If you have been looking for a website offering 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 endless ezine articles on the subject, just praying that someone would reveal that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were seeking.

This is because there is no secret website. If completely free cell phone reverse lookup was available, it wouldn't be hard to discover because it would be spread passed around instantly. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not compiled in the same way as landline numbers.

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a publically accessible location would make life easier when you need to discover exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the perks that come with a cell phone. There is a level of comfort believing that a telemarketer can't just look up your cell number and start calling as they please.

Articles and websites offering free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on ideas that actually are not effective and rarely, if ever, provide 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 recommend going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and simply searching for the phone number in question. This is rumored to guide you to webpages where the listed owner of that cell phone number has stored their personal details, which may include the cell phone number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on websites for the exact reason most people would prefer it not be posted in a directory for anyone to search: they don't want strange people calling their cell.

It is often reported that cell phone numbers may be retrieved from auction sites such as EBay or shopping webpages where the person may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to your situation. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used in a purchase, because no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your secured from public access. A search engine is not going to go through the personal information of a shopping site and retrieve a phone number. It just doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot get someone's private records from a phone number saved EBay, and even if you could the most it would lead you to is a screen name, which is likely to be just as informative as the phone number you started with.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone listings and identify personal information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone recommending you type in a cell phone number at these common sites in order to retrieve the cell phone owner is throwing away space and time. Simple as that.

The only fast way to identify the name listed under that number that has you curious is to pay a minor fee to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some websites may require a very minor fee to access the directory for one lookup, while others may deliver you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter which services you get for your money, the fee should be rather inexpensive for a reputable directory.