| The world is moving forward at an ever increasing | | | | are a few options to consider first. |
| pace. This forward thrust is associated with both good | | | | Are white pages the best? - It's a great service, |
| things and bad things. Cell phones revolutionized how | | | | however, it doesn't work for cell numbers because |
| people talked in the 21st century. Along with cell | | | | they're unlisted. Cellular numbers are not published on |
| phones came caller IDs, unlisted numbers, and reverse | | | | any of the public phone books. This is to comply with |
| cellular phone directories. These phrases may not | | | | privacy laws that have been laid to protect wireless |
| even have been their in the common man's | | | | phone user confidentiality. |
| vocabulary before 1995. However, reverse phone | | | | Are private detectives the best? - They're better than |
| lookups have become very popular among people | | | | the whitepages, because they will actually find out the |
| today. According to Google, over a million people | | | | information for you. But they cost well over $100 and |
| searched the phrase 'Reverse Cell Phone Lookup' in | | | | takes days - weeks to get back to you with an |
| April of this year. | | | | answer. |
| Why on earth would people want to trace | | | | Are online databases the best? - Yes, this option |
| somebody's number? | | | | definitely is way better because: |
| - To catch a prank caller | | | | - It's automated - so the whole process of searching |
| - To check on missed calls from unidentified numbers | | | | only takes a couple of minutes |
| - To find out if their spouses are cheating on them - | | | | - It's completely confidential - nobody (not even a |
| you can find the names, ages, addresses etc of each | | | | private detective) will find out you did a reverse lookup |
| and every person your spouse speaks with on her | | | | - It gives you much more than just the name and |
| mobile phone | | | | address of the wireless phone owner - like his/her |
| What's the best method to trace a mobile number? - | | | | relatives, associates, average income and home value, |
| This is a question that is being raised all the time. There | | | | previous addresses and phone numbers etc. |