If you have been looking for a resource 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 need. Even if you skimmed through endless internet articles on the subject, just praying that someone would mention that secret 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 hot demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a publically accessible location would make life easier when you need to know exactly who is bothering you, but it would also take away some of the attraction that come with a cell phone. There is a level of comfort knowing that a telemarketer can't just look up your cell number and start calling nonstop.

Articles and other internet resources claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on methods that plainly are not accurate and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you need. Following their advice will be a huge waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

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

It is often reported that these numbers may be retrieved from auction sites like EBay or shopping webpages where the owner may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to you. Shopping sites do not openly reveal contact information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them online. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected set up where your blocked from public access. A search engine is not going to dig through the personal information of a shopping site and pull out a cell phone number. It simply doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot get someone's private records from a phone number saved 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 have now.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to whitepages.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 claiming you should type in a cell phone number at these common sites in attempt to access the cell phone owner is wasting space and time. Simple as that.

The only legitimate way to identify the name connected with that number that has you worried is to pay a nominal price to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some websites may charge a very minor fee to use the service for one lookup, while others may deliver you access to unlimited lookups. No matter which services you get for your money, the charge should be rather small with a legitimate directory.