Having trouble updating and maintaining your friends’ contact information? Forgot to backup your cell phone contact list?
This can be a real problem for some, especially if you have an iPhone and like most who do, all the information is there. So what should you do if some of the data gets erased? Run a backward phone search.
Lucky for you, there are internet businesses that specialize in cell phone number databases with millions of numbers on file. So if you ever need to find the name and address of a cell phone number, you can and I’ll explain how.
The first thing to do is look up the number in Google’s phone book database. If the number is a landline, you’ll get a hit; however, if the number is listed as “Not Found”, then it is a cell phone whose number will not be listed in Google’s phone book database.
To track the information of the owner of a cell phone number, you will have to use special reverse lookup companies that, as mentioned above, specialize in collecting cell phone numbers, addresses, carrier information, maps, etc.
The reason reverse phone providers don’t publicly share your data with Google is because you enter into a private contract with the carrier that helps keep your information private and your identity secure. But there is a way to access someone’s information via cell phone and it’s not as difficult as you might think.
How to look up a cell phone number
The first and least secure method of looking up a cell phone number is to try any social networking site like Facebook. I know some of my friends had their cell numbers above but they were soon removed due to privacy and bullying issues, but it still doesn’t hurt to try this option first.
The next option you have when it comes to running a backwards phone search is to look for the sites that specialize in it. You won’t find a free reverse cell phone lookup service and any website or company that makes that claim will not give you good results, you will always have to pay for the information because providers pay carriers for their listings.
Is a reverse cell phone lookup easy?
Running a reverse phone lookup is quite easy. All you have to do is enter your ten-digit number in the field and press “enter”. You’ll be able to see the city, state, carrier, and whether the phone is cell or landline for free, but if you need more information, like a name and address, you’ll have to pay for that.
So now you know a few different ways to approach doing a backwards phone lookup for a cell phone. As mentioned above, you will need to pay a small fee to access this service offered by the websites, but you will have access to unlimited database searches with millions of numbers.