| The phone rings, you look at the caller ID, nothing. | | | | known to contain upto 90% of the cellular numbers |
| Unidentified caller, again! I'm sure this unsettling scenario | | | | from the national US mobile fleet! There are various |
| is not new to most of us. Most of us hate answering | | | | ways by which they collect these numbers, including |
| calls that we don't know who the caller is. These | | | | but not limited to consumer reports. |
| numbers that don't show up on the caller ID are known | | | | Because a national mobile phone book doesn't exist, |
| as 'unlisted telephone numbers' or 'unpublished | | | | private companies have exploited the system to a |
| numbers'. In other words, these numbers are not | | | | limited extend and some are notorious for charging as |
| published on any kind of publicly available telephone | | | | much as $99. Some years ago, the only way to get a |
| directory. This makes reverse cell phone lookup a bit | | | | reverse phone search done was using private |
| of a challenge, to say the least. | | | | detectives. $99 is cheap compared to what these |
| A reverse cell phone lookup is when you want to | | | | private detectives used to charge. Even then, that is |
| lookup the name and address of a particular caller | | | | way too much because you can get it done for far |
| using their mobile number. There are online services | | | | less than that nowadays. |
| that allows you to do this using reverse phone | | | | If you are spending anything more than $15 to trace a |
| directories in their databases. These databases, | | | | mobile phone number, you are paying too much! |
| although not accessible by the general public, are | | | | |