Working with Email2phonenumber Tool on Kali Linux OS

Example 1: Scrape websites for phone number digits

python3 email2phonenumber.py scrape -e victimusa@martinvigo.com

In this example, we are scraping websites for returning the phone number of victim specified in the -e tag.

We have got the hints regarding the phone number of victim.

Example 2: Generate a dictionary of valid phone numbers based on a phone number mask

python3 email2phonenumber.py generate -m 415XXX8826

In this example, we are generating a custom list of phone numbers that will be brute-forced to get the actual phone number.

We have got a list of possible phone numbers.

Example 3: Find target’s phone number by resetting passwords on websites that do not alert the target using a phone number mask and proxies to avoid captchas and other abuse protections

python3 email2phonenumber.py bruteforce -e victimusa@martinvigo.com -m 41530×8826 -v

In this example, we will be performing brute-forcing to get the actual phone number of victim.

We have got the result or the actual phone number of victim.

Email2phonenumber tool is an automated penetration tool used in the phase of OSINT information collection. This tool is capable to return the phone number just by giving the email address of the victim. Email2phonenumber tool is developed in the Python3 language and is also available on the GitHub platform for free. It is an open-source tool so you can also contribute to it. This tool has mainly 3 sub-functions:

• scrape – This function scraps the websites for phone numbers by starting a passcode reset using the target’s mail address
• generate– This function is used to generate a list of possible phones numbers of victims.
• bruteforce – This function iterates over a generated list of phone numbers and returns the actual phone number.

Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux