Monday, March 15, 2010

How To Find Out Who Is The Owner Of Any Phone Number

By Sam Thompson

There's many times that come up when you see a phone number but aren't sure who the owner of the number is. We wanted to show you a way that you can find out full details on who owns any telephone number.

As you can imagine there's a number of different scenarios that this can come handy in. You might be getting prank calls from a number that you don't recognize or maybe there is a phone number that is showing up on your spouse's cell phone that you want to look into.

It's pretty impressive how much you can find out about a person with only their phone number. You can uncover their name, address and even full background information just having their "digits".

There are businesses that specialize in building directories that hold information on every phone number out there. They pay to have access to all the phone records and then put together these databases that people can use to "investigate" any phone number.

These companies let you run a search on any phone number right from their website. All you do is punch in the phone number and then the owner's full information is instantly displayed on your screen.

You probably already know that there is a fee for using a service like this, but it isn't expensive. There are even companies that will let you run as many searches as you want for a one-time "membership" fee. This is the best option as you can conduct a search whenever you need to without having to worry about paying again.

There's a link at the bottom of this article where you can try a free sample search to see how this works. This type of search is called a "reverse phone lookup".

We should show you a quick way to try to get this same information for free. Even though the paid service won't cost you very much, you may as well try this one free trick to see if you can get the same information for free!

You can go to Google and type in the phone number that you are "investigating". Use this format: "555-555-5555" (including the quotation marks) and then hit search.

Google will find the phone number if it has ever been published online before. People will publish their phone number online for a variety of reasons - they might be filling out a profile page or posting a classified ad. If the number has made it's way on the internet, you may very well be able to find the information you are looking for.

This trick will sometimes work for you, so you may as well try it before you pay for a reverse phone lookup. If it doesn't work, you can fork out a couple of bucks for instant access to the information you need.

This type of search is a great tool to have whenever you need to "investigate" who owns a particular phone number. It's a quick and easy way for you to feel like a detective right from your own computer. Good luck!

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