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- REVERSE PHONE DIRECTORIES
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- A normal phone directory lists by name. Last name first followed by first and
- or initial. By looking up the name, you can find the telephone number and
- often the street address.
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- Many businesses that are involved in credit collection or verification and
- businesses such as the insurance industry, 'skip tracers' ( comapnies that try
- to locate people that have moved ) and attorneys and the like often use a
- 'reverse telephone directory'.
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- By looking up the telephone number, you can determine the associated name
- and often address of the person listed at that number. The listing looks
- like this:
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- 510-689-2134 Byron, Scott 2120 Belvedere Cir. Pl.
- 510-689-2135 Denny, A&K
- 510-689-2136 Vintner, T 434 A 1st. St. Cn.
- 510-689-2138 Patel, Dr. Irma 1000 Main St #23 P.H.
- 510-689-2141 etc.... etc....
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- I need to point out that these numbers are not always listed... They do
- not list 'unlisted numbers' or those numbers that are in effect after the
- effective printing date of the book.
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- If you look at the list above, you will see that 689-2137, 689-2139 and
- 689-2140 are all not included... These may be unlisted, unused or new
- numbers that did not make the printing cut-off.
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- Where can you get one of these... Well, you can lease them from Ma Bell at
- a cost of $40.00 to $100.00 depending on the time frame... 3 to 6 months..
- Or, you can go to the Central Library or local Bell office and use theirs
- for free any time you like.
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- My guess is that if you need an out of( like back east or ? ) area listing,
- you may have to call the office that handles that area...But expect them to
- be a bit concerned with giving that info over the phone.. Have a good story
- ready... Don't giggle or drool into the mouthpiece... Probably, the Library
- would be more helpful... They look up all sorts of stuff for people.
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- So what do you do with the address?.. Beats me... Why did you want to know
- how to get it in the first place.
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- How do you get the phone number to start... Well, did you ever dial one of
- those 900#s... I understand thay can read your phone number from their end...
- Yup! Even from within California...Now your name can be sold as part of a
- mailing list.
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- BYE!
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