If you have been looking for a resource featuring completely free reverse phone number look up for a cell phone number, you are probably exhausted and still don't have the information you are looking for. Even if you skimmed through endless internet articles on the subject, just hoping that someone would mention that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were looking for.

That is because there is no hidden website. If completely free cell phone reverse lookup was possible, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread passed around over night. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open directory would make life simpler when you want to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the appeal of a cell phone. There is a certain security trusting that a telemarketer can't just purchase your cell number and start calling as they please.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on theories that actually are not accurate and very rarely provide the results you want. Listening to their advice will be a huge waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

Some sources recommend going to Google or any other internet search engine and simply searching for the phone number of concern. This is believed to guide you to websites where the owner of that cell phone number has listed their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people post their cell phone number on the internet for the very same reason most people would rather it not be posted in a directory for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is often suggested that cell phone numbers may be pulled from auction sites such as EBay or shopping webpages where the person may have previously bought something, but this offers nothing of value to you. Shopping sites should never reveal personal information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you pay for an item online, EBay included, you use a protected set up where your information is not open to public access. A search engine is not going to go through the personal information of a shopping source and pull out a phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot retrieve someone's personal information from a phone number saved EBay, and even if you could the most benefit it would provide you is a screen name, which is likely to be just as informative as the phone number you have now.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and retrieve private information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone recommending you enter a cell phone number at these common sites in attempt to retrieve the cell phone owner is wasting space and time. Enough said.

The only effective way to identify the name listed under that number that has you curious is to pay a small price to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup service. Some websites may require a very small fee to use the service for one lookup, while others may give you access to an endless number of searches. No matter what you get for your dollar, the fee should be relatively inexpensive for a reputable service.