Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2006

With the number of identity theft cases increasing world wide each year, the last thing that many people want to happen is for their social security number to be found out. However, a person’s phone number, an equally unique and identifying number, is not only available online but now can be used to locate someone by phone number alone.

According to the online news magazine People Search News.com, people search site PeopleFinders.com is allowing members of the general public access up to more than 30 years of historical phone number ownership records making it easier than ever to find people even with a phone number that may be more than thirty years old.

Often seen as the “end all, be all” of unique and identifying numbers social security numbers can help someone locate another person easily and with great certainty. Online identity protection experts now believe that a person’s phone number may be equally as unique and identifiable as other state and federally issued forms of identification.

“People aren’t really aware of the power of a home or cell phone number. Anyone from your past, be it friend or foe, can locate you based on your old or current phone number. It’s become a matter of best practice to not publish your number on the Internet.”

Locating people by their phone numbers is a relatively new phenomenon in the field of online people searching where typically one needs such information as individual’s first and last name, phone number and/or social security number to locate someone. The PeopleFinders.com Historical Phone Records Search allows users to locate a person using only a phone number, thus making the process of online people searching quicker and more useful for consumers.

The PeopleFinders.com Historical Phone Records Search allows users to enter a person’s current or previous phone number into a search box on the site which then searches billions of propriety database records to locate an individual. The results, states People Search News editor Guy Dubleche, are often astonishing.

With every phone number search, PeopleFinders.com returns a free summary report to the user. This summary report may list:

    Names and possible aliases associated with the phone number searched

    Age of the person associated with the phone number searched

    City and State that the phone number is located in.

    Possible relatives (and ages for each) associated with the phone number searched

    Possible Businesses/Employment associations for the phone number searched

Once a user has located their subject from the free summary report, the user can then purchase a one time people finder report or a comprehensive background check report on their subject. These reports provide even more detailed information on a search subject including the subject’s age, possible current address and phone number, 20 year address history; bankruptcies, tax liens & judgments; property ownership, possible relatives and roommates and neighbors; possible aliases and maiden names, as well as marital history.

“The power that this technology has opened up the world of people searching up to many who previously may have viewed the prospect of locating someone online as unachievable. All you need is a phone number to find someone now. Old or new, it doesn’t matter,” Dubleche adds.

“With their technology, you can take a phone number that you had in your high school year book or even from your old little league team roster and use it to find someone,” states Dubleche.

For more information on phone searches, people searches or the PeopleFinders.com Historical Phone Records Search visit PeopleFinders.com.

About People Search News

Founded in 2006, People Search News is a Sacramento, California based non-commercial online source for people search and people finder related news and information.

Our goal is to provide our readers with up-to-date and relevant articles and news items on people search related information. People Search News features a staff of knowledgeable and seasoned writers with expertise in investigative techniques such as skip tracing, law enforcement, surveillance, people search, genealogy and data mining.

The People Search News staff is also available to answer any and all people search related questions. Currently, our Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) section features answers to many common people search questions. We welcome you to submit your own people search or people finder related questions or suggestions for our site in the “contact us” section.

People Search News is also available via analog mail at the following address:

People Search News

511 9th Street #2

Sacramento, CA 95814

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Related Skip Tracing Press Releases

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2006

Perhaps that should read: the myth that keeps on taking.

Taking by fraud is what one licensed investigator says data brokers are doing to consumers. Promising that the requested reverse lookup information has been located, some information companies dangle an imaginary carrot in front of their customer’s faces just long enough to take their money, says writer, investigator and http//cellulartrace.com [Cellulartrace.com] operator Mark McAlpin.

“If you spend any time on the web, you have certainly seen the ads promising reverse lookup number searches from a cell phone directory. The problem is, there is no cell number directory. And there are so many issues with creating one, that there probably never will be,” McAlpin said

Still, there are dozens of companies whose web site promise reverse search information allowing customers to subscribe for unlimited lookup searches from such a directory. Phone searches are popular web site offerings, as so many people want to find names and addresses and locate people for free. But despite the popularity of reverse lookup searches, the only way consumers can, at this point, find say, cell phone number search information is through investigative businesses that search for the info manually.

“This ‘access our database’ garbage is pure fraud; what’s worse is how they do it,” McAlpin explains.

“These businesses advertise as doing the impossible, to pique the customer’s interest. The web site usually loads a search screen whereon they enter the phone number to be searched. The screen then displays a “searching” icon followed by a false announcement that the lookup results have been found. The information is just a subscription payment away, they are told.

“At this point people can’t pay fast enough—their information is there and waiting for them, they are told. But as soon as the transaction is completed, a new search reveals that no results can be found for the phone number they searched. At this point the site they subscribed to often forwards them to some other, legitimate pay site. Customers rightly feel taken and assume the new search site is affiliated with the scam site. They sometimes waste a lot of time demanding refunds from the wrong company.”

So how do people avoid being taken in the reverse number search game? It is important to choose a legitimate provider of phone number research. Consumers need to ask a prospective skip tracing company what kind of information they will receive and whether the search in real-time or culled from some sort of so-called database.

