free reverse phone number lookup
A
reverse telephone directory
(also known as a
greypages
directory, criss cross directory or
reverse phone lookup
) is a collection of telephone numbers and associated customer details. However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user uses customer's details (such as name and address) in order to retrieve the telephone number of that person or business, a reverse telephone directory allows users to search by a telephone service number in order to retrieve the customer details for that service.
Reverse telephone directories are used by law enforcement and other emergency services in order to determine the origin of any request for assistance, however these systems include both publicly accessible (listed) and private (unlisted) services. As such, these directories are restricted to internal use only.
Publicly accessible reverse telephone directories may be provided as part of the standard directory services from the telecommunications carrier in some countries. In other countries these directories are often created by phone phreakers by collecting the information available via the publicly accessible directories and then providing a search function which allows users to search by the telephone service details.
If you are interested in reverse searching any type of phone numbers, there are legitimate paid websites out there that provide this service.Surprisingly, this service comes quite cheaply. You can either pay for a one-time search for a single number, or pay for a yearly membership to access the database information for unlimited number of searches.
Num2Name's reverse phone number lookups provide you with the city/state the number is in, the phone company and the number type.
There are many websites out there that claim to offer free cell reverse lookup for mobile cell phone numbers. But are they really free, and how credible is the information that they give you? Let us examine this in this article.
Go to a popular search engine and input the unrecognized cell phone number and try your luck there. However, the downside to this is that there are no guarantees for the accuracy of the information, as there are no updates or verifications in cases where the information is changed.
Once in a while we have an unrecognized phone number that we would like to learn more about. But a quick search on the online white pages website shows that the unrecognized number belongs to a mobile phone. This is where it becomes a bit complicated, because cell phone numbers and their related information are private domain directory information.
otterpop77
asks:
"Are there any internet reverse phone number directories that are free, unlike most that say free, but then want to charge you $5 or more?I also tried to google the number directly, but it did not identify the person/business."
deejayspop replies:
'Try Google, just enter the info and click search'
Sax A replies:
'http://www.anywho.com/There is a tab button at the top that says REVERSE LOOKUP. Click it.I use that all the time. Many times if you're trying to find out who those damn companies who solicit all day long the number wont reveal who they are. But it's worked like a charm when looking up people.'
James K replies:
'There's a free tool at which searches all the free resources such as Google and Whitepages to bring back free information including the owner name and location.If it can't find all the information for free, it shows you the best place to get it from.Hope this helps?'
butterfly_jesusfreak_777
asks:
"I need to find a reverse lookup by phone number, so I can look up a number that appeared on my caller ID with no name. I think it might be my grandmother, but i don't know and can't find out without paying 40 or 50 bucks. My mom said there is one, but she can't remember the name of the website. Any info would be appreciated!"
rk replies:
'http://www.whitepages.com/10001/reverse_phone'
Michael P replies:
'there's one at anywho.com'
TOUCH replies:
'yes i do ....'
2irishgirls replies:
'www.freeality.com this site has a lot of different free lookup sites on it, all on one page.'
KewlRobD replies:
'http://www.anywho.com'
Nina replies:
'411. ca'
Neil replies:
'Sorry have no idea...but i am looking for the same but..'
Early Death replies:
'http://www.phonenumber.com/10005/reversephone'
gurug replies:
'Hi,Why not call your grandmother and ask her?If it is a land line you could try whitepages.com, anywho.com, 411.com. If it cellphone number you are looking for there are no free directories for those.The only way to do a reverse search for "free" is to use Google.com and type in the cell number like this:"xxx-xxx-xxxx""(xxx) xxx xxxx"and so on. Try Yahoo and MSN as well, as their indexes fluctuate and differ slightly.If you want to pay for results, it IS a bit of a risk, so go with a company that offers a refund policy. For example Cell Phone Reverse Lookup - has a 56 day guarantee - no results, then get a refund.But try Google first. And if you're a real "do it yourselfer", then check out the more detailed tutorial on conducting a free reverse lookup using search engines at Free Reverse Cell Phone Lookup - ZimbioBest of luck'
jeff n
asks:
"I'm getting calls to my O2 mobile from the number 07039424559 in the middle of the night, i've been told that 07040 and 07039 numbers are a scam and that if you call them back, they forward the call to a payline that charges stupid amounts of money. Unfortunately unless they are threatening calls the police won't do anything, neither will O2 and I don't want to have to change my number."
