Phone Finder Report - PII Search Information

When you enter any combination of a subject's name, address, SSN (Social Security number), or LexID® number, the LexisNexis® Phone Finder search returns a report with a primary phone number for the subject, the best name and address information, up to 34 other phones that are associated with the subject, other subjects that are associated with the primary phone number, and additional details about the primary phone number.

Report and Results Elements and Icons

Reports and results contain elements that provide information to help you complete additional research actions.

For a list of possible elements, see Report and Results Element Descriptions.

For a list of possible icons, see Report and Result Action Icons.

Reports and results may contain risk indicator flags. Risk indicator flags indicate a potential risk that may need further investigation. For information about risk indicator flags and other informational icons, see Informational and Risk Indicator Icons.

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Report Section Descriptions

The following table contains descriptions for each section of the report that is returned when you search by name, address, or SSN to find the phone numbers that are associated with a subject. Indications are given to detail the type of report content (Basic, Premium, or Ultimate) that returns the information.

PII Fields (for Basic, Premium, and Ultimate Reports)
Column Description
Header Information
Generated On (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This line displays the date and time when the report was generated.
Search Terms (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This line displays the search terms that you entered into the search form.
Phone Risk Indicator and Risk Alerts (Premium and Ultimate)
If the Phone Risk Indicator option is enabled by your administrator, then the words Pass, Fail, or Warn indicate the risk level of the phone number. The Phone Risk Indicator uses seven customer-configurable risk rules to return this result. A Fail return hides the LexisNexis® One Time Password (OTP) icon () to ensure that you do not run the OTP search on a phone number that has triggered unfavorable activity returns.

If a Warn or a Fail Phone Risk Indicator appears, then the customer-configurable rules that are used in this determination are displayed.

Primary Phone
Phone Number (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field provides the most relevant phone number that is associated with the subject's information that you entered. If the Phone Risk Indicator returns a Pass or a Warn value, then you can click the OTP icon to access the OTP window that lets you send a unique one-time password in the form of an SMS (short message service) / text message, voicemail, or email to the subject to verify their identity. See Phone Finder to One Time Password.
Phone Type (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field provides details about the phone type. Values for the primary phone number include Land-line, Possible Wireless, Possible VoIP, Prepaid, and Other. The Other indicator appears if LexisNexis® Risk Solutions cannot determine the phone type.
Status (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field provides details about the current status of the phone number. The values for the primary phone number are Active or Inactive. This information comes from a real-time phone gateway source that determines whether the phone number is live and billable.
Activity (Ultimate)
The value (Forwarded) indicates that the phone number has been forwarded.
Listing (Premium and Ultimate)
This field provides details about the phone number listing type. Values for the listing type include Residential, Business, and Government.
CallerID (Premium and Ultimate)
This field displays the active caller ID name that appears for the primary phone number. This information comes from a real-time phone gateway source.
Carrier (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the name, the city, and the state details for the carrier that is associated with the primary phone number. No Contract Carrier appears when the carrier provides service does not require a contract signature.

Premium and Ultimate reports include the carrier's address.

Ported (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the ported status. A ported phone is a phone number that has been moved from one carrier to another. In Basic reports, if the phone has not been ported, Not Ported is displayed. If the phone has been ported, then Ported is displayed.

Premium and Ultimate reports provide details for phone numbers that have been ported at least once. Theses details include the number of times that the phone has been ported, the service providers that the phone was ported to or ported from, the first ported date, and the last ported date.

Spoofed (Ultimate)
This field displays the spoofing status. Spoofing is the practice of disguising the origin of a phone number. If the phone has not been spoofed, then the number 0 is displayed.

Ultimate reports include the number of times that the phone has been spoofed, the service providers, the first spoofed date, and the last ported date.

OTP (Premium and Ultimate)
This field displays the OTP status. If the phone has never had a one-time password associated with it, then the number 0 is displayed. When the number is greater than 0, the one-time password data includes whether the phone has been associated with the use of OTP, the number of times it has been associated with OTP, the first date the one-time password was attempted, the last date the one-time password was attempted, and if the one-time password was successful.
Name
Name (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the first name and last name of the subject who is associated with the primary phone number. If the subject is deceased, then Deceased appears below the subject's name.
LexID
This field displays the subject's LexID number when it is available. This ID is a unique identifier that is obtained from most LexisNexis Risk Solutions searches. See About LexID.
Primary Name
Primary Name appears below the name that is the primary name that is associated with the phone number. If additional names are associated with the phone number, then they appear below the primary name.
If the Ultimate option is selected, and if the identity has been verified with the carrier, then Carrier Verified is displayed.
Phone Dates
Last Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field returns where the subject was last seen in the LexisNexis Risk Solutions data that is associated with the primary phone number.
First Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field returns where the subject was first seen in the LexisNexis Risk Solutions data that is associated with the primary phone number.
Duration Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays a calculation, in months, of how long the subject has been associated with the primary phone number.
Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays a calculation, in months, taking the current date and subtracting the last-seen date. This information details how recently the subject has been associated with the primary phone number based on the LexisNexis Risk Solutions data.
Address
Address (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the subject's current address that is associated with the phone number. If the latitude and longitude are found, they are included.
Status (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the status of the address that is associated with the phone number. If the subject has a LexID number, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions data determines that the subject currently resides at the address, then Current is displayed.

