Be careful looking up numbers online as well. There are lots of fake numbers and sites out there. Use previous known good communication as your guide for contacting the specific entity you are trying to contact. If at all possible. Also, smammers seem to have databases of scraped and leaked data so will often pull up your data based on your caller ID or other info you may disclose to them. Be careful out there.
Hellscape barely covers it. But to balance that all put, lots of money has been made by those at the top. I think I need a drink now. That’s enough internet for today