If you have been searching for a resource providing completely free reverse phone number look up for a cell phone number, you are probably frustrated and still don't have the information you are seeking. Even if you read through endless internet articles on the subject, just hoping that someone would reveal that hidden website, I am positive you didn't find what you were seeking.

That is because there is no secret website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was possible, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread around town instantly. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same way as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life easier 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 level of security trusting that a telemarketer can't just look up your cell number and begin calling as they please.

Articles and other internet resources claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on theories that simply are not accurate and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you want. Following their advice will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some sources recommend going to Google or any other internet search engine and quickly searching for the phone number in question. This is believed to lead you to websites where the listed owner of that number has stored their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on websites for the exact reason the majority of people would rather it not be broadcasted in a phone book 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 offers nothing of value to you. These sites should never reveal personal information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them online. When you pay for an item online, EBay included, you use a protected site where your blocked from public viewing. A search engine is not going to dig through the contact records of a shopping site and find 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.

Internet Phone Books

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

The only effective way to find the name behind that number that has you concerned is to render a nominal price to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some listings may charge a very nominal 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.