(Newswire.net — January 28, 2018) — Is a phone number ever simply a way to make contact with another person? Are those digits all that stand between you and a conversation that could end in either a positive or negative manner?
A phone number is an ‘in’, a way to not only make contact, but forge working relationships and various other forms of contact. A phone number is also a way to find out other information, such as the address, background information on the owner of the number, be it a company or an individual. Put simply, that phone number is a key to a whole world of information.
How do you find this information? With a magic function called phone number lookup.
Public Records
If you’ve ever heard of public record searching, then looking up a phone number is very similar. Public records will tell you all about a person, e.g. their birth name, their date of birth, their marital status, their divorce status history, their financial standing, e.g. if they have ever been made bankrupt, and their last known address. Of course, if you are trying to find a long lost relative or even past lover, then this information is invaluable, because you can make the first move to perhaps mending bridges and reaching out once more. From a different viewpoint, having a phone number only and doing a search on this, can help you out if you’re trying to find the address of a company and you only have the number, it can help you understand who is calling you if you have a persistent cold caller, and it gives you information you need to be able to bar or block a number from calling in the future, if you identify them to be a nuisance caller.
Not many of us like to answer a number we don’t recognise. It’s most likely that by checking caller ID and acknowledging that you don’t know the number, you will let it ring out until the caller gets the message and hangs up. This is a common routine. Upon noting down the number, you can then use the phone number searching tool to find out who it is, rather than waiting for them to call back again, and possibly numerous times after that, before you get angry and answer in a rather annoyed tone.
Do You Agree With Public Record Keeping?
There are many people who simply don’t agree with search tools such as this, because they believe that is invades privacy and gives a breeding ground for potential identity theft. Whilst there is also a minor risk, the information that is contained within these searches is far from sensitive. Yes, the last known postal address could cause an issue for some, but it is possible to avoid this by using a PO Box address, or equivalent in your country. Your safety is never going to be put at risk by public records, but there are certainly several very handy uses for the data that is kept within them.