Have you also been through phone calls coming at most inappropriate time. It always happens; I sit down to eat with my family and someone calls me. Although I check the calls afterwards, the phone is never answered while we are sitting at dinner. There hardly ever seems to be any messages, regardless of how many calls have been received.

In the past I left it at that, departed from the situation, and continued watching the numbers remain unchanged from day to day. Very few times when I call back I get someone I'd like to talk to, but other times I don't. Sometimes I get computer noises or reach someone in India.

My son said I should find out who was calling by doing a reverse phone look-up. Not even a single thought about it came into my mind ,it sounds like a Law & Order thing. As expected an internet search for "reverse phone lookup" yielded what I needed.

The online reverse lookup program allowed me to find the number of a telemarketer so I could annoy the crap out of them. I returned their call and told them not to ever call me again and they never called me again!

Additionally, I utilized the service to phone a friends back that called without leaving messages. I was so happy to talk with them and it left me curious as to how many calls that I would have liked to take, that I missed instead.

As I utilize it so often, I bookmarked the reverse phone detective search in my browser.

If you take time to watch the Reverse Phone Detective video it will reveal some cool things. There were a ton of other features beside the simple reverse phone number lookup — some stuff that really sounded like detective tools:

* Stop annoying telemarketers
* Find prank callers
* Research numbers that pop up on your phone bill
* Find someone’s address with their phone number
* Research missed calls on your caller ID that you don’t recognize
* Use old numbers to find old friends
* Reverse cell phone lookup and landline lookup

Aside from the number lookup, there were lots of other features, including some that seemed like real detective tools; I could imagine it being put to good use checking up on your kids or your spouse's activities. Even though I just used it to located a few friends and give my opinion to telemarketers, this was adequate for me!

The information stored in public records should be up dated regularly. So that many services can use the records and give their service to the appropriate persons. Your privacy can be enhanced with the Reverse Phone Detective. When you no longer want to be part of the online phone directory, you can choose to opt-out of the service.