Hi, recently people in my school and myself have been receiving creepy and harassing texts from the number 617-681-4066. The person recently texted me and has been texting people saying it is me when it isn't. How can I find out who this number is? I have attached an Imgur link to some of the texts my friend and I have been receiving. http://imgur.com/a/wbPZh
Posted Feb 15, 2017, 2:48 PM UTC
Here is what I could find in the five minutes I spent looking. There isn't a whole lot to go on with a VOIP number like this. But I know it is a VOIP number. From the XML results from my API I can say with some certainty it is a Google VOIP number. As googles VOIP services tend to always use bandwidth.com servers. If someone were trying to cover their identity from those who don't have access to a subpeona they would likely not even be in the same state. If I were trying to further identify the true caller I would note the date of porting. 2013 was the year it was ported. Ported means the VOIP number is associated with an account in this case I would go with Gmail google account. Being the number has been ported to it seems the same account since 2013 it would be worth checking whether the number has been used elsewhere. I would guess this person is fairly content with how secure they think they are using a number that has been associated with their account for some years. If it were truly someone trying to commit something nefarious. If they had half their wits about them it would have been ported sooner. Likely ported just before the incidents which you have described.
Here is a link to imgur where you can see an image result from my API. http://imgur.com/a/mRNmu
Thank you for the thoughtful response, how could I check if the number has been used elsewhere? Would I just google it?
How are you certain it is a burner app?
Sounds like you pissed off one of your friends.
ah, to be back in the seventh grade again...
That area code is Boston area, I can tell you that much. Other than that, have you tried calling it and seeing what the voice mail message is? Sometimes you can find the provider through their voicemail. I'm sure there's other tools.
Sorry if I'm not much help.
Yeah, many people have tried calling the number, the person picks up but doesn't say anything. Is it worth contacting the authorities?
Try calling the Boston police department. They're usually really helpful.