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    • legs
    • Topic created 2 years ago

    Hello all:
    I joined this site in belief that I can find out who's calling me! I have the phone number, and found the location of the # through an internet search, but no name. I just want to find the information but how? Help out a newbie!
    Thanks,
    Legs

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  1. Dan_WhitePages2 years ago

    Hi Legs,

    For a single phone number look up we usually recommend using the reverse_phone search over at our main website
    http://whitepages.com/reverse_phone/

    If you want to integrate a reverse_phone search in to an website or application you are writing the documentation for that is here:
    http://developer.whitepages.com/docs/Methods/reverse_phone

  2. Cuidarte el Alma2 years ago

    Hello. many of the phone numbers do not have names o address, they appear to be private. or a cellular.. in the way i cannot know who is calling

  3. Dan_WhitePages2 years ago

    Hi Cuidarte,

    We provide access to approximately 180 million listings which covers about 80% of the US. As you may know many people have cell phones and while we can provide some information about the number (eg. what carrier they are using) there is no source for listing specifics on mobile numbers.

    We also have a strong respect for privacy here at WhitePages and we do not show details on numbers that are marked as non-published in our dataset or for numbers that people have specifically requested to be removed from our website.

    For more information about our privacy policy please visit http://www.whitepages.com/privacy_central

  4. lisa79562 years ago

    trying to find a reverse number and when i go to the main page you recommended do i need to sign in, because it gives me the same info that i received before joined this api service..what am i doing wrong?

  5. Dan_WhitePages2 years ago

    lisa7956, the API service is for people who want to develop web applications using the Whitepages.com data.

    Signing up for an API key won't change the data you see on the website.

  6. tigerli4612 years ago

    when I access the reverse phone number I get the number, carrier but I do not get the name or address. How do I get that information. I don't need the number I already have that.

  7. Dan_WhitePages2 years ago

    tigerli461,

    That sounds like you are looking up an unlisted number, a cell phone, or a number we don't have in our database. In those cases we will return the information that we can. These partial listings are marked with the 'carrier_only' flag set to true.

  8. mkohajda1 year ago

    I cannot wait to see who is being noisy

  9. erika1 year ago

    how do i look up a pay phone address

  10. louise1 year ago

    trying to find person for cell phone #409-XXX-XXXX, but it is unlisted and i have spent $$$$$ online different reverse cell phone sites, no success, unlisted, just gave me a map , in our town, but no exact address.
    what else to do?

  11. louise1 year ago

    the map is not specific, not sure map is the cell phone tower locater or the area of the owner of the cell phone. anybody understanding here?

  12. Dan_WhitePages1 year ago

    louise,
    if the map is on our site (and from your comments I am unclear on this) then an unlisted number maps roughly to the center of town.

  13. Dan_WhitePages1 year ago

    Erika,

    Thats a good question. I'm not sure how you would find that information outside of calling the phone company that owns the phone.

  14. d1 year ago

    k,
    if someone is calling you private with no number showing how do you reverse it to find out who the person is playing on your phone.. If they block there number it should still be a way to reveal there number to see who is calling so does anyone know how to do this?

  15. helena1 year ago

    I have a phone number that calls can I find through REVERSE PHONE NO the address of the person calling also on cell phone that says private ,would I be able to get that number....help

  16. Paula8 months ago

    Apparently there's really no way to get the name or address for a cell phone caller even if you use Reverse #. If you know the company the phone # is listed with will that company give you any information. Surely there is some way to find the owner of a specific phone #