Finding Personal Information : How to Find Someone's Cell Phone Provider

A Web site that can help people to find cell phone providers is fonefinder.net. Discover the company a person uses as a cell phone provider with information from a genealogy researcher in this free video on personal records and research.

Expert: Richard Goms
Bio: Richard Goms has more than 30 years of experience using computers. He currently is fluent in Windows XP and Vista.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• personal information
• Internet research
• personal records
• phone numbers
• addresses
• cell phones
• e-mail
• Internet

[fliikicks]

hey there i was wondering if you can help me find my Friend is been 2 years now since the last time we talked and i think she left me some information or something but once she deleted her account on myspace eventually i didnt got the chance to see what she wrote on it . And i beg you to help me find my friend please i have a picture of her . just in case

[haleakala]

This information is completely wrong. You can't rely on databases like FoneFinder with number porting anymore, since you can move your number to another carrier. You can see the call rate on your bill, but if you don't want to call, many carriers have a text message option on their site that will fail, confirming their number ISN'T with that carrier if it doesn't work.

Observation works: if they have an iPhone in the US, they probably have AT&T. And don't forget about social engineering!

[miamimanni]

Doesn't work when someone ports their number to another provider later in their life