If you have been looking for a site providing completely free reverse phone number look up for a cell phone number, you are probably worn out and still don't have the information you are looking for. Even if you read through numerous ezine articles on the subject, just praying that someone would mention that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

That is because there is no secret website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, it wouldn't be hard to discover because it would be spread by word of mouth immediately. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not listed in the same manner as landline numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a completely open directory would make life simpler when you want to discover exactly who is calling you, but it would also take away some of the perks of a cell phone. There is a certain comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just dial your cell number and begin calling nonstop.

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers typically rely on theories that plainly are not accurate and very rarely deliver the useful information you are looking for. Listening to their advice will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some sources suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and quickly searching for the phone number of concern. This is supposed to direct you to webpages where the registered user of that number has posted their personal details, which may include their cell number. The drawback is very few people post their cell phone number on the web for the very same reason most people would prefer it not be posted in a directory for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is sometimes reported that these numbers may be retrieved from auction sites like EBay or shopping webpages where the owner may have made a purchase, but this offers nothing of value to your situation. These sites do not openly reveal contact information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them online. When you buy an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected site where your blocked from public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping source and retrieve a cell phone number. It just doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot retrieve someone's personal information from a phone number provided to auction sites, and even if you could the most it could give 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 personal information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup services. Anyone recommending you enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to find the name of the owner is wasting space and time. Enough said.

The only legitimate way to find the name connected with that number that has you curious is to pay a minor charge to a legitimate reverse phone lookup website. Some listings may charge a very minor fee to access the service for one number search, while others may give you access to unlimited lookups. No matter what you get for your money, the fee should be rather inexpensive with a reputable service.