If you have been looking for a site offering 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 seeking. Even if you perused through endless ezine articles on cell phone lookup, just praying that someone would mention that hidden website, I am positive you didn't find what you were looking for.

That is because there is no elusive website. If completely free cell phone reverse lookup was possible, it wouldn't be hard to find 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 manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life simpler when you need to know exactly who is calling you, but it would also take away some of the appeal that come with a cell phone. There is a certain security believing that a telemarketer can't just look up your cell number and begin calling nonstop.

Articles and websites offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on methods that actually are not effective and very rarely produce the useful information you are looking for. Following their advice will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some websites recommend going to Google or any other internet search engine and quickly searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is supposed to guide you to websites where the listed owner of that cell phone 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 internet for the very same reason most people would prefer it not be posted in a phone book for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is often suggested that cell phone numbers may be pulled from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to you. Shopping sites should never reveal personal information used in a purchase, because no one would buy from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected set up where your information is not open to public viewing. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping source and pull out a phone number. It simply doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot find someone's private records from a phone number saved auction sites, and even if you could the most benefit it would provide 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 directories and retrieve more detailed information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone claiming you should enter a cell phone number at these common sites in order to retrieve the name of the owner is wasting space and time. Enough said.

The only legitimate way to retrieve the name connected with that number that has you concerned is to render a small price to a legitimate reverse phone lookup directory. Some websites may require a very nominal fee to utilize the directory for one number search, while others may deliver you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter what you get for your dollar, the fee should be relatively small for a legitimate service.