Have you ever had a phone number call you with no name and no idea who it is? Do they keep calling you over and over? Youíre scared to pick up. What if itís a friend with a new number, a company trying to get a bill paid or a telemarketer? So you donít answer and donít call back because you didnít know and you missed a job interview, a thousand dollar prize or simply a friend in need.† A reverse directory can help you find a number, if you have the name, but there is no a reverse phonebook. So instead of ignoring those calls, you can do a reverse phone lookup.

The reverse phonebooks allows users to search cell phones and landlines. This would make phone users nervous to have their address name and information out there for others pleasure. As of July 14th, 2011 information on cell phones will be restricted.† Many phone owners change their number often so staying updated isnít easy.† So the information street address of others† could be possibly connected to your phone.

When looking up phone numbers a Google map pops up showing where the home or business is located within a twenty block radius.† There are many free website just like the phone book that you can utilize and there are other paid websites that would give you unlimited access.† Some reverse phone companies suggest that you use their services to run background checks and that there systems have the data you will need. To keep tabs on spouses, when you notice a husband or wife are receiving phone calls from mysterious numbers these reverse phone sites can help you identify these mystery men and women.† Who would have thought to tract a boyfriend with phone numbers being called into their phone? Brilliant.

These paid reverse phonebooks can lead you to information on the number holders such us arrests, warrants, addresses, marital status, home loan amount and more. Are such website legal? Are we putting out so much of our own information that a paid user can access our private files? Red flags start shooting up! We are all wondering what the government think of this? In Oregon, they already have abusers of this new system and police are warning the public of a company calling to notify that they have won a new car and other prizes.† In order to claim the prize, they must first pay four hundred and twenty five dollars. Sadly, these scams did dupe the vulnerable.† This is just one example of the possible scams that are becoming because of this access to the publicís information.

All in all there are benefits and harms that come with this new resource. As state above there are already scam agencies using this to new technology to con the vulnerable out of money. Out personal information is being easily link together threw research websites making us more and more vulnerable.† On the other hand those pesky customer service representative and telemarketers have one less call back because we know who they are.