Cell Phone Number Question

Originally Posted by Big Vito

googling the number is illegal?

Googling isn't illegal and I was posting so that anyone who wanted to "help" out by seeking who was making the call by other means could be illegal. I know that some people have access to phone records and can find out who makes calls. When they do that then it becomes illegal even if you were to do it for "good" reasons. Answers were being given that they had "access" and just didn't want anyone to get in trouble. My wife and son had jobs with the phone companies and they were always being told not to access phone records unless it was authorized by Supervisors in the case we're talking about on this post.

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Originally Posted by Cigary

Googling isn't illegal and I was posting so that anyone who wanted to "help" out by seeking who was making the call by other means could be illegal. I know that some people have access to phone records and can find out who makes calls. When they do that then it becomes illegal even if you were to do it for "good" reasons. Answers were being given that they had "access" and just didn't want anyone to get in trouble. My wife and son had jobs with the phone companies and they were always being told not to access phone records unless it was authorized by Supervisors in the case we're talking about on this post.

What is illegal is accessing personal records that you don't have authority to.
In other words, if anyone on this board works for a provider and secures private information for a friend, that is looking to be fired and face lots of issues.

However, there are many services and many programs that provide information/databases. Accessing those at a cost to the person seeking the information does not put the person at risk. As an example, there are many vendors that at a fee of something like $29, will provide you anything you want to know about the person by simply giving their cell phone number. As an example, in my business, I can search out any of you to see if you have liens, bankruptcies, on and no. However, to do it for something that does not involve a case we are working on would be seeking to be fired.

If I were getting harassing calls, using such a vendor would be something I could easily explain to anyone or any court. However, I would pursue the matter via my personal carrier first.

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Originally Posted by Big Vito

http://www.searchbug.com/

This is a good site for finding out which carrier initially issued a number. However, it doesn't take in to account number porting to other carriers, so the info may or may not be current.