Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!bu.edu!telecom-request From: Barton.Bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Tracing Unlisted Numbers Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 07:12:36 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Lines: 20 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 143, Message 5 of 10 In article , dmason@digi.lonestar.org (David Mason) writes: > At one time I had a legitimate need to trace an unlisted number. > That is, I needed the name and address of the party it was registered > to. I contacted a private investigator and he told me this was > possible with no other data than the number itself. Soon after that I Dial the number from where it WILL be long distance, keep the answered connection up long enough so you WILL be charged, and then mumble something about wrong number and hangup. When the bill comes, call the business office. Say you don't know whose number that is on your bill and generally they will get you the name BEFORE they consider giving you credit for a improperly billed call. Generally, a name jogs one's memory and that is the end of it. Certainly don't insist you didn't make it, because you DID. Just saying you are a bit confused about who it might be, and could they help is being quite honest.