donna b replies:
'If you phone the operator and give them the number, ask them if it is a high rate to call they will tell you how much it will cost you to Ring the number back.Or you may be able to block the number from calling you, that all depends on which mobile you have.'
indian307 replies:
'try these'
salad_85 replies:
'you might just have to change ur number..... isnt there this thing on some models of phone where u can block the user? Whatever u do dont answer it! Or u could go to BT and since they wont do it unless its threatening....which I think is morally wrong- why do they let these criminals get their way as long as they are polite about it? pathetic!! beat BT at their own lazy game and tell them the calls were threatening and you would like the number barred. They cant disprove what u say and I dont think there is any chance that they would listen to the calls themseves, they will just take u at ur word as they have better things to do with their time!I meant O2 by the way......'
areyurflowersinbloom replies:
'are you on pay as you go?if so when you have no credit what so ever on your phone answer the calland be fast so they can't hang upthis way your saving your credit and catching them at their own gamebut it they say press #9 DON'T it means they are trying to accsess you phone acount and could take your cradit before you have charged the phone upjust remember DON'T dial #9 in any phone call incomming or not'
toxic tone replies:
'"07039" and "07040" prefixes do not exist. Simply wipe the messages clean. If you were to dial the # (as given) your 'call will probably be answered in either Central, or, the north eastern part of, South America, and you will end up with a 'disproportionate-to-your-normal-monthly-mobile- telephone-account' liability. In other words a massive 'phone bill. What is going on, is nothing other than fraud, with a potential, or, actual 'fraud victim.' Yourself.'
cheek_of_it_all replies:
'Reverse look up for phone numbers is illegal for individuals, however, if your a business then the law is different.If your getting "Anti-social" calls in the middle of the night then you need to first of all speak to the network provider and put in a complaint to their complaints department.What the scam is.... They ring you with a "Dropped Call" eg, 1 to 3 rings, you see a missed call from a number and you call it back and get hit by some stupid charge that bleeds your mobile phone top up or contacted minutes.If I were you I would put this number in your "Ignore" list of if possible to send them straight to your voice mail which means that they will instantly get charged for the call!!!! As they will now be losing money, they will or should quickly remove you from their data base and auto dialer.ALSO... rebranded from ICSTIS and these people can help you.'
ecksr8d
asks:
"I know there are hundreds out there,some free and some not. Ive tried several but need to know if anyone has found one that really worked? I'm tired of getting "Sorry,No numbers found""
Mrsashko replies:
'yellowpages.com but remmember it will only show the numbers that are publicly available'
Mr. E replies:
'Anywho.com'
S. Blue replies:
'Verizonwireles.com'
anthony1017 replies:
'www.infospace.com - has other features, including White & Yellow pages, as well as, reverse number look-up. Just click on "Phone Number" on the menu items on the left side of the webpage.'
m137pay replies:
'www.switchboard.com'
Sara replies:
'Whitepages.com or Yellowpages.com'
cal-p replies:
'verizon.com'
angei0809 replies:
'anywho.com works great as long as the number is listed in the phone book. I use it all the time.'
youyou replies:
'SWITCH OFF YOUR PHONE AND THROUGH IT BEFORE THE PHONE THE LIFE WAS SO EASY BUT WE ARE AS PRISONER'S (PHONE PRISONER'S)'
lynda c
asks:
"As little as 3 months ago I went onto a site and looked up numbers and got a name and address. Now I can't find it."
jenius replies:
'I don't remember the actual name of the site I googled it. I can tell you it isn't free there is a fee.'
12345 replies:
'http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/'
Needtoknow replies:
'If it's a landline #, did you try just typing the phone number into google ?'
luckysteph18 replies:
'www.whitepages.com then click on the reverse number tab'
Nate J replies:
'anywho.com'
James K replies:
'There's a free tool at which searches all the free resources online such as Whitepages and Google to bring back such information as the location and owner name.If it can't find the information for free, it shows you the best place to find it.Hope this helps?'
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