Who called from the 425 area code?
Bellevue, WA (The Eastside: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and nearby suburbs). Look up the 425 caller. $1 if we identify them. $0 if we do not.
About the 425 area code
425 is the Eastside of Seattle: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Renton in part, Everett-adjacent communities, and the suburban cities that split from 206 in 1997 when the eastside of Lake Washington needed its own inventory. If 206 is Seattle, 425 is the campus-and-suburb code — Microsoft’s home prefix in the public imagination, plus a dense stack of software, cloud, and biotech offices that grew after the split.
A 425 caller ID can be a recruiter, a corporate campus switchboard, Overlake or EvergreenHealth, a Bellevue Square merchant, a school district on the Eastside, or a dentist in Kirkland. People who interviewed in downtown Bellevue or at a Redmond campus should expect 425 follow-ups. People who have never been east of the lake still get 425 robocalls, because “Bellevue/Redmond” sounds like money and tech.
That reputation is exploited. Fake IT-support and “your Microsoft account” scripts love 425. So do wire-fraud attempts that pretend to be an escrow or title company in a hot housing market. A 425 number is not a badge from a Fortune 50 employer. It is a numbering assignment — or a spoof of one. Official security teams will not ask you to install remote-access software on a cold call.
Keep the split straight. A Seattle city office is more likely 206. An Eastside campus is more likely 425. Everett and northern suburbs have a more mixed history (425 vs 360). 564 now overlays much of western Washington, so brand-new lines may not match the prefix you memorized in the 2000s. Housing-market wire scams especially like 425: they sound like a Bellevue title desk. They often are not.
WHODIS lets you inspect the number without a subscription. $1 Single Solve if we identify it. $10 Pack20 for 20 credits. $0 if unsolved. Paste the 425 number, see the name and line type when we have them, and only then decide whether that “Eastside recruiter” is someone you asked to call. If the pitch is “Microsoft security” or a wire to a title company you did not hire, stop and verify on a channel you already trust — the 425 prefix is not that channel.
Pricing you can see before you pay
Single Solve is $1 when we identify the number. Pack20 is $10 for 20 credits. If we cannot solve it, you pay $0. WHODIS does not sell subscriptions and does not auto-renew.
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FAQ
Is 425 the same as Seattle’s 206?
No. 425 was split from 206 in 1997 for the Eastside — Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and nearby suburbs. Seattle itself remains 206-centric.
Are 425 calls from tech campuses always real?
Campuses do use 425, and scammers spoof 425 to impersonate them. Confirm through an official portal or a number you already have — not only the caller ID.
What does a 425 lookup cost on WHODIS?
$1 Single Solve or $10 Pack20. Unsolved lookups are $0. No subscription.