Threatened by a pimp over text for money, is it actually possible for someone to get your home address from your main phone number?

Posted by NeuronSmart@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 248 comments

Okay so a few weeks ago for whatever reason I got drunk and started messaging escorts but never ended up actually going through with anything. I wake up to a text today saying: “listen to me cu i wanna be crystal clear i don't want to repet myself! i am David and the reason that i contact u it's cuz u ordered one of my escort to ur address few weeks ago and u have waste har time. and as u know time is money for us u made us lose money. so i am asking u for the first and the last time. if u wanna pay the 300£ to har account to be squared we will be good otherwise we gonna come to ur address and we gonna speak face to face and we gonna take more money than 300!” This person then texted me my real name and said “Ya pay the money or we come to you”. After doing a bit of searching I’ve found that others have been a victim of this and it’s a known scam. It’s also worth noting that I never ordered an escort to my address so I of course never gave that out. My plan is basically just to ignore it since the person didn’t actually say my address yet which is also the reason why I didn’t just block the number straight away as I usually would. It doesn’t surprise me that the person was able to get my name but I was just wondering if it actually is possible for somebody to get your address from your phone number alone? Also in the case that they did manage to actually get it, any advice on the situation itself would also be greatly appreciated.