How to Use Reverse Cell Phone Lookup?


by Adamheist - Date: 2006-12-12 - Word Count: 485 Share This!

One of the biggest problems facing information-gathering technology is that of abuse. Lots of people are concerned about their privacy and posibility that their private information may be leaked to someone who might abuse it. With recent development of reverse cell phone lookup technology, you must be even more careful about protecting your identity as well as your other private information.

As service alone, reverse cell phone lookup by it self is not dangerous and does not present any threat to our privacy. Actually reverse cell phone lookup is much more secure then regular directory services because lots of cell phone numbers are already unlisted.

The difference is that with landlines you have to demand that your number should not be listed. The same thing should also be done in case of signing up for cell phone account but with cell phone account, it is not necessary each time. Check with the service provider and ask if your cell phone number is unlisted by default.

If you unlist your cell phone number, it will be very hard for anyone to use the reverse cell phone lookup to determine your name, address or any other information.

However, you may have the need to use this service yourself. It is very simple and the only thing you will need is the cellular phone number. If that number is listed, you can just use it to discover the name of the owner and possibly sometimes even an address.

In case that the number is unlisted, it will be slightly more difficult, and will demand that you use a pay-for service in order to get more information on the owner of that number. However many times reverse cell phone lookup will not provide you with any more information about the numbers owner if that cell phone number is unlisted.

Usually if you are trying to discover more information, like a landline phone number or maybe an e-mail address of the cell phone owner, you will need to gather as much information about the person in question. Knowing that persons name or the town in which he/she lives will be of great help.

It will significantly help with narrowing down the field of search or can even help discover information you need based on this. Sometimes in situations like these cell phone number can be just an additional proof of information you have on the owner of the cell phone.

Reverse cell phone lookup can have both its good and bad side, no matter if you want to use reverse cell phone lookup yourself or want to protect yourself from becoming an identity theft victim. As service, it is still new and can sometimes be frustrating to use, but on the other hand, it does provide information previously unavailable to regular person. Naturally, as numbers of cell phone user continues to grow, cell phone lookup as service will grow and improve with it.


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