If I look up my cellphone number on a reverse number search like USPhoneBook the name listed as the active owner is somebody else. I’ve had my number for 11+ years now, moving between several carriers, and am surprised that somehow this information has never been updated.
I personally don’t care much about my own info being correct because apparently the guy whose name is associated with it is an upstanding citizen who pays all his bills on time and such. My elderly mother, however, isn’t so fortunate. She has had her number for more than 8 years now and the entire time has been harassed by phone calls from bill collectors for a previous owner of the phone number. She does not have a smartphone, nor is she willing/able to learn how to use one. I also can’t tell her just not to answer her phone unless she recognizes the number because most callers are simply listed as “Wireless Caller” and she received many calls from friends whose numbers she doesn’t recognize.
Is there any way to update the online info to reflect current information instead of leaving her to have her number continually discovered by entities trying to locate the previous person? Her cellphone carrier says they can only update the caller ID name but not internet information repositories.