| There are various ways to find out who a cell | | | | to do - especially if you haven't been able to find |
| phone number belongs to some take quite a bit | | | | the number using your search engine. |
| of research and others take five minutes or less. | | | | Now the paid ways |
| The ways that take longest are usually free - but | | | | There are agencies, sometimes private detective |
| not always and as you guessed the quickest | | | | agencies which will find the details for you. Of |
| ways often cost some money. | | | | course a fee is involved. This can range from $35 |
| So what are the free ways? | | | | to $250. The success rate is close to 85% but if |
| The best free way that works about 10% of the | | | | the owner is hard to trace expect a fee at the |
| time but averages two hours of work is to use | | | | top end of this range. This to me is the |
| the net. You type in to your search engine the | | | | 'expensive' way to do this! |
| number (in quotes) and if the cell number is in | | | | The best paid way is to use something called a |
| there a result should show up. The problem with | | | | reverse cell phone directory. Ironically it is this |
| this method there is rarely any 'ownership' details | | | | type of resource that the 'agencies' mentioned |
| that come up. This is where you will spend your | | | | previously use as their first option but charge you |
| time literally following leads that often lead to a | | | | a lot more for using. You have to be careful |
| non result. Personally I think it's an inefficient way | | | | though there are more than a few that will not |
| to end up with a potential 90% failure rate! | | | | be able to provide you with the information that |
| The problem is that cellular phone networks | | | | you're after. |
| compete with each other and so it's not in their | | | | So how do I know the best ones? |
| interest to provide competitors with their | | | | The best ones and luckily there are a few will |
| customer details and this means that there is no | | | | provide a box for you to enter the number to |
| 'directory' system like the White Pages for cell | | | | see if the number is in their database. If it is then |
| phones. This means you will have great difficulty | | | | it's fairly straightforward to see who the phone |
| accessing ownership details unless you know what | | | | number belongs to. |