Telephone Reverse Number Lookup

John Wood asked:


A reverse cell phone lookup is an great technology and a wonderful help if you want to use it for private or even professional purposes.

Modern technology has given us many reasons to rejoice about and doing a reverse lookup is one of them. Though the free service is available easily over the internet and provided access to phone records that are publically known, it’s the paid reverse cell phone look up service that is making waves.

Tracking down an somebody with the help of a telephone number was next to impossible until some years ago. Then came the era of Private investigators or PIs. These professionals could spy, track someone, even locate people in whichever part of the world they may be located in. But they also charged you huge fees and probably caused hassles as well, if caught.

However, why go to the trouble of finding a reputable private investigator by looking up yellow pages, searching online, or checking with friends etc, when you can simply do a reverse cell phone lookup by using the internet and doing it at your own time and in complete privacy! With the help of a standard phone listing, just about anyone can be skilled enough to not only trace the person but also find out where he/she lives.

Such is the worth of the reverse look up service that it can help you do a range of things that you could not do earlier. The benefits of using this service far outweigh the small price you have to pay to gain access to these huge databases. Today, doing a reverse cell phone search is one of the best ways to, quickly and effectively, find many different types of information. For example:

1. Find out who is giving you prank calls and stop them forever

2. Trace exactly where a person is located

3. Find out the name of the registered owner of an unlisted number

4. Find out whom your spouse is cheating you with

5. Find out whom your children are talking to or who is calling them

6. Find out who gave you that missed called

7. Get back in touch with your old school or college friend

Plus, there are many more reasons why a reverse cell phone lookup is beneficial for you. Remember, the actual benefits of a reverse cell phone lookup far outweigh the limitations, making it a magnificent source of tracking down a telephone owner or getting individual information.

Dennis R. Ward asked:


How many times have you gotten a prank phone call and would love to know who the phone number belongs to. There’s nothing worse than getting woken up the middle of the night only to find out that somebody is trying to have a little fun. Luckily for us, technology has blessed us with a new tool called reverse cell phone lookup. Not only can you find out who just prank called you, but you can also get the name of the person your spouse has been talking to on their phone.

It used to be very easy to get people’s information from a phone number. Lately however, due to all the privacy laws, operators are not as quick to give out people’s personal information as they once were. If you wanted to get information from a cell phone, you would’ve had to hire a private Investigator.

Cell phone databases were never kept in one large database like landlines were. Someone has taken the time to go to all the different cellular providers and collect all of the information. Prior to collecting all of the cellular databases, being able to trace a cell phone number was next to impossible.

Now all you have to do to get the information that you want is go to a reverse cell phone lookup site and type in the number in question. Within 10 seconds, information that will be provided to you will include name, address, cellular provider, and phone status. This is an easy way to get information that can be very useful to you in certain situations.

By using this service you can now tell who your spouse has been talking to on their phone. This is a great way to find out if they are lying to you or not. When you ask them who they have been talking to you already know the answer.

You can also use the service to check up on who your teenagers are talking to. We all know that teenagers don’t like to tell their parents much of anything. It’s a very easy way to make sure they are not talking to someone they should not be.

Finally, let me warn you about sites that claim to be free. No matter what is advertised, before you are given the information that you want you always be asked to pay. Advertising as a free site that does reverse cell phone lookups is only a way to get you on their page.

Ed Opperman asked:


Every successful private investigator has a tool box. On TV you’ll see a PI using a gun, lock picking tools and disguises. In real life it’s a bit less glamorous but also a whole lot more legal.

In real life an investigator will handle a telephone handset a million times more than he will ever handle a firearm. So in this series of articles we will examine the tools every PI must have in order to conduct successful telephone investigations. Reverse phone number databases, telephone trap lines and blind lines or caller ID spoof cards are all tools every investigator should have.

Reverse Phone Number Databases:

Before you can use the phone you need a phone number. Or you may already have a number but need to know the customer name and address of that number. This is where the telephone number data base comes into effect.

Every investigator should have access to databases that will return a customer name and address (CNA) from a non published or unlisted phone number. These database services will also have information on telephone numbers. They may be able to provide you with an unlisted phone number from a just a name or just an address. They also may be able to supply you with a cellular or wireless number from just a name or address.

Today on the Internet there are literally thousands of companies that offer this service. Some of these companies will only provide the information to lawyers, licensed private investigators , collection agencies or other licensed businesses with a legitimate need for this information. Other companies do not, all they require is a valid credit card. You submit your order and the information is returned via email a few minutes later.

Not all of these services are the same and not all have access to the same information. Some will have up to date information and some will have old outdated data. So do your research and homework first and try to establish a long term working relationship with your information broker.

There are also other ways to obtain reverse phone number information. You can call the number and using a pretext, perhaps in conjunction with a caller ID spoof card, and trick the person that answers into revealing their information. Likewise you might email the target or snail mail the physical address with a pretext and include a trap line number. When the subject calls the trap number their information will be revealed through automatic number identification even if they have caller ID blocked.

Obviously you can use your imagination and apply a reverse phone number search to many routine investigations such as skip tracing, current employment locates and infidelity investigations.

Our next article in this series will examine caller ID spoof cards and their use in routine investigations.

Before hiring a private investigation service be sure to perform your due diligence. Make sure the PI is considered an expert in telephone investigations. Check to see if they offer a variety of telephone investigative services such as reverse phone searches, trap lines, caller Id and even cell phone forensics.

You want to put your investigation into the hands of an expert in every area of telephone investigations.

Be careful of instant online searches that promise the world for a one time low fee. This is impossible. If it seems too good to be true it’s never going to be real. Its going to be a scam.