How To Do A Free Reverse Phone Lookup In New Orleans, Louisiana

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Few things are worse than getting one nuisance call after another on your cell phone. Spam calls are made worse by the fact that you often don’t know who’s calling you.

The key is to do a reverse phone lookup. New Orleans is one of the top cities for spam, according to Hiya. So, finding out who’s calling you is a priority.

What Are The Legit Reverse Phone Lookup Sites?

In this article, I’ll show you how to do a reverse phone lookup to see who’s calling you. I happen to do this all the time to see who’s dialing my number.

Thankfully, there are several sites that can give you some of the information you need.

When you typically go to a reverse phone lookup website, there’s a portal where you enter information on a person. Then it will take you to a page that shows you grayed out information.

To show you the full results, usually there’s a fee attached. But I’m going to show you some free websites to choose from.

What Is A Reverse Phone Lookup?

A reverse phone lookup is an electronic database that allows users to find out personal information on a caller based on their phone number.

The reason the “reverse” is included in a “reverse phone lookup” is because typically you search for a person’s phone number based on already having their name. But the process is reversed in a reverse phone lookup.

How Phone Lookups Began

In the beginning, the “Yellow Pages” were the defacto way people found phone numbers for companies and individuals.

Soon operators went out of style and the phone companies introduced call waiting, voicemail and caller ID, which was the first electronic phone lookup.

Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies and some government agencies were using reverse phone lookups in print for decades before they became available to the public.

With the tremendous adoption of the internet, sites began to pop up that promised reverse phone lookup for a fee.

But there are also some free reverse phone lookup databases.

What Is The Most Accurate Reverse Cell Phone Lookup Site?

When it comes to free options, TruePeopleSearch.com is the one that will give you a phone number without cost. Many other sites will charge you a small fee.

When you go to the site, you’ll see three tabs in the middle of the page: Name, Reverse Phone and Reverse Address. Tap on the middle one: Reverse phone (see screenshot below).

What Is The Best Reverse Phone Lookup Site?

When I get an unfamiliar phone number, I never answer it. I wait until the call is over to find out who has called me. Here are the best websites I’ve used.

Final Thoughts

If you go to many of the sites listed above, they will show all the recent cell phone lookups so you can see which numbers.

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Keisha Smith

Keisha Smith is a Contributing Writer who attended college at Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge. She is currently writing a book on south Louisiana culture.