07459 who called me? Lycamobile mobile prefix

Who uses 07459?

07459 is a UK mobile prefix. Ofcom allocates ranges like this to communications providers, and in this case the allocation is to Lycamobile. Lycamobile is a prepaid network popular with people who call abroad, so most calls from this range are from ordinary customers, though cheap SIMs are also used by cold callers.

Mobile number portability lets people keep their number when they change network, so the operator name tells you who originally held the range, not necessarily who serves the number today. Individual numbers are written 07xxx xxxxxx, with eleven digits in total.

If an unknown 07459 number calls or texts

Mobile numbers can be spoofed or rented cheaply, so a mobile number alone is not a sign that a caller is a scammer or a legitimate person. Do not follow links in texts you did not expect, and do not call back a number that rang once and cut off, as it may be a premium-rate trap.

Forward suspicious texts to 7726, which is free, and report fraud to Report Fraud (formerly Action Fraud). To cut down sales calls, register with the Telephone Preference Service. Search the full number on this site to see what others have reported.