If you have been searching for a website offering completely free reverse phone number look up for a cell phone number, you are probably worn out and still don't have the information you are looking for. Even if you perused through various ezine articles on the subject, just hoping that someone would mention that secret website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

That is because there is no hidden website. If completely free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread by word of mouth over night. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not compiled in the same manner as landline numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a publically accessible location would make life simpler when you need to know exactly who is calling you, but it would also take away some of the perks of a cell phone. There is a level of comfort trusting that a telemarketer can't just purchase your cell number and start calling as they please.

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on theories that plainly are not accurate and rarely, if ever, deliver the useful information you are looking for. Following their advice will be a big waste of time, and here is why.

Myth #1: Using Search Engines

Some websites suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and simply searching for the phone number in question. This is rumored to lead you to webpages where the registered user of that number has posted their personal details, which may include the cell phone number. The problem is very few people use their cell phone number on the web for the very same reason most people would rather it not be broadcasted in a directory for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is often suggested that these numbers may be collected from auction sites like EBay or shopping webpages where the person may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to your situation. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used in a purchase, because no one would purchase from them online. When you buy an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your blocked from public viewing. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping site and retrieve a cell phone number. It just doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot get someone's private records from a phone number saved auction sites, and even if you could the most it would lead you to is a screen name, which is likely to be just as informative as the phone number you started with.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and find private information just from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone claiming you should enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in order to access the name of the owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only effective way to retrieve the name behind that number that has you concerned is to pay a nominal fee to a legitimate reverse phone lookup directory. Some services may require a very small fee to use the directory for one number search, while others may grant you access to an endless number of searches. No matter which services you get for your money, the charge should be rather inexpensive with a legitimate directory.