How to stop unwanted calls – The truth of reverse phone lookup
Did you ever receive some advertisement phone calls from some unknown persons? It seems the callers know your name, phone number, and probably your address, but you know nothing about them. How could they get your information?
They got it from the public phone directory , or run a reverse number lookup to get it by entering your phone number. You can try this by yourself . Go to an online phone number search website , enter any phone number and try to see if you can find the owner’s information . It is possible that sometimes you can find, but sometimes you can’t. Do you know what the reason is ?
Because if the number belongs to a home phone , you can find out the information right away. But if the number belongs to a cell phone , it is very likely you can’t get it for free . Why?
Because the home phone owner’s information is always public information. When you sign up for a home phone service , normally you will be asked if you would like to pay extra money to remove your name and other private information from the public directory . People’s first response is always “no” , just to save cost. so, your name is put into the public list , and other people can search it easily. Some other people can call you for commercial purpose. It is quite annoying . If you don’t want to receive this kind of phone calls, you can go to www.donotcall.gov to register your phone number. After 31 days, if you still receive this kind of call, you can go to the same website to file a complaint. Even if you already registered, it is still public information , and people can still find it out easily, though they are not allowed to call you.
If you sign up for a cell phone , your information is not public information and the cell phone carrier will not release it to the public directory . This doesn’t mean others can’t find it. They still can, if they want to pay. Your cell phone company may provide your information to some phone number search companies , which provide reverse phone lookup service to the public, of cause not for free, or not totally free. If someone want to get your information by your phone number, he goes to the phone number search company’s website, pay a certain fee, and then enter your phone number and get your information. They may still get some information for free, for example, the city where the cell phone is registered.
Do you want to try it? Click here to run a reverse cell phone look up .
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