Have you ever been harassed by unknown persons through cell phone messages? Thousands of people receive such text messages daily, including death threats and has become such a great issue that measures have been taken to solve this.



Each and every phone company has detailed information about their custommers, including firms, but few of them make it public due to confidentiality terms. But once you have gained the right to know the identity of the sender you will be provided not only with his/her name and address, but in some cases, even with his/her occupation, criminal record and more. Now, the next important thing you should know is that there are three best and secure ways of finding out the identity of the person stalking you and the only piece of information you need to have is the sender's phone number.



If the sender does not answer the phone and/or refuses to identify himself, the first way to trace text messages is using reverse directory lookups which you can find on the internet. These reverse directory lookup sites own a huge database created especially for this purpose and are quite accurate. There are plenty of such sites you can choose from, but make sure they are save and do not ask for a lot of money (you will have to pay for this kind of service, but usually not more than 20$). It is possible to find free reverse directory lookup services but I personally advice you to be careful about it as they might break privacy laws. After creating an online account and paying the tax required, just insert the unknown sender's phone number and the rest is a matter of minutes before you get the information needed.

The second best way to trace text messages on cell phone is contacting the Cell Phone Provider in cases in which the text messages have been sent anonymously or through an anonymous web interface. The Cell Phone Provider will track down the origin of the text message using your carrier and provide you useful details.

The last but not least method to stop such actions is to get help from law enforcement agencies that are equipped with the proper technology and are entitled to track down and stop such ways of harassment. You should know that most states have laws against such actions which, consequently are considered crimes, so do not allow persons like that to harass others too. As the physical tracking down of the stalker might take a while, do not feel tempted to reply to such text messages and if you feel you cannot take it any longer, you can ask the Cell Phone Provider to block any incoming text messages for as long as you want.



These are the three best ways to trace down text messages on cell phones and I can only hope that now you feel safer knowing you can take action in case you become the victim of an anonymous text message stalker.