This may have happened at least once to you before.
Your cell phone is ringing in your coat pocket or in your purse.
But before you could reach the phone to answer it, the caller hangs up and what you see are the words "unknown caller" on your mobile's screen signifying that the number who called is not in your phone book.
This leads you to a mini-debate inside your head whether or not you will call this unlisted number back or will you just ignore it.
To avoid having the mini-debate in your mind and to aid you in deciding on whether or not you will call this "unknown caller" you can now avail of what is called a cellular reverse lookup service.
This service will allow you to lookup this unknown number in your service provider's database.
And since this is a paid service, you are assured that even unlisted and cell phone numbers will be included in your service provider's records.
Cellular reverse lookup services use not only listed phone database, they also use data from courthouses, government records and other public domain records in order to ensure those availing their services that all means necessary to search for the owner of the number in question are exhausted.
Cellular reverse lookup services will not only give you the first and last name of the person who owns that cell phone number in question, this service will also give you the middle name of the user, his or her address, carrier type, date of birth, occupation and sometimes, even family members residing with him or her.
If you will be availing the service of a cellular reverse lookup company, you will have a choice between a one year service or a one time service.
The best package to avail is the one year service if there are multiple numbers to be looked up.
Many people put the service to good use and look up all the unknown numbers that they have in their call log.
It is much cheaper than opting for the one time service, unless of course you know that this is the only time you will be using this service.