There has to be at least one time or another that you have wanted to look for some one online, but just had no idea where to start or even look to begin doing so? Chances are you have and if so, then best solution for you is a reverse mobile lookup service.

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It is possible to trace cell phone numbers simply by putting them into the searchbox of your favorite search engine. But, how is that possible? There are various reasons why phone numbers appear on web pages - normally to make communication easier. Think about university sites, company sites, association sites, business homepages and so forth. The cell phone owners are mostly not aware that they are listed somewhere. All you need to do is to type the cell phone number in the searchbox and if the cell phone number appears somewhere on a website it should come up in the search results. The main disadvantage of this free method is that betimes the info you get is dated or fragmentary.

Method 2: Use Social networking sites to execute a cell phone lookup…

Nowadays everybody is speaking about social networking sites since they join individuals with similar interests and provide useful tools for their users. Some even list their phone numbers to make communication easier and that’s why this method come into play. Now do this: type the number into the searchbox of your chosen site and examine the search results. Please consider that before you’re able to execute a cell number search in most cases you must be logged in. Perform this method at the major social networking sites to cover as many individuals as possible. This technique is occasionally boring and costly in terms of time. But anyhow, this approach is free and you should use it to solve your problem with that ominous cell number.

Method 3: For quick and comprehensive information take a look at trusted reverse cell phone lookup sites…

You applied technique 1+2 and still have no results? If your answer is ‘yes’ take a look at reliable reverse cell phone lookup sites. You find several on the internet and they can vary in terms of usability, delivered data and prices. For reliable and comprehensive data it is important that you select the right service for your purpose. To be on the safe side I recommend that you compare them before determining which service to use. But anyhow, if you need quick and good information, trusted reverse cell phone lookup services are the best choice. The only disadvantage of this approach is that you have to pay a fee to get results. But in return you finally get certainty about the person behind that cell phone number.

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Nemi Andersson is an avid internet researcher and a badly tricked wife. She has prepared an informational webpage where she compares professional reverse cell phone lookup services to make it easier for you to trace fishy cell numbers at the right service.

Many places online advertise “FREE cell phone lookup services”, but in actuality the only really beneficial no-cost directories to be found are of landline phone numbers. Why is this? Because for a very long time, landline numbers have been openly published. The phone companies consider cell phone numbers to be private and are reluctant to release those numbers. Also, your cell phone bill is usually based on time used. Knowing that their customers don’t want to waste usage time, the cell phone companies refuse to publicly provide cell phone numbers.

So, you won’t get much useful information from these “FREE” services if you’re looking for unlisted or cell phone number information. You can get some very general information from some of them, but not the name and address of the owner of the number.

Recently I desperately needed to put an end to some obscene phone calls from a sicko unknown caller. For about a couple of weeks, I had been receiving calls from a no ID number. When I answered the phone, the caller said nothing but started panting and making sexual grunts and sounds. I found these calls frustrating, annoying and a little scary. The frequency of the irksome calls began to escalate on a daily basis.

Finally, I did call the police who told me that there wasn’t much they could do since no actual crime had been committed. The police did tell me that I could call my phone provider and give them the exact time of the call or calls and that my phone provider would probably give me the originating phone number. This information did help somewhat, but since the calls were coming from a cell phone, I still didn’t know who was making the aggravating calls.

Armed with the cell phone number of the persistent culprit caller, I fired up the old PC and began to search the Net for the elusive “Free Cell Phone Lookup Service”.

Googling for a “Free reverse cell phone lookup service” is a maddening counterproductive activity, that is if you’re looking for real information like the identity and address of an obscene caller. Here a click, there a click, everywhere a click, click… I clicked every “FREE” Cell Phone Lookup Service that I could find only to discover a dead end with each subsequent frenzied click of the mouse. Basically, I got a large dose of the Online Runaround, something almost everyone has probably experienced at one time or the other. Every so-called FREE service that I tried eventually led me to a paid service costing from $4.95 up to $14.95.

Some free cell phone lookup websites do exist, but they offer only limited information about a number. These sites “decode” cell phone numbers to help you determine the issuing location, carrier, and other publicly available information.

In general, you’ll be able to find out whether the number belongs to a cell or a land line, what mobile service provides the number, and which city and state the cell phone number comes from without ever paying… but the actual name and address of the registered user of that cell phone number won’t be available (unless you get extremely lucky). I wasn’t lucky!

After a couple hours, I finally got the message, the only way I was going to put a stop to the stinking phone calls was to use a premium paid cell phone lookup service. Paid reverse Cell phone directories are created manually by large companies who collect the information from various services. The process of compiling and creating these databases is very expensive and time-consuming which is why there is a charge for the information. I guess they have to pay their bills too!

A word of caution… A large number of sites have popped up on the Internet offering cell phone lookups for a fee. Considering the limitations of these services, the fees can be very steep. Some companies actually have tried to “skip” the process of building cell phone databases. These services just give you a list of services that sell these lookups and disappear when you ask for a refund. That money will just disappear, and you’ll be back to your search… so why not go “straight to a proven source” from the beginning?

There are a number of reputable Reverse Cell Phone Lookup Services online that offer a money back guarantee service. The best services give customers free search assistance and are backed by a 100% no-quibble, no-strings attached guarantee. You’re either satisfied or you’re not…and if you’re not, then you don’t pay. Period!

