Looking up a phone number is easy. Basically when you do this you are searching a database using the name and address that you already know. Ninety nine percent of the time the results you get are accurate.

The process of "doing a reverse" - looking up the name of a person with a particular phone number or address, is the same - but the databases that allow you to search them in that manner are not as accessible as an ordinary phone book. Just as with an ordinary phone book, ninety nine percent of the time the results you get are accurate.

When doing a reverse on an address, the databases that are used often provide additional, or confusing, results. For example, if you do a reverse on an address, the results sometimes indicate the owner of the property at the address, and sometimes indicate the occupant of the property, which are sometimes different. Depending on what you are seeking, and what is found, additional investigations are sometimes necessary to validate or confirm the findings.

Although the initial findings are not necessarily precisely definitively what is desired, they also often provide useful information that allow us to make connections that are invaluable to our clients. This is especially the case with complex investigations. Finding and making those connections is what makes the services provided by web sleuth different from simple computer programs that search databases.