Saturday, September 27, 2008

Can You Do a Reverse Cell Phone Lookup?

By Andy OConnor


How many times have you missed a call on your phone, but when you retrieve the details, it's a cell phone number that you have no idea who it belongs to?

You are curious however about who was calling you and would really like to know who it is. The only way you can think of finding out who called, is by calling the number yourself - something you'd rather not do in case it's someone you don't want to speak to. There is another option though - a reverse cell phone lookup.

A reverse cell phone lookup is very easy to undertake, & will only take a few minutes. All you need to do is visit a reverse cell phone directory, and enter the full cell phone number that you're searching for. The directory then does the rest, searching through it's database until it finds the number you need. Once it's found the number it will tell you the name, address, possible neighbours, criminal records & more.

The hardest part of doing a reverse cell phone lookup, is working out which service to use. From personal experience though, I wouldn't go with one of the companies that claims to offer a free reverse cell phone lookup.

Unlike with landline numbers, an accurate, free reverse cell number search can't actually be done. The sites advertising as free are either fakes that let you search for free, but then make you pay to see the information, or sites that "decode" cell numbers to help work out the location and carrier (not the accurate information you want).

Information for landline phone numbers is in the public domain so is much easier for almost anyone to access & start a free reverse phone lookup site. Cell phone numbers aren't though, so all this information needs to be collected manually.

It costs these reverse cell phone lookup companies a considerable amount of money and time to organize all the information into a searchable database. This is why the reverse cell phone directories that provide accurate results will charge a small fee to cover their costs of providing the service.

Not all reverse cell phone lookup services are the same though. Some have access to bigger & better databases than others, while some will still charge you for a search even if they don't have the number you're looking for!

Thankfully there are only a very small handful of those 'dodgy' directories. Most reverse cell phone lookup services offer an excellent service for a very low fee. You just need to make sure you do your research first, to make sure you sign up with a quality service.

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