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Before Hiring A Private Investigator, Consider Reverse Phone Lookups

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Before the widespread implementation of the internet and electronic data, private investigators were necessary for many tasks.  You may think of a person who shadows cheating spouses when you think of a private investigator, but this is really only a small amount of what private investigators have historically done.

Some things private investigators may work on include researching harassing emails or phone calls, researching information regarding an insurance liability claims, help companies combat fraud, assist with child custody issues, and even help corporations run background checks or find people in relation to debts owed.

Before electronic information was so readily available, many people would hire private detectives simply to assist in finding people.  The reason people need to find other individuals can range from child support cases all the way to families wanting to locate a long lost relative.

However, with the research capabilities offered by the internet, you may not need to pay the expensive fees charged by a private investigator.  Instead, with a little time and effort, you may be able to find out everything you know online.

You can begin your research with a simple web search on the person’s name.  This may turn up some information about the person, depending on how involved online or in their community they are.
You can also use reverse phone lookups.  All you need to know is the full phone number that was, at any time, associated with a person, and you may be able to find a wealth of information about them online.

Many of these sites do charge a one time fee to be able to look up this information.  The sites requiring a fee tend to provide more information than those sites providing the service for free.  In addition, a free site will not have access to cell phones and unlisted numbers, while many pay sites do have this access.
Some of the things you can find out via a reverse phone lookup include name, address, known relatives, date of birth, occupation or company, names of possible neighbors, other phone numbers listed under the same name, and other addresses in the individual’s address history.

If you are patient and use a bit of internet know-how, you can find a lot of the information a private investigator would find without paying the high fees for a professional service.  Even though you may pay a fee for the reverse look up site, it will be a small, one time fee—and not an hourly rate!

How A Reverse Phone Search Detective Can Save You From Embarrassment

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

You’re cleaning off your computer desk and you come across a piece of paper with a telephone number on it in your own handwriting and the name of a person who could be…well…anyone.  You hate the idea of just picking up the phone and arbitrarily asking for so-and-so, but what if the phone number turned out to be important?  What if this number is of a long lost friend from childhood that you really want to get back in touch with?  When this happens, you need the services of a reverse phone search to save yourself from embarrassment.

Reverse phone searches have not been in existence for very long and most people have only recently found out just handy this particular tool can be to look up phone numbers and personal information.  You could use the basic phone searches provided by the general internet search engines, but they don’t always give you the most current or the most accurate information you need.  Yes, 99% of the time the internet white and yellow pages are all that a person requires to handle their phone number dilemma, but that 1% of the time needs something a little more powerful and reverse phone searches that are on a pay per search basis fill in that 1% gap.

Pay per search reverse phone services can help you find out who a number belongs to, the physical address where the phone is located, if the phone is a land line or cellular phone, and additional information such as but not limited to: marriage and divorce records; employment information; and school records.  All of this information a pay per search provides is confidential and secure.  You never have to worry about the owner of the phone number finding out that you were looking for them.

Have you ever wondered who is calling you when all your caller id says is ‘Unknown Name’ or ‘800 Service’?  A reverse phone search can help you find out exactly who it is that is calling you.  It can help you avoid calling back an annoying telemarketer or an acquaintance you would prefer to avoid, or it can help you if you need the personal information for a legal matter.  You can even use it to look up a strange number that has appeared on your caller id multiple times in one night in the event that someone is trying to get a hold of you in an emergency situation.

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