If you have been looking for a resource featuring completely free reverse phone number look up for a cell phone number, you are probably frustrated and still don't have the information you need. Even if you skimmed through numerous web based articles on cell phone lookup, just praying that someone would reveal that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

This is because there is no secret website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was possible, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread by word of mouth instantly. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not compiled in the same way as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life simpler when you want to know exactly who is bothering you, but it would also take away some of the perks that come with a cell phone. There is a level of comfort knowing that a telemarketer can't just purchase your cell number and begin calling nonstop.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers usually rely on methods that actually are not accurate and rarely, if ever, produce the results you need. Listening to their advice will be a big waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some websites recommend going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and simply searching for the phone number in question. This is supposed to direct you to websites where the registered user of that cell phone number has stored their contact information, which may include their cell number. The drawback is very few people list their cell phone number on the web for the very same reason the majority of people would prefer it not be broadcasted in a directory for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is often reported that these numbers may be collected from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the person may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to you. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used to make a purchase, because no one would buy from them over the internet. When you buy an item online, EBay included, you use a protected site where your blocked from public access. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping source and retrieve a cell phone number. It just doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot retrieve someone's personal information from a phone number provided to EBay, and even if you could the most it could give you is a screen name, which is likely to be just as useful as the phone number you already have.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and retrieve private information only from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup services. Anyone claiming you should type in a cell phone number at these common sites in order to access the name of the owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only legitimate way to retrieve the name behind that number that has you concerned is to pay a minor price to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup service. Some services may charge a very small fee to access the directory for one number search, while others may grant you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter which services you get for your money, the fee should be rather small with a reputable directory.