If you have been looking for a site 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 read through various internet articles on the subject, just praying that someone would mention that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were seeking.

This is because there is no hidden website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was available, it wouldn't be hard to discover because it would be spread passed around over night. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not listed in the same manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a publically accessible directory would make life simpler when you want to find out exactly who is bothering you, but it would also take away some of the appeal that come with 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 offering free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on methods that actually are not effective and rarely, if ever, provide the results you want. Following their advice will be a big 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 in question. This is rumored to direct you to websites where the registered user of that number has posted their personal details, which may include their cell number. The drawback is very few people use their cell phone number on websites for the very same reason the majority of 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 sometimes reported that cell phone numbers may be retrieved from auction sites such as EBay or shopping webpages where the owner may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to you. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, EBay included, you use a protected forum where your information is not open to public access. A search engine is not going to dig through the contact records of a shopping source and find a cell phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot find someone's personal information 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 useful as the phone number you have now.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and identify personal information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone advising you to enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to access the name of the owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only effective way to retrieve the name connected with that number that has you worried is to pay a nominal fee to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup website. Some services may require a very minor fee to utilize the directory for one number search, while others may grant you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter how much information you get for your money, the charge should be rather inexpensive for a reputable directory.