These days, with the help of the internet, finding information about an individual or a business is much easier than many people realize. Services such as Canada 411, The Official White Pages, Switchboard, Usenet and many more allow users to track down an address anywhere in North America or worldwide without ever leaving the comfort of your home.
All you need to do this, is a phone number with area code.
How Much Do Address Finder Services Cost?
Although there are sites that charge for tracking down a street address, email address or phone number, there are an equal number of websites that provide this service for free. There is no reason why anyone should have to pay for this information, so be aware of this and save money.
Do These Websites Work With All Phone Numbers, Even Cells?
Unfortunately, it is much easier to track down an address from a land-line phone number, than it is from a mobile or cell-phone number. Often, with cell phone numbers, these sites will come up with 'partial matches,' often in the wrong city, province or state.
Looking up an address from a cell phone number is almost impossible, unless you are willing to pay a fee for this service. Perhaps this will change in the future, but for the moment, it is a waste of time trying to locate such a service for free.
What If I Have an Address, But Not a Phone Number?
Reverse look-up works both ways and more. If you have one of the following:
- Phone number with area code
- Address (including province, state, city)
- First and last name or individual or business
Then you will be able to easily fill in the rest of the information. Many services also offer proximity searches, where you can input a person's or business's name that is located near to a landmark, restaurant, street, university, etc...
Who Uses Reverse Phone Number Services?
There are many reasons why a person might want to take advantage of free, online Reverse phone number or address services. Here are some:
- Trying to get in touch with old friends
- Identifying nuisance calls to your phone
- Tracing numbers from call display
- Confirming an address for a business
- Confirming an address for a friend (Easier than, "Hey, I forgot where you live)!
- Confirming that a store or other business is located in a location convenient to you
Of course, there are other less ethical reasons why some people may want to use these services, which is why all of these sites include a disclaimer regarding illegal activity.
If you have a phone number, one of the easiest ways to discover the name of the person who owns that number is to simply type it into the Google toolbar, but this does not work if the only information available to you is the address.
Links to Websites That Search Addresses by Phone Numbers:
The following websites are just a few that make searching for an address, when all you have is a phone number (Reverse Phone Number Search) a simple process.
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