I’m looking for a free online reverse search portal. Where should I go?
You should consider places such as the free internet phone books (yellow pages and 411 directories). Go to your favorite search engine and look for 411 directories if you’re in the U.S or Canada.
How accurate are those free directories?
The common flaw that these services share is the fact that you cannot look up cellular and unlisted phone numbers. We cannot expect much from a free “charity” service like that. So if you’re looking up a mobile telephone number or a de-listed number you will most certainly not find it there. There are better alternatives which are described below.
How come regular land line telephone numbers are so easy to come by?
It’s very easy to get your hands on information related to a land line, because it’s as simple as opening up a telephone book. This goes to show how “protected” this information is.
Why is it so hard to look up a cellular or an unlisted number for free?
It’s because de-listed numbers are automatically removed from the main registrar and thus from all the free 411 switchboards. Cell phones are not found in the 411 directories because it’s hard to assemble them in one place, since they don’t get automatically posted into the phone books, but there are also other reasons for that.
Charges
If someone calls you on a landline and starts pitching you a product you might be mad because the person on the other line is taking up your time, but if that someone calls you on a cell phone and does the same you might end up paying for the phone call on a per minute basis. It would be normal if you wanted to find out who gave away your telephone number to the pesky telemarketers and if you discovered that it was your phone carrier then you might ask them to pick up the bill, which they would not want to do..
Short Bulk Message Service
Unfortunately spam is not only bound to your inbox. In Asian countries for example SMS spam is a growing concern. If your plan requires you to pay for every incoming SMS, spammers might cause you some substantial financial problems.
Where to go to find a record on a cell phone number?
If you search hard you will be able to find 2 or 3 companies that offer high quality reverse cell phone look ups. When you get to their site make sure to perform a sample look up to see if the phone number that interests you can be found in the database.
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