You have probably run into a situation where you saw a phone number but didn’t know who the owner of the number was. Today we wanted to show you a way that you can find out exactly who owns any phone number out there.
There’s lots of different times that this can come in handy. Maybe you have a phone number that is showing up on your call display or perhaps you want to know whose phone number keeps appearing on your spouse’s cell phone.
Whatever the reason, there’s a way that you find out someone’s full name, address, location details and background information when all the you have is their phone number. It’s the same trick used by law enforcement and detective agencies - let’s have a look!
How does this work? There are companies that pay big bucks to have access to all the phone records out there. They use this information to build databases that have information on every phone number that exists. They then make these databases available to search through to the public.
How do you run a search? You just have to type in the phone number you want information on at the company’s website. The details on who owns the number is then instantly displayed on your computer screen.
As you probably guessed, there is a fee for using this service, but thankfully it isn’t expensive. You can even find companies that only charge a one-time only fee for unlimited searches in their database. This is the best value since you are only billed once and can then run a search whenever you want.
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.
What you are hoping for is that this phone number has been published online at some point. If it has ever made its way onto a webpage, Google will bring it up for you. If this is the case, there’s a good chance the webpage will display the information you are looking for.
Since this will sometimes work, it’s worth giving a shot to see if you can save a couple of bucks this way. If you don’t find what you need you can always use a paid search afterwards.
Whenever you need to find out information about who owns a particular phone number, a reverse phone search is the “ace up your sleeve”. It’s an easy way to play detective right from your own computer!
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