If the phone number is unlisted, unpublished, private, or a cellular phone number, a free reverse phone lookup service will do absolutely nothing for you.
By using a reverse phone detective - or reverse phone search - one that is managed on a membership or pay per lookup basis, you are on the right track to obtaining all the information you need. Why? Because these services build their databases from reliable public and private sources that they contract with to keep up to date. Free reverse phone search databases are usually not kept up to date nor have the most current information available.
When you consider that one pay reverse phone detective service pulls their information from over 44 different databanks, you begin to see why free services are not up to date.
Most free services will provide you with a name and physical address for the phone number you have keyed in if the number is listed in the public databanks. A reverse phone detective service that you pay for is able to give you full reports with the minimum following information for any number you request, whether it's a cell phone, land line, or otherwise unknown listing:
* Phone owner's name and current address
* Landline or cellular line type
* Phone company and carrier
* Issuing location
* Other phone numbers that belong to the owner
* Owner's address history
* How many household members at the address
* Names of possible relatives and neighbors
* Satellite maps showing location of phone
If you need this kind of detailed phone number information, then it is well worth your money to subscribe or join some form of reverse phone detective website. Its almost impossible to determine if the unrecognized number that appears on your caller ID is a legit number, a telemarketer or someone spying on your house to see if you are home.
Strange telephone numbers can be traced. This can be done by a reverse phone detective service. Your peace of mind and safety is worth any fee you may have to pay to trace that one annoying number that simply won't leave you alone.
