| Technology has both good and bad. One example of | | | | Can you actually trace a mobile phone call? |
| 'good' for the telecommunications industry is how | | | | Yes you can! Although wireless numbers are unlisted |
| cheap communication has become. I remember having | | | | and not available for public access (as mentioned |
| to spend $5/minute to call my aunt in the UK, and now | | | | earlier, for your own security), they are stored by the |
| it's free. An example for 'bad' is 'unlisted telephone | | | | law enforcement authorities for use in emergency |
| numbers'. In other words, anybody can request your | | | | situations. Certain third party companies can access |
| wireless carrier (actually even fixed or land phone | | | | these numbers for a small fee and we, the general |
| carriers as well) to unlist your number. This means that | | | | public can find out someone's cell phone number |
| your cellular number will not be published on any of the | | | | through such third party companies. |
| free telephone directories. This means that nobody | | | | They use a technology known as the reverse phone |
| can find your cellular number unless you have given it | | | | lookup technology which uses many complex |
| to them. This is very good, because this protects your | | | | databases and software algorithms (that I am no |
| privacy more than you could imagine. This also means | | | | expert on, all I know is they work!) to trace cellular |
| that for those who wish to do so, can turn this into a | | | | phone calls. However please be warned, some so |
| weapon. These guys, whatever their motive is (e.g. | | | | called "services" inflate the serious nature of the |
| identity theft, telemarketers etc.) will call you with an | | | | process and charge you as much as $99 to find out |
| unlisted telephone number. Your caller ID says "caller | | | | someone's cell phone number when the majority of |
| unknown" or "unpublished number" and so goes the | | | | the big names will do a reverse lookup for a fraction |
| story. So how do you Find Out Someone's Cell Phone | | | | of that price. |
| Number in such an instance? | | | | |