If you have been searching 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 are seeking. Even if you read through numerous ezine articles on the subject, just hoping that someone would fill you in on that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were looking for.

This is because there is no elusive website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was possible, it wouldn't be hard to find because it would be spread around town immediately. This is a service in high 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 location would make life easier when you want to discover exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the perks of a cell phone. There is a level of comfort trusting that a bill collector can't just purchase your cell number and start calling at all hours.

Articles and websites offering free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on theories that plainly are not accurate and very rarely produce the useful information you are looking for. Listening to their advice will be a big waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some websites suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and quickly searching for the phone number in question. This is rumored to guide you to websites where the listed owner of that number has listed their personal details, which may include their cell number. The drawback is very few people use their cell phone number on the internet for the very same reason the majority of people would rather it not be broadcasted in a directory for anyone to search: they don't want strange people calling their cell phone.

It is often suggested that these 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 you. Shopping sites should never reveal personal information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them over the internet. When you pay for an item online, such as Ebay, you use a protected set up where your information is not open to public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping site and pull out a phone number. It just doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot find someone's personal information from a phone number saved auction sites, and even if you could the most benefit it would provide you is a screen name, which is likely to be just as informative as the phone number you have now.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and find more detailed information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup services. Anyone recommending you type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in order to find the name of the owner is wasting space and time. Simple as that.

The only legitimate way to find the name behind that number that has you concerned is to pay a minor fee to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some services may charge a very nominal fee to use the directory for one lookup, while others may grant you access to unlimited searches. No matter which services you get for your money, the fee should be relatively inexpensive for a legitimate service.