If you have been looking 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 endless web based articles on cell phone lookup, just praying that someone would mention that elusive website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

This is because there is no elusive website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, it wouldn't be hard to discover because it would be spread around town instantly. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not compiled in the same manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered 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 take away some of the appeal of a cell phone. There is a certain comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just look up your cell number and begin calling as they please.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers often rely on methods that plainly are not effective and very rarely provide the results you are looking for. Listening to their advice will be a big waste of time, and here is why.

Myth #1: Using 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 supposed to guide you to sites where the listed owner of that cell phone number has stored their contact information, which may include their cell number. The drawback is very few people post their cell phone number on the web for the exact reason most people would rather it not be broadcasted 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 collected from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to your situation. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used to make a purchase, because no one would purchase from them online. When you purchase an item online, EBay included, you use a protected forum where your secured from public access. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping source and find a phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot get someone's personal information from a phone number stored auction sites, and even if you could the most it could give 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 whitepages.com or other phone directories and identify more detailed information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup services. Anyone advising you to type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to retrieve 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 render a minor price to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may charge a very small fee to use the service for one lookup, while others may give you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter how much information you get for your money, the charge should be rather small with a reputable directory.