If you have been looking for a site providing 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 read through endless ezine articles on cell phone lookup, just praying that someone would fill you in on that hidden website, I am positive you didn't find what you were seeking.

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

displaying all registered cell phone numbers in a completely open directory would make life simpler when you want to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also take away some of the perks that come with a cell phone. There is a certain comfort knowing that a telemarketer can't just dial your cell number and begin calling nonstop.

Articles and other internet resources claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers typically rely on theories that actually are not accurate and rarely, if ever, produce 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 websites recommend going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and quickly searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is supposed to lead you to sites where the registered user 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 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 phone.

It is sometimes reported that cell phone numbers may be retrieved from auction sites like EBay or shopping sites where the person may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to your situation. Shopping sites do not openly reveal contact information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them online. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your blocked from public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping source and retrieve a cell phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot retrieve someone's personal information from a phone number provided to EBay, 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 have now.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone listings and retrieve private information only from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup services. Anyone claiming you should enter a cell phone number at these common sites in attempt to retrieve the cell phone owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only effective way to retrieve the name connected with that number that has you curious is to render a minor fee to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup website. Some directories may charge a very minor fee to access the directory for one lookup, while others may deliver you access to an endless number of searches. No matter which services you get for your money, the charge should be relatively inexpensive with a legitimate directory.