This field displays the classification of the property. If the subject has a LexID number, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions data contains the property type, then the property type is displayed. Property types are Residential or Commercial.

You click (View Map) to view a map of an address.

caution.pngAs of August 31, 2017, the View Map feature is no longer supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9.

For information about the icons that appear in a report, see Report and Result Action Icons.

Actions This column contains links that let you run additional searches for the subject.
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The following searches may be available:
SmartLinx® Person Report
The SmartLinx Person Report provides a comprehensive picture of a subject. See SmartLinx Person Report.
LexisNexis® Identity Report
The Identity Report provides the risks that are associated with the PII (personally identifiable information) of the subject. This information helps identify characteristics that are indicative of fraud and material misrepresentation that are not obvious in the verification and validation process.
Other Subjects for Phone
This drop-down list lets you run additional searches on subjects who are associated with the phone number.

The following fields are returned for the other associated phones fields.

Other Associated Phones Fields (for Basic, Premium, and Ultimate Reports)
Column Description
Primary Phone
Phone Number (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field provides the most relevant phone number that is associated with the subject's information that you entered. If the Phone Risk Indicator returns a Pass or a Warn value, then you can click the OTP icon to access the OTP window that lets you send a unique OTP in the form of an SMS / text message, voicemail, or email to the subject to verify their identity. See Phone Finder to One Time Password.
Phone Type (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field provides details about the phone type. Values for the primary phone number include Land-line, Possible Wireless, Possible VoIP, Prepaid, and Other. The Other indicator appears if LexisNexis Risk Solutions cannot determine the phone type.
Activity (Ultimate)
The value (Forwarded) indicates that the phone number has been forwarded.
Carrier (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the name, the city, and the state details for the carrier that is associated with the primary phone number. No Contract Carrier appears when the carrier provides service that does not require a contract signature.

Premium and Ultimate reports include the carrier's address.

Ported (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the ported status. A ported phone is a phone number that has been moved from one carrier to another. In Basic reports, if the phone has not been ported, Not Ported is displayed. If the phone has been ported, then Ported is displayed.

Premium and Ultimate reports provide the last ported date.

Risk Indicator
Phone Risk Indicator and Risk Alerts (Premium and Ultimate)
If the Phone Risk Indicator option is enabled by your administrator, then the words Pass, Fail, or Warn indicate the risk level of the phone number. The Phone Risk Indicator uses seven customer-configurable risk rules to return this result.

If a Warn or a Fail Phone Risk Indicator appears, then click Risk Alerts to view the customer-configurable rules that are used in this determination.

Name
Name (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the first name and last name of the subject. If the subject is deceased, then Deceased appears below the subject's name.
Phone Dates
Last Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field returns where the subject was last seen in LexisNexis Risk Solutions data that is associated with the primary phone number.
First Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field returns where the subject was first seen in LexisNexis Risk Solutions data that is associated with the primary phone number.
Duration Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays a calculation, in months, of how long the subject has been associated with the primary phone number.
Seen (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays a calculation, in months, taking the current date and subtracting the last-seen date. This information details how recent the subject has been associated with the primary phone number, based on the LexisNexis Risk Solutions data.
Address
Address (Basic, Premium, and Ultimate)
This field displays the subject's current address. If the latitude and longitude are found, then they are included.

Click (View Map) to view a map of an address.

caution.pngAs of August 31, 2017, the View Map feature is no longer supported in Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9.

For information about the icons that appear in a report, see Report and Result Action Icons.

Actions This column contains links that let you run additional searches for the subject.
note.pngDepending on your product subscription, some searches may not be available.
The following search may be available:
Other Subjects for Phone
The Other Subjects for Phone drop-down list lets you run additional searches on subjects associated with the phone number.

The following fields are returned for the carrier details fields.

Carrier Details Fields (for Premium and Ultimate Reports)
Column Description
Carrier Details
Carrier Details (Premium and Ultimate)
This section provides additional information about the service provider that is associated with the phone number, including the following fields:
  • Operating Company Name
  • Operating Company Number
  • Operating Company Affiliated To
  • Operating Company Contact
  • Operating Company Contact Address
  • Operating Company Contact Phone
  • Operating Contact Fax