Friday, June 20, 2008

Reverse Phone Number Lookups

By Pauline Stradlen

Almost everybody has a cellphone these days, and a reverse phone number look up is a very useful service. An example where you will need the service would be, you have written down a person's number but cannot remember their name. If the phone number you have written down is a landline number it is simple to use a reverse lookup service to get all the information you need about the owner. It can be slightly more difficult to carry out this sort of service on a cellphone number. This is because the free directories don't have access to mobile phone numbers as they are held by the individual carrier company.

It is possible to get information on cellphone numbers, although unfortunately not for free. There are several good-quality sites that hold databases on both cellphone and landline numbers the phone companies that own cellphone number records sell this information to third-party companies who can access the information for you, obviously at a cost.

These databases hold much more than just names and addresses of the numbers owners, you can also access civil and criminal records, and carry out various background checks. Normally for a one off fee you can search as many numbers as you like, and can even find information on unlisted numbers.

You should be able to access information from a good quality service, that would be equal to anything a private investigator would get you. You can use this information for a variety of different reasons, background checks on new employees, your daughter's new boyfriend, a new babysitter, and anything else you can think of.

I would warn you against sites that offer free reverse phone number look ups, as in my opinion they are often covers for paid companies. I have not yet found a free service that can access both mobile phone and residential information. These sites will normally let you run a search for free but will then charge you for the results, this can be extremely frustrating.

After you have run a search, you will probably be redirected to another site where you will be expected to pay for a service. The good quality sites that will charge you for a reverse phone number look up, do so for a good reason. These sites pay for access to the cellphone companies large databases, and they need to recover these costs. Don't forget that these sites should offer a moneyback guarantee, if they don't then look for another.

There are lots of different reasons why you would run a reverse phone number look up, checking on a cheating partner, or getting information on your teenager his new friends. These services provide a very useful tool that will become important in the future.

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