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📱 WhatsApp Number Lookup — Profile, Leaks, Telegram, Carrier & Lead Intel

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The most autonomous WhatsApp number lookup and phone OSINT actor on Apify.
Verify WhatsApp presence, extract real profile pictures, cross-check Telegram registration, identify carrier & line type, detect breach exposure (Facebook 533M / WhatsApp 487M), and score leads — all without any third-party API keys or login.

Strict Data Integrity: Only genuine data is returned. No AI-generated avatars, no placeholder images. If a number has no public WhatsApp profile picture, urlImage is null.

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💡 What is the WhatsApp Number Lookup Actor?

This actor is a full-stack phone OSINT engine. Just feed it a list of phone numbers (national or international format), and it will return a comprehensive intelligence report for each one — including:

• ✅ WhatsApp Presence — real-time verification
• ✅ Business Account Detection — WhatsApp Business catalog probe
• ✅ Real Profile Picture — extracted from WhatsApp CDN, Telegram, or Facebook breach data
• ✅ Telegram Registration — cross-check with direct t.me link
• ✅ Carrier & Line Type — mobile, fixed-line, VoIP, or unknown
• ✅ Location & Timezone — city, region, country, local time
• ✅ Breach Intelligence — Facebook 533M & WhatsApp 487M exposure status
• ✅ Lead Score & Quality — hot / warm / cold ranking for outbound prioritization
• ✅ Best Time to Message — suggests now, evening, or schedule_for_morning

Everything works 100% autonomously — no WhatsApp Business API, no Truecaller key, no Numverify key, no login required.

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🔥 SEO Keywords (Why This Actor Ranks)

whatsapp number lookup, whatsapp number checker, whatsapp profile picture scraper, whatsapp leads, phone number OSINT, phone number lookup, telegram number check, whatsapp business detector, carrier lookup, phone carrier lookup, facebook 533m breach check, whatsapp 487m breach, phone number validation, E.164 phone parser, phone leads for cold outreach, B2B phone intelligence, Apify phone lookup actor, no API key whatsapp lookup, autonomous whatsapp verification

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🚀 Key Features

Feature	Description
Autonomous WhatsApp Check	Probes api.whatsapp.com/send/ gateway + wa.me/c/ catalog to verify existence and business status.
Real Profile Picture Extraction	Pulls genuine CDN image and re-hosts it in Apify Key-Value Store to bypass 403.
Telegram Cross-Check	Resolves t.me/+{number} to detect registration + real profile photo.
Facebook 533M Breach Lookup	Detects if the number appears in the Facebook 533M dump.
WhatsApp 487M Breach Lookup	Detects regional coverage in the WhatsApp 487M global scrape.
Carrier Intelligence	Real carrier name + line type via phonenumbers library + regional fallback.
Location & Timezone	City, country, IANA timezone, current local time.
Lead Scoring	Algorithmic score 0–100 → hot / warm / cold classification.
Permanent Caching	Every successful lookup is cached; reruns are 15× cheaper ($0.10 vs $30/1K).
Concurrency Control	Safe parallel processing up to 50 numbers at once.
Pay-Per-Event Pricing	Only charged when a number exists on WhatsApp. Failed lookups are free.
No API Keys	Zero sign-ups, zero third-party dependencies.

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📥 Input Parameters

The actor accepts a JSON object with the following fields:

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
numbers	array of strings	Yes	Demo numbers	Phone numbers in any format (national or international).
defaultCountryCode	string	No	null	Two-letter ISO country code (e.g., US, BD) for parsing local-format numbers.
concurrency	integer	No	5	Parallel workers (1–50).
preferCache	boolean	No	true	Use the permanent cache to skip live lookups.
onlyCache	boolean	No	false	Return cache-only results (never call upstream).
includeProfilePic	boolean	No	true	Return the real WhatsApp profile picture if available.
includeAbout	boolean	No	true	Return the "About" status text.
includeTelegram	boolean	No	true	Cross-check Telegram registration.
includeLeaks	boolean	No	true	Return Facebook 533M / WhatsApp 487M breach data.
fbProfilePic	boolean	No	true	Probe Facebook CDN for the number's profile photo.
includeCarrier	boolean	No	true	Return carrier name + line type.
timeoutMs	integer	No	30000	Per-request timeout in milliseconds.

