Do you get phone calls from numbers that you don’t recognize? Are you concerned about picking up calls from unknown numbers because they may be marketers or pranksters or someone else you don’t want to talk to?

Now there’s a way for you to get instant information about a caller before you answer the phone. Based on a phone number, you can find information about the caller, their address and other critical data that can help you decide to answer a call.

When you search for this information it is called a “Reverse Phone Lookup.” Instead of using a name or address to look up a phone number in a directory, you are doing the reverse by using a phone number to look up a name and address.

Below are step-by-step instructions to get caller information from Intelius based on a phone number. Information is available for landline numbers, cell phone numbers and unlisted numbers.

1. First, you must find and remember the calling phone number. This can be as simple as looking at your cell phone at the time of a call or viewing your call log after a call has come in. If you have caller id on your landline, record the phone number at the time of the call. If you do not have caller id, you can get the last number that called by entering an access code. This code varies by phone provider.

2. Start your web browser, enter www.PhoneNumberSearcher.com/go and press the Go button. This displays the Reverse Phone Lookup page.

3. Enter the calling phone number into the Phone Number: field. Enter the Area Code, a dash (“-“), the prefix, another dash and the final four digits of the number. Your number should look like this: 555-555-5555.

4. Press the Search button. You will see a “Search in Progress” message until the Summary Phone Report is displayed with a “Successful Match!” message.

5. Review the caller’s information on the Summary Phone Report. The report includes caller information, such as, a map with the location of the caller, the city and state, time zone, county and latitude and longitude.

6. To get more information about the caller, press the View Details button. This displays options for purchasing more detailed reports.

7. Press the “Add to Cart” button for the report option that you would like. This displays the “Phone Report with Identity Protect Trial” page.

8. Press the Continue button to accept the special price that includes the Identity Protect Trial. If you are not interested in this service, remember to cancel 7 days and avoid being charged a monthly fee. Pressing the Continue button displays the “Recommended Add-Ons for Phone Report” page.

9. Click the Add checkboxes if you are interested in either the “Premium Confirmation Service” or “Instant Email Lookup” services. “Premium Confirmation Service” automatically confirms all phone connections and current addresses to public utilities. It also presents your phone report in a nicely presented PDF format. The “Instant Email Lookup” service provides one email lookup record for the caller.

10. Review the Order Summary and click the Continue button. This displays the “Create Your Account” page.

11. Enter your Account and Payment Information, review your Order Summary and click the “Confirm the Purchase and Show My Report” button. This displays the Order Confirmation page.

12. Review the Order Confirmation and click “Reconfirm the Purchase And Show My Report” button. This displays the special offers page.

13. Enter your email address and press the Yes button if you are interested in accepting the special offer. If you are not interested in the special offer, click the “NO show my report” button. The “Generating Report” message will appear until the “My Intelius Services Summary” page is displayed.

14. Scroll down to view the Phone Report for the caller that you requested. This will contain the caller’s Name, Age, Relatives, Address, Phone Type, Carrier, Time Zone, County, Average Income and Average Home Value. From this page, you can choose to access other reports, such as, a Background Report for the caller or a Property Report for the caller’s address.

As you can see, it is very easy to get information about a caller before you answer the phone. It’s worth the extra couple minutes to verify a caller before answering the phone.