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Reverse phone lookup?

by KimW
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Anyone here ever pay for reverse phone lookup information?

If so,what company did you use and was it worth it?
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    I never have, but I have just typed a phone number into Google and found who it belonged to that way. Have you tried that?
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    It has worked in the past for me Dennis but not this time.
    Thanks though.
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  • Profile picture of the author joseph7384
    I used one once and it sucked! After I paid and ran the search, it said no further information is available.

    It reminded me of a BS cpa offer.
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    • Profile picture of the author garyv
      Originally Posted by joseph7384 View Post

      I used one once and it sucked! After I paid and ran the search, it said no further information is available.

      I reminded me of a BS cpa offer.
      a lot of them are that way.

      One thing that I've found that works sometimes, but not always, is to try and log in to facebook using the phone number. If the person you're looking for has tied their phone number to their facebook account, their name will pop up after several attempts to log in. It will say something along the lines of : "You attempted to login as the following user with an incorrect password." and then will show the person's name and facebook image.
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      • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
        Originally Posted by garyv View Post

        a lot of them are that way.

        One thing that I've found that works sometimes, but not always, is to try and log in to facebook using the phone number. If the person you're looking for has tied their phone number to their facebook account, their name will pop up after several attempts to log in. It will say something along the lines of : "You attempted to login as the following user with an incorrect password." and then will show the person's name and facebook image.
        Damn that is brilliant. Sometimes you see or hear such a simple
        little thing like that and it can literally change the name of the game for you.

        That little tidbit is one of them.
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

          Damn that is brilliant. Sometimes you see or hear such a simple
          little thing like that and it can literally change the name of the game for you.

          That little tidbit is one of them.
          ANOTHER crack in the whole ID thing! It REALLY makes you wonder! This whole world is running on CREDIT based on information known by the payer. What happens when that crashes such that ALL are affected?

          At least to implement an implanted chip, as many have specified, would take too long to properly implement, for THIS problem. HOW would you know who to implant anyway?

          Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Ok, I tried two using the same number today.
    Intellius(sp?) $4.95 for basic phone information. On a scale of 1-5,1.
    Information pretty worthless,had tio go through numerous upsells to get to the information.

    Spokeo. Only $2.95 but same as the other.

    With intellius you had the option to pay extra to get the information as a pdf file.

    With Spokeo I saw no option to print of even purchase a printable copy.

    The reports DID come up with the same basic information though.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    Most of those are using the same old database, which is useless unless the person you're looking for is using the same phone number they've used for the last decade. It's nearly impossible to reverse a number without a subpoena. Your best hope is that the person has dropped their number into a form somewhere, and you can find it on google. - And when searching google, don't forget to add quotes " " around the number and spaces where the dashes go.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
    If you still need help, PM me. I have some resources that may prove useful...
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Kim - if it's a local number, call a real estate agent. They have reverse phone books -- or whatever area the area code and prefix is for.....which you CAN look-up on line without a hassle. You might have to make a story that will make them willingly provide the info for you, but I"m sure you can handle that one.
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