You can do a free reverse phone number lookup with Google - it's fast and pretty simple. Find out more in my article titled Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup with Google.
More fun with phone numbers:
- Google Phone Number Search: You can use Google to find both business and residential phone numbers on the Web.
- Find a Toll Free Phone Directory on the Web: Looking for a toll free number? Here are a few of the best toll free phone directories on the Web.
- Phone in your podcasts with GCast: There's a new service out called GCast that allows you to basically phone in your podcast - that's right, no microphones or other such equipment necessary.
My friend is quite concerned about the safety of her children. She is urging everyone she knows to get their names removed because if children give out their phone numbers, their address could be traced & Mapquest would show directions to their homes. Is it a good idea to have your name removed for safety reasons & identity theft or at least telemarketers & scammers?
come on people living scared isnt worth it. if those crazy people want to find children, they are going to find them no matter what. just worry about what you can do and live your life
It’s just advisable for parents to monitor their child’s activities online or using the phone. It’s not invasion of their privacy but just doing you what you need to do for their safety. It’s indeed justified.
Free Toll Free reverse lookups by Capital and Intelious are frauds. They find info for the number but want $$$ for the name of the business or person that has it. This isn’t “free”. These two companies who are making the claim to provide free services should be blacklisted.
I don’t believe you can have your info removed. For example I signed up with a social network. Very soon afterwards I decided against it for privacy reasons(after all you don’t know who will view the info that you would not want to have it) They did remove me from the site. But my name and date of birth and star sign together with their site name come up with a google search of my name. I’ve emailed twice to ask it to be removed from search results without success. It says it has been removed when you click on it but it’s already given that much info on search results. Too much info. DOB is a key part of ID! And mine is out there with my name(not right) And think if you got a lawyer specializing in identity theft and Internet.. it would be expensive!
As far as a phone number, you should change it(ATT doesn’t charge to change your phone number on a current line… at least I changed mine 3 years ago and there was no charge) and ask for it to be unlisted. I have found on the google phone searches that they do have outdated information. So you might still show with an old phone number – it’s worth a try especially in the case of child safety.
I agree with the comment about black listing the companies who claim their searchs are free. Something needs to be done about this….instead of having to spend 30 minutes searching something and not getting the answer because they want $$$, its bull !!! Free means free…………..
Is there a pay-by-number service? Most of these services ask at least for $14.95 for using it for just one number. Many of us wanting such a service will only use it once, so I think that a service that charges for just the number we want to lookup would be less expensive and more practical.
Also, the option of using PayPal should be included, as paying for these unknown services with a credit card will scare a lot of possible customers, like me.
If you know of such a service it would be nice to post it here.
Thanks.
I joined one of these sites to find out who was texting me. I paid the amount (14.95) for the one time lookup and then the site sai “number not found” and my money was just credited to the account. I dont want credit. I want to find out who the number was and if you cant help me at leaste give me my number back.