My friend started receiving disturbing text messages yesterday from a number she's never seen before, and we're trying to figure out if they were sent by a guy who use to stalk her. They were general enough that it could have been some freak trolling for lols but nothing was conclusive.
I looked the number up (570-354-0675) and found a bunch of reports of it being call spam or "harassing texts". I don't know if it could be connected to an anonymous sms service or some other number that people can piggyback on and I'm hoping someone here might be able to help figure that out.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-570-354-0675
Is it possible to figure out if this number is being used with one of those send a text services, assigned to a person, or is all of this easy to fake? Do VoIP providers have access to a number lookup database that isn't available publicly online?
I should note that the scumbag who stalked her was only somewhat technically savvy, so he probably didn't have the skills to do more than use an existing service.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
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