subject: Reverse Cell Phone Lookup And Other Services Offered By The Websites [print this page] For convenience and safety, people like to know who is calling them and may need reverse cell phone lookup, to know. This service is available on many websites. It is unlikely any will give you any real information for free. A lot will start out as if they are offering free information, but once you put in the number, the company only tells you rather or not the number is in their database. Then, they tell you their different price packages for getting the rest of the information. These prices usually are very reasonable and help cover the cost to run the website. If you are confident you will not need this service a lot, many sites will let you pay a small fee just for looking up one number. If you pay a monthly or yearly fee, you can look up as many numbers as you want. Some even have the option for a onetime fee for unlimited look ups.
There are many free sites that offer reverse phone lookup, which are basically online telephone books with the option to look up somebody with just their number. These sites do not include cell numbers. With more and more people doing away with their land lines, sites that list other numbers may quickly become just as much, if not more needed than a regular telephone book.
A lot of these cell phone lookup sites offer more services than just being able to know the identification of the person calling you or finding contact information. Once you have a number, you can use these sites to find out the caller's address, both past and present. Furthermore, you can find out if the person is listed as a sex offender, or has been convicted of any crimes. Not all mobile phone lookup sites offer the same services, but some can become your own private investigators, offering you background checks. You could find out if your potential new boyfriend or girlfriend is actually married. If you want to find an old boyfriend/girlfriend, people finders is another possible service.
Reverse cell telephone lookup can be used by people searching classified ads. When you see an ad, all you usually know about the seller or person in a personal ad is his or her number. After recent news stories of people placing ads to lure victims to their homes, it would be reassuring to investigate the person before going to the house. As a bonus, you can learn the address and can decide if it is too far to drive before you waste time trying to call the person who placed the advertisement. Another use is for people who are too shy to talk to people. Using this service gives a person the option of mailing a letter, when he or she does not feel able to talk about certain subjects over the telephone.