| If you want to look up a cellular phone number | | | | available online most people used private |
| and find out who owns it then you need to do | | | | investigators to look up phone records for them. |
| what is often referred to as a cellular phone | | | | But these days the same resources that private |
| search. You can do this at any major search | | | | investigators use are available to the public at a |
| engine provided someone has posted the cell | | | | fraction of the cost of hiring a private investigator |
| phone number you're researching on a website. If | | | | to do it. Most people are now choosing to conduct |
| not you will need to use what is call a Reverse | | | | their own research online so Reverse phone |
| phone lookup service. With a reverse phone | | | | directories are now very popular. |
| lookup up service, you start the search by using a | | | | There are many types of reverse lookup |
| phone number. If a match is found, the owner's | | | | directories on various topics and subjects. Some |
| name and address will be displayed. This is the | | | | of the topics that are covered and that you can |
| main difference with standard directories where | | | | research include court records, background |
| you start the search using a name or address. | | | | checks, marriage records, public records, license |
| There are many websites online where you can | | | | plate numbers and many more. Using these |
| go to do a cellular phone search. Some of them | | | | services is very easy and quick. They work just |
| will charge you per search fees while others only | | | | like a search engine so you can retrieve the |
| charge a small one time fee for unlimited | | | | records you're looking for in seconds instead of |
| searches. When you do a cellular phone search, | | | | hours, days or weeks. Compare this to using a |
| the information retrieved usually includes the | | | | private investigator. With access to a reverse |
| name of the owner, their address and zip code | | | | lookup directory, you can even start offering |
| and information about their Phone Company or | | | | your own private investigation service! |
| provider. | | | | So if you want to do a cellular phone search you |
| Many people do not know that you can do cellular | | | | have 3 main options. You can use a search engine |
| phone search online without using a private | | | | such as Google, MSN or yahoo (free). You can |
| investigator. They think it's a very complicated | | | | hire a private investigator, or you can use a |
| process so they don't even try. This is because | | | | reverse cellular phone search directory. |
| before cellular phone search services became | | | | |