If you have been looking for a website 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 looking for. Even if you skimmed through endless web based articles on the subject, just praying that someone would fill you in on that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

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

compiling all registered cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life simpler when you want to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the attraction of 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 offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on theories that actually are not worthwhile and very rarely provide the results you are looking for. Listening to their advice will be a huge waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

Some websites recommend 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 sites where the owner of that cell phone number has posted their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The problem is very few people use their cell phone number on websites for the exact reason most people would prefer it not be broadcasted in a directory for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is sometimes reported that cell phone numbers may be pulled from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the person may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to you. These sites do not openly reveal contact information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them online. When you buy an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your information is not open to public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping source and find a cell phone number. It simply doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot find someone's personal information from a phone number saved EBay, 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 listings and identify private information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone advising you to type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to find the name of the owner is wasting space and time. Enough said.

The only fast way to retrieve the name listed under that number that has you worried is to render a nominal charge to a legitimate reverse phone lookup directory. Some services may require a very small fee to access the service for one number search, while others may give you access to unlimited lookups. No matter how much information you get for your money, the fee should be relatively cheap with a legitimate directory.