What is “people tracking”?

Remember those thriller films where the sleuths would trace down a ‘bad guy’ by following trails and referencing satellites and laptops? Well, just remove the ‘following trails’ (and the chase that ensues) part, and you’ve got what tracking people is. It involves the process of finding someone’s identity and details using certain distinguishable unique IDs, such as their telephone number.

Why would I want to track anybody?

There may be various reasons you may need to track somebody. Sometimes you might want the new address of an old friend who’s moved, or need to know more about a perspective employee, etc. It doesn’t matter how much data you need as all that’s required to be done is to use a reverse cell-phone lookup directory, and all that’s necessary in order to conduct such a search is the person’s cell-phone number.

Is that free?

No, cell-phone directory access is charged, due to privacy laws that exist. You can find land-line directories for free, as you already must be aware of, but not mobile phones.

For a single search, it will probably cost you about $15, and about $40 for unlimited searches throughout the year. Quite naturally, it’s better to go for the unlimited search option, not only because it’s much cheaper, but also because the results in that are usually more comprehensive.

How much data can be found using a phone number?

Quite a lot! The best part of these reverse look up directories is that all you need to search for somebody is their phone number. It doesn’t matter even if you don’t remember their name! The best part is that the process is extremely easy and very fast, unlike a hard copy search. You don’t even need their addresses to search for information about them.

Anything else?

Yes, be careful about being scammed by fake websites which claim to conduct searches and provide result, as you’ll lose your money once you’ve paid them. Make sure you have established the credibility of the service before using it; on-line services can be very slippery.