Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Using an Area Code to Learn Who Is Calling


By Jack Spencer

Have you been getting a telephone number calling regularly and are unsure who it is that has been calling you? You would probably be surprised with the amount of times that this has happened and they can be one of the more frustrating things that we have to deal with, constantly being interrupted by a ringing phone. Most of the time, they will not even leave a message for you.

If you have access to the Internet, however, you are able to look up these telephone numbers and reverse engineer them so that you can find out who it was that has been calling. The process is not all that difficult to understand, and it only takes a few minutes for you to find the information if it is available online for free.

Google is the first stop for looking up these telephone numbers and it is one of the most convenient places for you to do a reverse search. Many people are aware of the fact that Google allows you to search for telephone numbers, provided you put it into their search in the proper format. Type it in with hyphens between the area code and the next three digits and Google will automatically recognize it as a telephone number. The first listing in the search results will show up as the reverse data.

If you're unable to find out who it was that was calling by looking in Google, there are a variety of other white page websites that are available on the Internet as well. Most of these pages also allow you to do a reverse telephone search but there are times whenever they will use the same database that is being used in Google. Take a little bit of time and look around on these various websites, you might end up finding the number, even though Google is unable to locate it.

One of the main problems that people have whenever they are trying to do a reverse telephone lookup is that there is a cellular telephone that has been calling them. Cell phone numbers are typically suppressed by the cellular telephone companies for privacy issues so the reverse lookup is not available to the public. If you're trying to look up one of these numbers, however, there are a few things that you can do.

One of the only ways for you to be able to find the information for free on the Internet is by looking on one of the volunteer directory websites. These websites allow people to voluntarily leave their information, including their name, address and cellular telephone number. Even though they are popular, there is a very small percentage of numbers that are listed in these directories. If they end up turning up a match, however, it can save you a few dollars in the long run.

More often than not, it is necessary for you to hire somebody to look up the information for you. These reverse telephone services have access to information that is not typically available to us as individuals. Although it may cost you a few dollars to find out who it was that has been calling, it is a guaranteed way for you to be able to find it.

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