Reverse Phone Information

Reverse Phone

I'd thought I create a quick blog and give and provide everyone with some knowledge about reverse phone lookups. They seem to be quite a popular search these days and I have gotten a few inquiries about them before. So let's get started.

What is a reverse phone lookup?

A reverse telephone directory (also known as a blackpages directory or reverse phone lookup) is a collection of telephone numbers and associated customer details. However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user uses customer's details (such as name and address) in order to retrieve the telephone number of that person or business, a reverse telephone directory allows users to search by a telephone service number in order to retrieve the customer details for that service.

Who can use a reverse phone lookup?

Reverse telephone directories are used by law enforcement and other emergency services in order to determine the origin of any request for assistance, however these systems include both publicly accessible (listed) and private (unlisted) services. As such these directories are restricted to internal use only.

Publicly accessible reverse telephone directories may be provided as part of the standard directory services from the telecommunications carrier in some countries. In other countries these directories are often created by phone phreakers by collecting the information available via the publicly accessible directories and then providing a search function which allows users to search by the telephone service details.

Where can I find reverse phone directory?

Reverse phone directories are available through some government agencies as part of their public records databases. But today it is easier to do a reverse phone lookup through an online database with millions of records. There a numerous databases out there for you to use. One of the best I find is Reverse Genie. I hope I've all given you some good info on reverse phone lookups.

Reverse Phone Lookup