If you have been looking for a resource 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 internet articles on the subject, just praying that someone would fill you in on that secret website, I am positive you didn't find what you were looking for.

This is because there is no elusive website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, it wouldn't be hard to find because it would be spread by word of mouth instantly. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not listed in the same way as landline 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 trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the attraction of a cell phone. There is a level of security trusting that a telemarketer can't just dial your cell number and start calling at all hours.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on theories that actually are not effective and rarely, if ever, deliver the useful information you want. Following their directions will be a big waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

Some sources suggest going to Google or any other internet search engine and simply searching for the phone number of concern. This is believed to guide you to websites where the owner of that number has stored their contact information, which may include their cell number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on websites for the very same reason most people would prefer it not be accessible in a phone book for the general public: they don't want strange people calling their cell.

It is sometimes reported that these numbers may be collected from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to you. These sites should never reveal contact information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them online. When you purchase an item online, EBay included, you use a protected site where your information is not open to public access. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping site and retrieve a cell phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot retrieve someone's private records from a phone number saved auction sites, 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 already have.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and identify more detailed information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone claiming you should type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to retrieve 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 render a nominal fee to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup service. Some listings may charge a very nominal fee to access the service for one number search, while others may grant you access to unlimited searches. No matter how much information you get for your dollar, the fee should be relatively inexpensive for a legitimate service.