# Best free reverse phone lookup?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959 "2019-09-28T17:36:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/1 "2019-09-28T17:36:54Z")

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I’d like to look up a number (cell I believe) that’s been sending texts to me and my girlfriend but don’t want to pay. Any opinions? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/2 "2019-09-28T17:38:04Z")

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Just do a Google search on the number.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/3 "2019-09-28T18:37:10Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Just do a Google search on the number.

That no longer works. The Google answer is a list of sites that will offer information, for a fee.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/4 "2019-09-28T18:45:37Z")

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Whitepages . com works about half the time. If it’s spam/junk, try 800notes . com

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/5 "2019-09-28T20:15:42Z")

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Basically landlines were traditionally in directories while cell phones were not–so I would expect much better coverage of the former than the latter.

Can’t you block the number some way?

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/6 "2019-09-28T20:32:49Z")

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> [@Exploding Rice Birds !!!Cecil!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-rice-birds-cecil/1053/5):
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> Can’t you block the number some way?

Real spam would just use various fake or deceptive numbers, but if for some reason they keep using the same number, all Android, iOS, etc. phones can block individual numbers.

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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-reverse-phone-lookup/840959/7 "2019-09-28T20:33:08Z")

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I’ll check the 2 listed sites. Yes we can block them but curious what it comes up as. Burner or subscriber. That’s why we don’t want to pay.