Written by The reverse cell phone directory can be a useful resource to enhance Internet dating safety. When you meet an attractive stranger online, you don’t know if anything they tell you is true, including their name. If an correspondent gives you his cell phone number, you can use the reverse cell phone directory to learn his last name, or to verify if the name he gave you is authentic.
I recently came across a woman on an internet dating site whose profile suggested that she lived close to me. When we met, she disclosed that she considered us incompatible since she lives over 90 miles away. I could used a reverse telephone directory and learned the truth much sooner.
Some reverse telephone directories provide a name and city or town free of charge, and offer more detailed information at a fee.
Once an friend or business client gives you a land line number which sends you to an answering machine, the question is: how can I find somebody’s cell phone number? While there are no white or yellow pages of cell phone numbers, there are several options. The most obvious–a Google search–can often yield results. There are additionally free cell phone directories composed of selective information submitted by members, which require you to submit your own name and number to use the service. If you frequently find yourself searching for cell phone numbers, subscribing to a National Cellular Phone Registry is your best option. A subscription at $20-40 per year will provide access to hundreds of millions of cellular records.
I recently met a woman named Lisa from a dating website for coffee. We exchanged telephone numbers, except she didn’t divulge her last name or address to me, a man she barely knew. The next afternoon, I was aroused from a nap by the phone ringing. {The caller ID indicated that the caller’s first name was Lisa, raising my hopes}.
Female Caller: “Mike?”
Me: “Yes.”
Female Caller: “It’s Lisa.”
Me:“Hi.”
Female Caller: “How are you, babe?”
Me: “???? Okay…”
Female Caller: “Can I call you right back?”
Click.
I held the phone in my hand, baffled. The affectionate lady’s voice sounded different from the woman I met the day before, but my curiosity was irresistibly piqued. Then I remembered free reverse lookup service. I typed in the number my date had given me, and a last name (different from that of my mystery caller’s Caller ID tag) appeared in seconds. A few weeks later, she sent me an e-mail “I will give you my last name since I know know that you are not in prison and aren’t a stalker.”
Well, she was right about the prison part.
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