If you have been searching for a resource featuring 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 seeking. Even if you perused through endless ezine articles on the subject, just praying that someone would reveal that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were seeking.

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

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a publically accessible location would make life simpler when you need to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also take away some of the attraction that come with a cell phone. There is a level of comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just dial your cell number and start calling nonstop.

Articles and websites offering free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on ideas that actually are not effective and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you need. Following their advice will be a big waste of time, for very sound reason.

Myth #1: Using Search Engines

Some sources suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and simply searching for the phone number in question. This is supposed to direct you to websites where the registered user of that number has listed their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The problem is very few people use their cell phone number on the internet for the exact reason most people would rather it not be posted in a directory for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is sometimes believed that these numbers may be retrieved from auction sites like EBay or shopping webpages where the person may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to you. These sites do not openly reveal personal information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them online. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your information is not open to public access. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping site and retrieve a phone number. It just doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot get 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.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and find more detailed information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone claiming you should type in a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to find the cell phone owner is wasting space and time. Simple as that.

The only effective way to retrieve the name connected with that number that has you curious is to pay a minor price to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may require a very small fee to utilize the service for one number search, while others may give you access to unlimited lookups. No matter what you get for your dollar, the fee should be rather inexpensive with a legitimate directory.