If you have been searching for a website providing 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 endless web based articles on the subject, just praying that someone would mention that secret website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

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

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life easier when you need to find out exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the attraction that come with a cell phone. There is a level of comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just purchase your cell number and start calling as they please.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on methods that simply are not worthwhile and very rarely produce the results you want. Following their directions will be a huge waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

Some sources recommend 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 registered user of that number has posted their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people use their cell phone number on websites for the very same reason most people would rather it not be accessible in a directory for the general public: they don't want strange people calling their cell.

It is sometimes suggested that these numbers may be pulled from auction sites such as EBay or shopping webpages where the person may have made a purchase, but this offers nothing of value to you. Shopping sites do not openly reveal contact information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, such as Ebay, you use a protected site where your secured from public access. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping site and pull out a cell phone number. It simply doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot get someone's personal information from a phone number stored 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 started with.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and find personal information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone advising you to enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to access the name of the owner is wasting space and time. Enough said.

The only effective way to find the name listed under that number that has you worried is to render a minor fee to a legitimate reverse phone lookup directory. Some listings may charge a very small fee to utilize the directory for one number search, while others may give you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter which services you get for your money, the fee should be relatively small with a legitimate directory.