How to prevent unwanted calls – The truth of reverse phone number search
Did you ever receive some advertisement phone calls from some unknown persons? It looks like the callers know you very well: your name, phone number, address, etc, but you know nothing about them. How could they get your information?
They got it from the public phone list, or run a reverse number lookup to get it by typing in your phone number. You can test this method by yourself. You can go to an online phone directory, enter any phone number to see if you can find out the owner’s name, address and other information. It is possible that sometimes you can find, but sometimes you can’t. Do you know what the reason is?
The reason is, if the number belongs to a home phone, you may be able to get it for free instantly. But if it is a cell phone number, it is very likely you can’t get it for free. Why?
Because, in most cases the home phone owner’s information is public information. When you sign up for a home phone service, normally you will be asked if you would like to pay extra money to remove your name and other private information from the public directory. It is very likely you will decline this offer, just to save cost. Therefore, your name is put into the public list, and others can search it for free. Some advertisers may get your information and call you, trying to sell something to you. It is a kind of spam. If you don’t want to receive this kind of phone calls, you can go to www.donotcall.gov to sign up your phone number. After 31 days, if you still receive this kind of call, you can go to the same website to file a complaint. But even if you have registered your phone number, it is still public information, and people can still find it out easily, though they are not allowed to call you.
If you sign up for a cell phone, your information is not public information and the cell phone carrier will not release it to the public directory. This doesn’t mean others can’t find it. They still can, if they want to pay. The cell phone company may release your information to its partners, such as a phone number search company, which provide reverse phone number lookup service to the public, of cause not for free, or not totally free. If someone gets your phone number and wants to find out your information, he goes to the phone number search company’s website, pay a certain fee, and then enter your phone number and get your information. They may still get some information for free, for example, the city where the cell phone is registered.
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