reverse phone search

If you have a mobile phone, you've almost certainly received calls from unrecognizable numbers and wondered exactly who was calling you. In a lot of cases it's a one-off thing: someone mis-dialed. But if you get multiple calls from a cell phone with no name attached to it, you may need the help of a reverse phone search company. Sure, you can reverse phone search type a number into an search engine, and if you're lucky there will be a forum with people who have heard from that number and know that they're telemarketers or collection agencies.

But what if a simple search yields no clues and you continue to receive these calls?

To figure out once and for all who keeps calling your number, you have to do a reverse phone search. If you have a name, but no number, then White Pages or Yellow Pages can help, but if all you have is a number, a phone book is useless. Not only do they not list by number, but they don't list cell phone numbers at all. You need to conduct a reverse phone look-up.

Any reverse phone search company worth its salt will generate a detailed report based on a cell phone number, including the name of the person the phone belongs to, their carrier, and billing address, putting an end to the mystery of harassing or otherwise unwanted phone calls. It used to be that only law enforcement officers and private investigators could get their hands on a reverse phone lookup data. Now you can do this for yourself.

There are actually quite a few reverse phone search companies out there, so how do you know where to begin?

Choose a phone search service that does not charge you unless they find the name and other pertinent information of the person attached to a mystery phone number. It's easy to put together a database of mobile phone numbers, but no matter how big that database is, it's useless if it is out of date or inaccurate. Go with a reverse phone look-up service that's willing to put their money where their mouth is.

And if you choose wisely, you can find a reverse cell phone search company that doesn't charge you an arm and a leg by letting you think they're the only service around. Ideally, you should find a company that gives you the option of a single one-time search or multiple search subscriptions for a flat fee. If you are in the public eye at all, even in a small town, you could gain a lot of peace of mind subscribing to a reverse phone search service and being able to find out quickly and easily who is behind unknown numbers that call you.

When you choose a reverse phone search company, choose one with a large database. The U.S. alone has 250 million active cell phones, so even a database with 100 million numbers has a less than 50% chance of tracking down the number you want. Ideally, you should choose a company with a database of at least 200 million numbers.

You should choose a company that keeps their database updated. Outdated information is useless. And you should choose a company that double checks their results to make sure they are accurate. If you are able to try out a reverse phone look-up service, type in your own number and see how accurate the information is. If you get sketchy or incomplete answers, it might be better to look elsewhere.

And you might as well forget about those "FREE" phone search services you see all over the internet. You might find a name attached to a land line, but when it comes to cell phones, the free searches are a waste of time. If you need the help of a reverse phone search company, insist on one that gives you a full report including names and addresses, and that doesn't charge you if they fail to trace the number. You don't need to hire a private investigator to trace cell phone numbers, you just need the help of a professional reverse phone search company that doesn't fool around and gets the job done accurately and affordably.