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Very first step is to go through the 411 online phone directory to see if the number is in it, if not try the white pages.

How accurate are those free directories?

You should not get your hopes up if you’re looking for a cellular or a restricted phone number, but if you’re looking for a regular land line then you should be able to find it there. The service is free so in terms of quality there is not much that we can ask for and should be grateful for what we can salvage.

How come regular land line telephone numbers are so easy to come by?

It’s very easy to get your hands on information related to a land line, because it’s as simple as opening up a telephone book. It’s also very easy to buy telephone “leads” by the thousands online.

Why is it so hard to trace cell phone and unlisted numbers for free?

The main reason for that is the level of effort that it takes to assemble the telephone numbers since they are not found in the main phone registrar (namely the cellular and the unlisted numbers). The main registrar doesn’t have the cell phones for several one or more reasons listed below.

Privacy concerns

If someone calls you on a landline and starts pitching you a product you might be mad because the person on the other line is taking up your time, but if that someone calls you on a cell phone and does the same you might end up paying for the phone call on a per minute basis. It would be normal if you wanted to find out who gave away your telephone number to the pesky telemarketers and if you discovered that it was your phone carrier then you might ask them to pick up the bill, which they would not want to do.

SMS spam

Sadly we can receive bulk SMS messages on our mobile devices. In Asian countries for example SMS spam is a growing concern. If your plan requires you to pay for every incoming SMS, spammers might cause you some substantial financial problems.

Does this mean that there is no place where you can find information on a cellular number?

There are a number of different places that offer these services like annoyingcallers.com Their web-sites should specifically indicate that they have access to the information that you need and have a preview search function that will tell you if a given phone number can be located in the database.

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