When the call was abruptly disconnected, she alerted police, but they found nothing because the reverse directory had an incorrect address.

A reverse directory of 1885 gives 29 families in the building's 48 apartments.

With the number, she looked up an address in Mexico City in a reverse directory.

It would take a few minutes while someone looked it up in a reverse directory.

Just from your phone number, they can use a reverse directory and put your name on a list as a probable felon.

Then call the numbers and find out whom they belong to (or use a reverse directory).

Have your name removed from any "reverse" directories that list people numerically by phone number or address.

"Then we fire up the old computer and we look in the reverse directory."

If it's just some person who happened to snag your number, they could still call information and get your street address from a reverse directory.

I just checked the phone number in the reverse directory at Switchboard dot-corn.