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WhatsApp Details & Links
(This page was last updated on the 03/09/2025)
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WhatsApp Guidelines For Law Enforcement can be found Here & Here
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Useful Details & Articles To Help Investigate WhatsApp Accounts
Locating A WhatsApp Account By A Mobile Number
If you have a subjects mobile number, then it can be easily searched on a site such as OSINT Industries, or any of the others shown on the Mobile Phone page of our website to locate any WhatsApp account linked to it. Or if you are using a burner phone, simply by putting the number into the contacts of your phone and then opening the WhatsApp app, selecting the New Chat function, and anyone on WhatsApp from your contacts will be shown, which is done without them being notified.
Be aware that the account holders name displayed on WhatsApp is how you put it in your contacts.
By locating an account for a user, you will now know some additional information using this method, including;
- The account holders profile photo or avatar, which can then be checked using a reverse image search or used to
match against other online accounts
- The account holders welcome phrase, which can then be searched or used to match against other online accounts
- Usually the date an account holder was first active on WhatsApp and the date & time an account holder was last
active on WhatsApp
The following links can be searched, for free, to search if a mobile number is linked to a WhatsApp account and to obtain a large verson of any profile image.
WhatsApp Group Search Sites
Fake WhatsApp Messaging Sites
It is easy to create a fake message using the below and then just create a screenshot of it, giving the impression of a genuine post or text conversation. Accounts and electronic devices should be examined by qualified people to make sure messages & posts are real.