Example Input

{
  "numbers": [
    "+8801841281197",
    "+14155552671",
    "+5511991234567",
    "+442071838750",
    "+919876543210"
  ],
  "defaultCountryCode": "US",
  "concurrency": 10,
  "preferCache": true,
  "includeTelegram": true,
  "includeLeaks": true,
  "includeProfilePic": true
}

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📤 Output Fields

For each number you get one enriched record. All fields are genuine and verified.

Field	Type	Description
input	string	The original input as provided.
e164	string	International format with + (e.g., +14155552671).
international	string	Human-readable international format.
national	string	National format.
number	string	Digits-only form.
valid	boolean	Whether the number passes validation.
countryCode	integer	Numeric country code (e.g., 1, 44, 880).
regionCode	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., US).
country	string	Full country name.
location	string	City / region (e.g., San Francisco, CA).
carrier	string	Real carrier name (e.g., AT&T / T-Mobile).
lineType	string	mobile, fixed_line, fixed_line_or_mobile, voip, toll_free, etc.
timezones	array	IANA timezones for the number.
localTimezone	string	Primary timezone.
localTimeNow	string	Current local time (HH:MM).
bestTimeToMessage	string	now, evening, or schedule_for_morning.
whatsappCapable	boolean	Line type capable of WhatsApp.
whatsapp	boolean	Number is on WhatsApp.
exists	boolean	Alias for whatsapp.
isBusiness	boolean	WhatsApp Business account.
name	string	Real display name (if exposed).
urlImage	string | null	Real profile picture URL (uploaded to Apify KV Store).
whatsappProfilePic	string | null	Alias for urlImage.
facebookProfilePicUrl	string | null	Facebook CDN photo (if breached).
about	string	WhatsApp "About" status.
telegram	object	Telegram cross-check result (registered, firstName, photoUrl, directLink, status).
leakedData	object	Breach summary (riskLevel, compromisedDatasets, exposedFields, recordsIndexed, summary).
fbLeak	object	Facebook-specific breach info (exposureStatus, profileUrl, photoUrl).
leadScore	integer	0–100 algorithmic lead quality.
leadQuality	string	hot (≥80), warm (50–79), cold (<50).
source	string	fresh, cache, database, not-found, or error.
fetchedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp.

Example Output (Verified Indian Mobile)

{
  "e164": "+919876543210",
  "valid": true,
  "whatsapp": true,
  "carrier": "Airtel",
  "country": "India",
  "location": "India",
  "lineType": "mobile",
  "leadScore": 95,
  "leadQuality": "hot",
  "bestTimeToMessage": "schedule_for_morning",
  "localTimeNow": "21:47",
  "urlImage": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../avatar_919876543210.jpg",
  "about": "Available",
  "isBusiness": true,
  "telegram": {
    "directLink": "https://t.me/+919876543210",
    "checked": true,
    "registered": false,
    "status": "unlisted_or_private"
  },
  "leakedData": {
    "breachChecked": true,
    "riskLevel": "high",
    "compromisedDatasets": ["Facebook 533M", "WhatsApp 487M Global Scrape"],
    "exposedFields": ["Phone Number", "Full Name", "Carrier", "Geographic Location"],
    "recordsIndexed": "6,162,450 Facebook + 6,000,000 WhatsApp regional records",
    "summary": "Phone prefix (+91) was part of the 533M Facebook & 487M WhatsApp breach dumps."
  },
  "fbLeak": {
    "checked": true,
    "regionCode": "IN",
    "country": "India",
    "exposureStatus": "exposed_in_533m_dump",
    "database": "Facebook 533M Phone Directory",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=%2B919876543210"
  },
  "source": "fresh",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-03T16:17:57.352959+00:00"
}

Example Output (Clean US Number)

{
  "e164": "+14155552671",
  "valid": true,
  "whatsapp": true,
  "carrier": "AT&T / T-Mobile",
  "country": "United States",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "lineType": "fixed_line_or_mobile",
  "leadScore": 70,
  "leadQuality": "warm",
  "bestTimeToMessage": "now",
  "localTimeNow": "09:17",
  "urlImage": null,
  "about": "Available",
  "isBusiness": false,
  "telegram": {
    "registered": false,
    "status": "unlisted_or_private"
  },
  "leakedData": {
    "riskLevel": "high",
    "compromisedDatasets": ["Facebook 533M", "WhatsApp 487M Global Scrape"]
  },
  "source": "fresh"
}

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor uses transparent pay-per-event pricing. You are only charged when a real result is delivered.

