A reverse phone number finder is a paid service that allows its subscribers to obtain information about the owners of mobile and landline phone numbers.
To use this type of service, you would need to register on their website, pay their membership fee, and login.
Once done, you would be able to get all the information that's available for the number you are checking.
This information usually includes: name, address, satellite image of the owner's location, carrier, and more.
The services purchase this data from various public databases, and that's why they charge their customers to use it.
The searches are confidential and private.
Most services offer unlimited searches with your membership.
The most common types of membership are yearly and unlimited.
Some services offer bonuses with membership, such as they may keep your own information private as a part of the fee.
These services are commonly used to find out the name and address of a persistent phone prankster, to learn who is calling your partner, to locate classmates and friends, to trace suspicious numbers, to know who your children are calling, to verify phone bills, and to view satellite locations of a person.
Reverse phone number finder services protect the person whose number is being investigated by making their members agree to specific terms and conditions.
This includes agreeing that the "investigator" will use the service for personal and legal purposes only.
The "investigator" agrees not to bother, stalk, or embarrass the person they obtained data about.
They are also prohibited from looking up public persons and celebrities.
The service tracks all searches, which helps to prevent any misuse.