Monday, October 27, 2008

Find Out Who Owns Any Phone Number With A Reverse Phone Lookup

By Doug Timlin

By using a reverse cell phone search you can find out someone's full name, address and background information by having only their phone number. This can come handy in many different situations - let's have a look to see how it is done.

You usually have to pay for this type of service, but there is a free way to find out the same information. Let's cut right to the chase and find out how this is done.

Grab the phone number that you are "investigating" and fire up your computer. Go to Google and type in the phone number in this format: "555-555-5555" (include the quotation marks). Press the search button and wait for your results to come up.

People will place their phone number online for many different reasons - they could be filling out a classified ad or 'profile' page. If this particular phone number has ever been published online, Google will find it for you.

If you see an exact match in your results have a look at the webpage and see what you can find out. Is the person's name listed? How about their address? You are hoping to get as much information as you can about the owner of the number.

This trick will often work - give it a stab and see if you can find what you are looking for. If not, you can still get full details on the person by spending a few bucks on a paid service.

Since most phone numbers these days aren't published in any phone book (unlisted and cell numbers), these phone records aren't available in any "public domain". Instead, companies have to pay money to have access to these records and then build databases that detective agencies, law enforcement and now the general public can search through.

Fortunately it isn't expensive. You just type in the phone number (it's all done online) and the information will be immediately displayed on your screen. Not only do you see the owner's name and address, but you will also typically get other background information about the person.

If you want to try a free sample search use the link at the bottom of this article. This will give you an idea of how this service works. It's interesting to see how much you can find out about a person with just their phone number.

One tip to save yourself a few dollars is to use a company that charges a flat fee for unlimited searches. You will only be billed once and can then run a search whenever you want (both now and in the future). This makes it a lot less expensive than paying for each individual reverse cell phone search.

There's a lot of reasons why you might need to use this type of service. Perhaps you are getting prank calls from a certain number and want to find out who is calling, or you want to know why a particular phone number keeps showing up on your spouse's cell phone. Whatever the reason, it's nice to know you can use a reverse cell phone search whenever you might need it. All the best! - 15359

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