| License private investigators all over the county | | | | $8 three times, wouldn't you? |
| are up in arms over all the reverse phone number | | | | I have listed my favorite reverse phone number |
| lookup websites and reverse cell phone number | | | | lookup websites (or data brokers as we call |
| lookup websites. Private investigation association | | | | them) at the bottom of this article. They are the |
| and their members want these websites shut | | | | very same database I use when conducting |
| down, and they want them shut down now. | | | | everything from skip tracing investigations to "cold |
| In this article I am going to let you in on a secret | | | | case" homicide investigations the police gave up |
| that my colleagues in the private investigation | | | | on. At the beginning of this article I promised to |
| industry have been unfairly guarding for years. I | | | | let you in on a little secret us licensed private |
| am also going to share a secret with you used by | | | | investigator types use to verify the information |
| private investigators to verify that the | | | | we get from a reverse phone or reverse cell |
| information you get from a reverse phone | | | | phone number search. |
| number lookup website is correct and up to date. | | | | Remember, you promised not to tell anyone I let |
| Just promise that you didn't hear it from me. | | | | you in on this little "investigative technique". It |
| With the explosion of phone and cell phone | | | | goes like this: Once you get the subscriber's name |
| technology and the number of people using them, | | | | and address, call the number from a payphone or |
| it was only a matter of time until companies were | | | | from a phone other than your own. Make sure |
| able to access subscriber information, and build | | | | you dial *67 before you dial the number. This will |
| profitable businesses selling the information to | | | | disable the phone you are calling caller ID feature. |
| private investigators and law enforcement | | | | When the person you're calling answers, say "Hello |
| agencies worldwide. up until recently, you had to | | | | (use the person's first name - if its wrong he or |
| be in law enforcement or a licensed private | | | | she probably tell you) I am calling from (pick a |
| investigator to gain access to this information. | | | | local pizza place that delivers) and ask if they |
| Private investigators have been guarding these | | | | would like a coupon for a free pizza if they |
| websites because they were charging up to $200 | | | | answer three quick questions. Most people will not |
| for the same reverse phone number searches | | | | turn down a free pizza. I wouldn't. |
| you can now easily do yourself in five minutes for | | | | Ask them if they have ever ordered pizza from |
| around $14. You can use the exact same | | | | "us" within the last three months using the |
| websites we use to conduct these reverse phone | | | | number you called. Then ask them how many |
| number searches. | | | | times per month they order. Your final question, |
| Now do you see why private investigators are so | | | | and this is important, what is your favorite pizza |
| angry that these reverse phone number lookup | | | | topping. Actually you won't really care because |
| website have decided to make their services | | | | you're not really going to send them a coupon. |
| available to the general public? | | | | Before you hang up make sure you ask them for |
| Not all reverse phone number websites are | | | | the name and address so you can "rush" their |
| created equally. In other words, some are better | | | | coupon right out to them. Bingo! You just verified |
| than others. Cheaper is not always better, | | | | that the information you obtained from your |
| especially when its only seven or eight dollars | | | | reverse phone number look is correct and up to |
| cheaper. I'd rather spend $14 once, than spending | | | | date. Pretty easy, don't you agree? |