Reverse cell phone directories have been around for a few years. They are different than traditional reverse lookup directories in that they include listed and unlisted numbers as well as cell phone numbers. They are built and maintained by private companies, not the cell phone companies, and therefore don’t have to be concerned with the desires of cell phone subscribers. They are completely independent of those systems and therefore have much better and more inclusive databases.

As long as you pick a reliable one.

The difficulty with reverse cell phone directories is that it’s hard to know whether or not the one you’re using is a reliable service. Most of them are, but there are a few sites out there that are nothing short of scams. They will get you to pay them knowing full well that they only have a fraction of the telephone numbers that the good sites have. Because of these shady operations you need to be careful where you spend your money. Here are a few tips that should help.

1. Do they have a money back guarantee? If not, keep looking around. Do not pick a site that doesn’t offer a full and complete money back guarantee.
2. Try Before You Buy. The site you pick should let you put in a number and make sure they have the name and address of the number’s owner before you pay them anything. If not, again, just keep looking until you find one that will.
3. Verisign or MacAfee Verification. Really, any site you do business with online should have one or both of these verifications. If not, once again, keep looking.

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