If you have been searching for a site 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 are seeking. Even if you skimmed through endless web based articles on the subject, just praying that someone would reveal that secret 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 out there, it wouldn't be hard to find because it would be spread around town instantly. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same way as landline numbers.

compiling all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life easier when you need to discover exactly who is calling 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 look up your cell number and begin calling nonstop.

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers often rely on theories that actually are not accurate and rarely, if ever, provide the useful information you are looking for. Following their directions will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some websites recommend going to Google or any other internet search engine and quickly searching for the phone number in question. This is supposed to guide you to websites where the registered user of that number has posted their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people post their cell phone number on the internet for the very same reason the majority of people would rather it not be accessible in a phone book for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is often suggested that these numbers may be retrieved from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have previously bought something, but this offers nothing of value to you. These sites do not openly reveal personal information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you buy an item online, such as Ebay, you use a protected site where your blocked from public access. A search engine is not going to search the personal information of a shopping source and retrieve a cell phone number. It simply doesn't work that way.

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

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and retrieve personal information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone recommending you type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in order to retrieve the cell phone owner is throwing away space and time. Simple as that.

The only fast way to retrieve the name behind that number that has you curious is to render a small price to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may require a very minor fee to use the service for one number search, while others may grant you access to unlimited lookups. No matter which services you get for your dollar, the fee should be relatively inexpensive for a legitimate service.