After checking with Phone Reverse Lookup Review and ConsumbersGuide.Org,I used Reverse Phone Detective with very satisfactory results. Considered the Grand Daddy in reverse cell phone search, their website has the largest phone directory in the U.S with approximately one billion records. I gave Reverse Phone Detective a whirl and bingo, bingo, bingo; they found the cell phone caller name and address. Additionally, they found his race, age, marital status, civil records, and criminal records.

This was really more information that I was looking for, but now I had the information I needed to confidently put a stop to the annoying phone calls. I called the guy up right from the phone he had been calling me, he evidently recognized my caller ID because I never heard from him again. If he had answered my call, I could have told him that I have completed an investigation and that I now know who he is, to stop calling my number, or I will take immediate legal action. Knowledge is power isn’t it?

While free cell phone lookup services may be appropriate if you’re only looking for very general information (like the phone issuing location), you won’t find much information that will help you if your object is to identify the psycho who is calling you repeatedly. If you’re serious about determining who is calling you, then use a premium paid service.

In conclusion, there are some “Free Cell Phone Lookup Services” on the Net, however these services provide only limited general information. For the most part, their claims are misleading if you want to find the accurate cell phone owner information. There are rare instances where you might actually get the owner’s name and address, but as a usual course of events you will be directed to a paid premium site for that pertinent information.

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Lanie Dills is the creator of the Squidoo site Whose Phone Number Is This. If you liked these tips on how to find a cell phone lookup service, why not get the full insider scoop on ways to trace cell and unlisted numbers to the true owner of the phone number. Empower yourself right here: Whose Phone Number Is This.

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Controversial service made 90 million mobile numbers available online.

Intelius - a company that boasted of creating an online directory of 90 million mobile telephone numbers, and drew fire from cell phone users and privacy advocates for it, said  it has stopped the service “in response to consumer feedback.”

Intelius Inc. made the announcement two days after a story about its controversial cell phone directory appeared on msnbc.com, and three days after a leading wireless phone company threatened to sue the Bellevue, Wash.-based firm.

“As a company, we have strived to be at the forefront of innovation,” said Liz Murray, the company抯 communications manager, in a press release.

“We realize that in this instance we may have been ahead of our time. Wireless carriers attempted to develop a similar product a few years ago and found the market wasn抰 ready. It抯 clear that the market is still not ready.

“We always listen carefully to our customers, which is why we recently discontinued our cell phone directory.”

Verizon Wireless wasn抰 a customer, but earlier this week called on Intelius to “halt the mining and sale of these numbers.”

“Stop it,” said Steve Zipperstein, vice president and general counsel of Verizon Wireless, in a statement. “This is a violation of Americans?privacy. People expect their cell phone numbers to remain private.”

He said the company was considering litigation against Intelius in order to protect customers’ numbers and privacy.

Ben Popken, editor of The Consumerist Web site, said “people were pretty freaked out” when they heard about the directory.

“They weren抰 surprised that a company would do this, but they were shocked to hear it was actually happening,” he said.

Murray, in response to questions from msnbc.com yesterday, said Intelius?use of the cell phone directory was based on the trend of consumers “transitioning away from land lines en masse.”

“We believed consumers would need many of the same tools widely available to landline users, such as a cell-based, white pages service (our directory) to keep them connected and enable their friends, colleagues and classmates to be able to keep in touch with them in an increasingly transient society,” she said.

She declined to further explain her statement that “the market is not ready” for such a directory, citing the quiet period the company is in leading up to an initial public offering.

Joseph Ridout, consumer services manager of the advocacy group Consumer Action, said it was a “relief” to hear that Intelius “has put the brakes on one of their anti-privacy initiatives.”

However, he added, “There are still other ways in which this company is unresponsive to consumer needs. For example, in order to opt out of its data collection scheme, there’s still a ludicrous array of hoops one must jump through in order to do so.

“Although it is an Internet-based business that would allow for opt-outs very easily through electronic means where possible, Intelius requires one to make copies of one’s driver’s license, and mail or fax it to the company in order to opt out.”

Murray said Intelius has not heard any customer concern about its opt-out procedure.

“As good custodians of information, we have an obligation to ensure people are opting out their own information, thus the request for a copy of a form of ID,” she said.

Intelius describes itself as a pioneer in the “information commerce industry,” and provides an array of fee-based services, including background checks and identity theft monitoring.

Last summer, in a press release, the company unveiled plans to “enhance” its phone directory to include cell phone numbers, making it “one of the first companies” to include cell phone numbers.”

Intelius claimed it had about half the mobile phones in the country in its database, and charged $14.95 for each number that was searched.

The cell phone database has been live for a few months, but its privacy implications became high profile recently when the company filed for a $144 million initial public offering.

In its filing, the company noted that it was able to get around laws that bar telephone companies from compiling cell phone directories without users?consent because the laws did not mention third parties, such as Intelius.

The company also said yesterday it continues to offer its reverse search, Cell Phone Caller ID service.

“That doesn抰 seem to present as glaring a problem as compiling lists of more than 90 million Americans?cell phone numbers without subscriber consent or knowledge,” said Ridout.

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The author analyzed top 10 Google search results on “Free Reverse Cell Phone Lookup” . It turned out all of them are not free at all.  Most of them would trap you to get into their website and put your OWNER cell phone number, leave your personal information, then let you to make a search of others (no guarantee of results or any). The full report .