonder, right?

 

[Dave Russo]

One source is right here:

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach

Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.

haveibeenpwned.com

My phone # is not pwned yet, thank goodness. Plus, I have not gotten any spam texts, robo calls or whatnot lately. If you get any of those on a daily basis and you can't nail it down to something you shared, you have to wonder, right?

Not even sure if I could trust have I been pawned site, I'm going to stick with

Digmor Crusher statement " just assume it is."​

 

[upnorth]

One source is right here:

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach

Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.

haveibeenpwned.com

My phone # is not pwned yet, thank goodness. Plus, I have not gotten any spam texts, robo calls or whatnot lately. If you get any of those on a daily basis and you can't nail it down to something you shared, you have to wonder, right?

If one starts to get calls/sms from unknown/private numbers it might be a good time to test with that site. Good share @plat

The other option is also if one haven't already, start learn the block options that is builtin the phones OS, so zero need for any extra apps.

 

[MuzzMelbourne]

I don't know about your country, but in Australia your number is already publicly available through our national directory assistance. Scammers don't need your number, just your name.

Best advice is upnorth's and digmor crusher's, assume the worst and defend yourself best as possible.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I don't know about your country, but in Australia your number is already publicly available through our national directory assistance. Scammers don't need your number, just your name.

Best advice is upnorth's and digmor crusher's, assume the worst and defend yourself best as possible.

That's what I was sort of thinking, its pretty easy to accumulate phone numbers.

 

[Sorrento]

After checking is not pwned, but both my daughters have it - Is that the same??

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Here is a story, I got a new mobile + sim + new number 2 years ago. For the first few days I was setting up my phone no calls/no texts/no browsing and I didn't contact anyone on the phone or let anyone know the new number. What do I get with a day or two? Spam calls and then came the hacking attempts They like to use shortened URLs as phishing lures/malware implants.

I laughed hard when I got the first few texts, but luckily you can block unknown calls/texts now on phones so all good