Is it really possible to run a
free reverse cell phone lookup on the internet? Many of us
have become disillusioned and frustrated in the past with
websites which appear to offer free products or services
online but in fact do not. Is this the case with cell phone
lookups?Firstly let
us examine exactly what we mean by a phone number lookup. If
you have in your possession a residential phone number but
no idea who the number belongs to or what address it relates
to you can use a "reverse lookup" service to find out those
details. This can obviously be very useful in situations
where you have lost contact with someone but still have a
record of their phone number, or simply wish to verify who
owns the number before mistakenly phoning the wrong number.
There are many places you can perform such residential and
business phone lookups online for free, including toll-free
numbers.
However a problem arises
when you need to run a reverse lookup on a cellular phone as
the free directories do not contain any such numbers.
Similarly they do not contain fax numbers as this
information is only held by the carriers and
telecommunications companies. Do these records exist, and
are they free?
The good news is there are
websites which claim to offer large numbers of cell phone
numbers, but they are not free. These websites naturally
have to pay for access to some of this information, and go
to the considerable trouble of pulling all the various
resources together in one place, and as a result you will be
charged a small fee before you can access the lookup
databases. However the fee is a one-off payment and with
some websites you can run as many searches as you like once
you have access, with others they offer a single lookup for
a lower fee. The records they claim to offer include cell
owner details, address history, carrier details, and the
phone connection status. It is also worth noting that the
databases offered by each company differ to some degree, but
most include cell phones and often residential, business,
toll-free, even pagers, and these websites say your searches
are guaranteed legal and confidential.
In addition to reverse
lookups there are also similar websites which offer access
to information such as background checks and background
reports, people finder databases, bankruptcies, liens,
public records databases including births, deaths,
marriages, divorces and adoptions, sex offender records,
police records, and much more. These sites operate in the
same way, offering access to specific types of information
for a set fee, however it should be noted that you will not
receive access to such information as part of your cell
phone lookup site membership.
I have seen websites
claiming to offer free cell lookups, but they always lead
eventually to the paid sites in the end, even allowing
people to search for free and then charging to view the
results. It is the sad truth that the only place where you
are likely to find detailed reverse cell records is within
the legitimate paid directories. In conclusion, the answer
is no, free cell phone lookups do not currently exist.
However if you really want to access such records then I
believe paying a small fee is a price worth paying.