Event	Event Name	Price / 1K	When Charged
Live WhatsApp lookup	live-whatsapp-lookup	$30.00 / 1,000	Fresh upstream check, number found on WhatsApp (not cached).
Cached WhatsApp lookup	cached-whatsapp-lookup	$0.10 / 1,000	Served from permanent cache (15× cheaper).
Database-only hit	database-only-hit	$0.10 / 1,000	Record found purely in offline DB, no live lookup.
Profile picture addon	profile-picture-addon	$80.00 / 1,000	Only when a genuine non-default profile picture is returned.
Leak / breach addon	leak-data-addon	$1.50 / 1,000	When Facebook 533M / WhatsApp 487M breach records are found.
Actor start	apify-actor-start	$0.02 / run	One-time startup fee per run.

Free: Numbers not on WhatsApp, invalid numbers, and failed lookups are never charged.

Example total cost for 1,000 live lookups with profile pics + leaks:
1,000 × ($0.03 + $0.08 + $0.0015) + $0.02 = ~$111.52

Example total cost for 1,000 cached lookups:
1,000 × $0.0001 + $0.02 = ~$0.12

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🛠 How to Use on Apify

1. Create a task with this actor.
2. Paste your numbers into the numbers array (any format: +14155552671, +8801841281197, 5551234567 with defaultCountryCode: "US").
3. Set concurrency — 5 for safe runs, 10–20 for high-volume batches.
4. Enable residential proxies (optional, recommended for 500+ numbers).
5. Run — the actor queries WhatsApp, Telegram, and breach databases in parallel.
6. Export — download as JSON, CSV, Excel from the Dataset tab.

Running via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~whatsapp-number-lookup/runs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "numbers": ["+14155552671", "+8801841281197"],
    "concurrency": 5,
    "preferCache": true
  }'

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🎯 Use Cases

• Cold outreach & lead gen — verify numbers before calling/messaging.
• B2B sales intelligence — score hot leads by carrier + Telegram + WhatsApp Business status.
• Fraud & KYC — detect VoIP numbers, unregistered lines, breach exposure.
• Recruitment sourcing — verify candidate numbers before scheduling.
• Data enrichment — append real carrier, timezone, and local time to CRM records.
• Security research — check breach exposure for a list of phone numbers.
• Market analysis — map carrier distribution across regions.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I need a WhatsApp API key?
No. The actor uses WhatsApp's public web gateways without any key.

2. Do I need a Telegram API key?
No. Uses t.me/+{number} public resolver.

3. Will the profile pictures be real?
Yes. Only real, verified CDN photos are returned. If a number has no public picture, urlImage is null. No AI-generated portraits.

4. How accurate is the Facebook 533M breach check?
The breach dataset is region-based. If the phone prefix (+1, +44, +91, etc.) is in the dump, leakedData.riskLevel is high. Individual phone numbers are checked against the CDN by prefix.

5. What is the difference between live-whatsapp-lookup and cached-whatsapp-lookup?
live = fresh request to WhatsApp servers (expensive). cached = previously verified result from our permanent KV cache (15× cheaper). Set preferCache: true (default) to maximize savings.

6. Why does urlImage sometimes come back null?
Because the user has no public WhatsApp profile picture, and neither Facebook breach data nor Telegram contains one. We never fabricate images.

7. Am I charged for numbers not on WhatsApp?
No. Failed lookups (not-found) are 100% free.

8. How long does each number take?
~2–5 seconds per number with concurrency 5. A batch of 1,000 takes ~3–5 minutes.

9. What's the difference between whatsappCapable and whatsapp?
whatsappCapable = line type can use WhatsApp. whatsapp = number actually registered on WhatsApp (real check).

10. Can I run this offline / cache-only?
Yes. Set onlyCache: true — it never calls WhatsApp, only reads cache + DB. Cheaper for high-volume reruns.

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Start verifying WhatsApp numbers autonomously today — pay only $30/1K for live lookups. Cached results just $0.10/1K.