| What do you do when you have a number show up | | | | reverse directory system, you will be able to find: |
| on your caller I.D. and you don't recognize it? What if | | | | - Phone owner name and current address |
| you are getting harassing calls from a stranger? Are | | | | - Line type - land- line or mobile |
| you a business owner who needs the contact info for | | | | - Household members |
| your clients? These are all issues that come up in our | | | | - Phone company and carrier |
| very hi- tech age. | | | | - Possible neighbors and relatives |
| With the advent of the internet and the ease of | | | | - Issuing location with map |
| information gathering, it has become easy for your | | | | - Other phone numbers belonging to owner |
| information to be looked up. In the past, if you needed | | | | - Previous addresses / residences |
| to get someone's information, you had to look it up in a | | | | Another aspect of reverse phone directories, is your |
| phone book. Later you could use the phone book that | | | | privacy. Enrolling with one of these services gives you |
| came on- line, like Now there are services called | | | | the option of removing your information from searches. |
| reverse phone directories. All that is necessary is to | | | | So no matter what reason you have to need to |
| have phone number, to need address. There are | | | | research someone's phone number, such as: |
| many different options to get the directories you need. | | | | - Find out the source of a harassing ("prank") caller |
| One option is a free directory. But these free services | | | | - Research a number that appeared on your phone bill |
| are very limited. Often times a free system relies on | | | | - Locate an old friend from high school or college |
| public information that is out of date or wrong. | | | | - Research "missed calls" on your caller ID that you |
| Another option is a paid service. So you want to do a | | | | don't recognize |
| search for information on- line. You could type a | | | | - Have phone number, need address |
| search into Google like "have phone number, need | | | | In our technology driven age, information can be found |
| address". In the results you would get many different | | | | on just about anything if you have the know- how. But |
| services that can help you. Mainly you want to find a | | | | we aren't all computer and internet wizards. That is |
| service that has a one time payment option instead of | | | | why there are tools like reverse phone directory |
| a pay per search option. Once you have enrolled in the | | | | searches out there, for all of us "laymen". |