| When you perform a reverse phone number search, | | | | cheating with, monitoring who your kids call, identifying |
| what you are doing in essence is to query an online | | | | the identity of prank callers and many other reasons |
| database of numbers with a particular number so as | | | | that are under the confines of the law. |
| to retrieve the owner details of that particular number | | | | Reverse number look up directories are divided into |
| that you queried the database with. To perform this | | | | two main categories; the free service providers and |
| search, you would have to visit a place online known | | | | the paid service providers. The free service providers |
| as a reverse phone number directory and the only | | | | as the name implies offer its reverse search services |
| parameter you would need in order to effectively | | | | for free while the paid service providers as its name |
| perform this task is the phone number that you want | | | | also imply offers its services for a certain amount. The |
| to retrieve its owner's details. | | | | free service providers only cater for land lines |
| The owner details that you would retrieve when you | | | | because the owner information of landline owners can |
| perform this task includes but are not limited to the | | | | also be found for free in the public records while the |
| following; name of the owner of the number, residential | | | | paid service providers cater for all kinds of |
| and office address, email address, other | | | | telecommunication lines such as landlines, cell phone |
| telecommunication numbers belonging to the owner, | | | | numbers, fax, pager, unlisted numbers and so on. |
| household members, possible neighbors, gps map | | | | With the exception of landline owner information which |
| location of both office and residential address, civil and | | | | can be found for free on public records, getting owner |
| criminal court records ( if available). Note: How large | | | | information on all other telecommunication lines requires |
| the owner details you can retrieve depend on how | | | | that a certain fee has to be paid to telecommunication |
| good the directory is, the directory that I use gives me | | | | carrier companies. The money paid to access this |
| all of the above owner details and many more. | | | | information from telecommunication carrier companies |
| There are also various reasons why you may want to | | | | is the major reason why the paid reverse look-up |
| look up the details of the owner of a particular number, | | | | operators request that you pay them a token for the |
| some of which may include regaining contact with long | | | | services that they offer you. |
| lost friends or relatives, finding out who your spouse is | | | | |