Look Up Cell Phone Numbers In A Few Easy Steps
You Can:
- Call The Number Yourself or Have Someone Else Call
- Anywho.com, 411.com, or Whitepages.com
- Google the Phone Number
- Paid Cell Phone Directory
- Reverse Phone Lookup Service (Recommended
1.) Call the phone number back yourself or have someone else call the number. Do this from a pay phone or a restricted number if you are afraid of disclosing that phone number. Remember, the purpose of your call is the flesh out the person behind the phone number, so try to conceal your identity.
2.) Use a search engine such as Google or Yahoo to search the number online. Very helpful in finding telemarketers and automated services. In the case, it does turn up to be one of the two, you can call them back and warn them against calling you again. This will usually does the trick. Don't expect much in the way of pulling up info on cell phones though.
3.) Go to a free online phone directory such as Anywho.com or the White Pages.com. Helpful in identifying numbers that are coming from a land line or a home phone number, but again not useful in IDing cell phone numbers.
4.) If you are certain that the phone number is coming from a cell phone, you can subscribe to a paid cell phone directory. You can look up cell phone numbers after you pay a membership fee. I would not advise you to do this since these directories are most often poorly updated and incomplete. You will need to subscribe to more than one because you may not find it with the first service you subscribe to. This makes it an expensive and time-consuming alternative.
5.) The quickest and easiest way is to use a reverse cell phone lookup service. You simply type in a phone number and a report will show you the name, address, carrier, phone connection status, and other information on the person behind the phone number. Its a paid service so it'll be better updated and more complete.
There are many services out there. How do you choose the best service to lookup cell phone numbers.
We've compiled a review of the best reverse phone number look-up services out there.