“Any time a web page claims it is “searching” a database for phone lookup information, you need to close that window and keep looking,” McAlpin advises.

Sadly, people are naïve and just don’t realize how many scam sites claiming lookup ability there are out on the Web. If you want accurate information, you need to find an accurate source that will deliver what they promise. Anyone accessing a collection of old and stale data cannot guarantee search results. Real-time reverse lookup info is only going to come from a real investigative company willing and able to provide accurate phone search information.”

It is important to note the vast difference between information brokers who operate in an unlicensed and unregulated industry, and private investigators that search for their information as licensed and regulated businesses subject to discipline and oversight by their states or provinces. It is easy for a consumer to select a lower priced phone number search promising unlimited lookup possibilities by a shady info broker. Such is usually the situation that leads to a loss of money with no information to show for it.

Inversely, respected firms with some age to them, provide legitimate lookup services and have performed searches for their clients for years.

Like most web transactions, searching to find cell phone lookup subscriber information or any sort of phone, address or name lookup, the rule of thumb when searching for people is caveat emptor.

McAlpin’s site, Cellulartrace.com specializes in cell phone reverse lookup investigations, offering the number searches at one of the most affordable prices on the Web.

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Encinitas, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2006

Intelligent eCommerce, Inc. (IEI) a marketing company for independent private investigators removed cell phone record searches from www.bestpeoplesearch.com. In light of the recent activities of its competitor’s Intelligent e-Commerce has decided to voluntarily cease offering call records from its web sites. IEI concluded that continuing to provide the service would link it to disreputable companies who do not use any safeguards to protect against the potential dangers of this service. As a result, IEI has voluntarily removed these services from its web site on Monday January 16th.

Recently, the business of online data brokerage has garnered much attention from the press. Much has been made of the ability of individuals to pay a fee to an online service company and receive a copy of someone else’s cell phone records. While this service has been available for many years, companies that offer these services online are relatively new. Clearly, in the wrong hands such a service poses the danger of abuse and the potential to cause harm.

Intelligent e-Commerce, Inc. who owns www.bestpeoplesearch.com has always prided itself on its policy of carefully screening requests for cell phone records to determine if the records are being requested for a legitimate purpose. IEI has always personally called the requestor of any phone records in order to determine the reason for the request. A customer wanting to find her runaway teenage daughter: valid. Bail bond agents skip tracing a bail jumper: valid. Law enforcement officers working a case: valid. An insurance company wanting to know if its insured was using his cell phone when he crashed into another motorist: valid. A request for the records of any government agent or public official: not valid.

Unfortunately, not all purveyors of this service are quite as conscientious as IEI. In response to requests from the media to discuss the service and address legitimate concerns from the community, IEI President Noah Wieder accepted myriad invitations to appear on television to discuss the matter. Tellingly, IEI was the only company in the United States willing to appear on TV to discuss the issue.

IEI has strong feelings on how the industry can be regulated to protect consumers while still permitting industry professionals access in limited circumstances and would be happy to provide interviews and additional information.

IEI has prepared a document called “How to Protect Your Cell Phone Records” and is freely available from http://bestpeoplesearch.com/pdf/How-to-protect-your-cell-phone-records.pdf Anyone can protect their phone records from being obtained without government intervention. It’s just a matter of educating the public. If the phone carriers offered these suggestions to account holders (better yet), added them to account applications, legislation would not be necessary and the fear of someone accessing your cell records would dissipate.

Contact:

Noah Wieder, President, IEI

760-652-4050

This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.Com: http://www.emailwire.com.

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(PRWEB) September 26, 2006

OnCorp Direct Inc. announces the release of Skip Trace, a powerful search application that instantly traces the most current phone number and address available online for a person or company in Canada.

“Other phone directories are up to 90 days out of date and may return disconnected phone numbers,” says Ms Rani Advani, CEO of OnCorp Direct Inc. “OnCorp’s Skip Trace simultaneously searches the most current and relevant databases from several angles at once, and provides street-wide, city-wide and province-wide results in a concise report.”

Credit collection companies and private investigators can gain significant benefits by using OnCorp’s Skip Trace to automate the lookup process for their files. Reports are organized in a feature-rich index to help the repeat user achieve further efficiencies.

“This application certainly is a helpful addition to the conventional investigative resources,” says Mr. Paul Lo, Director of Altech Investigations Inc. “It is available 24/7 for an affordable price.”

Built on the CloserLook deep web search platform pioneered by CloserLook Search Services Inc., OnCorp’s Skip Trace incorporates the same intelligent, efficient, and user-friendly features that have made all of OnCorp’s search and registration applications so popular.

For more information:

Visit www.oncorp.com or call 1-800-461-7772

OnCorp Direct Inc. is a recognized leader in providing public record search and registration services. OnCorp is an Electronic Filing Intermediary certified by Corporations Canada and is a Service Provider under contract with the Ministry of Government Services to provide direct electronic access to Ontario’s official record of business information.

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