Can Unlisted Numbers Be Traced?
Unlisted numbers cannot be traced. The owners of the phone number pay extra money to keep them out of the phone books and therefore out of the public eye. Cell phones are somewhat in the category of unlisted unless the cell phone user specifically asks that their cell phone number be included in the regular telephone directory. This request is an extreme rarity, so don’t expect to find one of those in a regular phone number look up search engine.
It would be both a waste of time and a waste of money to sign onto a paid site if your intention is to search the records for an unlisted number, these site only have access to landline numbers that are not paid for unlisted numbers. Cell phones, on the other hand, can be found often in many of the pay sites. The sites themselves have to pay to gain access to these types of records, so don’t expect to find them on the free sites.
If you have what you believe to be an unlisted number and it is still locatable in the free searches or the paid searches, this means that your phone number is listed in a phone book provider of some kind, find out the providers in your area and contact them.
Related posts:
June 28th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I think unlisted numbers can be traced. For example, just by entering a number into Google or another search engine, sometimes results will come up if someone else has mentioned it or if it has been posted anywhere on the internet (i.e. forums, blogs, phone directories, etc)