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A reverse phone lookup is a telephone directory which can be used to identify the customer details from the phone number available. This is different from the ordinary telephone directory because unlike ordinary reverse cell directory, the numbers are given in order and the customer details associated with number. This helps the user to search customer details from a telephone number which is available.

These types of listings are used by the law enforcement people and in customer care services where it is necessary to find out the details of the caller. Reverse telephone directories may be publicly listed or private. In some countries, this type of directory is provided with the standard telephone directory, and in other countries public listing is forbidden by the law. Private directories are available for law enforcers and customer care services in all countries which is to be kept confidential.

In United States, both private and public listing was available. Customers can exclude their number from this listing for their privacy by paying a small service charge to the telephone service provider. This service charge ranges from $0.80 to $1.50. This is only applicable for public listing, and the number and details will be available in private data base of low enforcement department and with the service providers. When this listing started to become a public concern, The wireless 411 privacy act in 2004 came into existence which stopped this listing in any public 411 directories. Still there are some information database companies providing this directory through internet. Since there are no central database of telephone directories, it is impossible for these companies to provide a comprehensive directory.

Now a days in USA, reverse phone directory technology became popular in internet. These websites offer information regarding the identity of the callers to the public. Anyone who logs into these websites and pays a small registration fee can find information regarding the details of the caller. Some websites even offer free listing. An affordable service charge made this technology more popular among public and many people use this service to identify the caller. Some websites offer the details of important telemarketers so that the public can identify the company that contacted them.

The information you can get from the reverse phone directory varies from site to site. Some services offer only the contact name and address of the caller, while others offer more detailed information such as details about the family, neighbours, civil activities criminal backgrounds etc. However these information may not be reliable always.

Relaying on these websites is not always a good method to find the information. Some websites are not updated regularly and you may not find the necessary information, and sometimes may provide an outdated data. All numbers are not available in many of these sites as there are no central database from which they can collect the information. When you are planning to pay some amount for this service, it is always better to review the refund policy of the company because you may not always get the required information. Customer reviews are also another indicator regarding the reliability of these services. So always pay attention to what other users of the service say about it. Sometimes a simple Google search may give you the required information about the caller details.