If you have been looking for a resource offering 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 looking for. Even if you read through various web based articles on the subject, just hoping that someone would mention that elusive website, I am positive you didn't find what you were looking for.

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

displaying all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open location would make life easier when you want to discover exactly who is calling you, but it would also eliminate some of the perks 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 begin calling as they please.

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers often rely on ideas that plainly are not effective and very rarely provide the useful information you are looking for. Following their advice will be a big waste of time, for very sound reason.

Myth #1: Using Search Engines

Some sources recommend going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and quickly searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is believed to lead you to sites where the registered user of that number has posted their personal details, which may include their cell number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on the web for the very same reason most people would rather it not be accessible in a phone book for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is sometimes believed that these numbers may be pulled from auction sites like EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have previously bought something, but this offers nothing of value to your situation. Shopping sites do not openly reveal personal information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you buy an item online, such as Ebay, you use a protected site where your secured from public access. A search engine is not going to search the contact records of a shopping source and retrieve a phone number. It simply doesn't work like that.

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 have now.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone listings and find more detailed information only 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 enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in order to find 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 small fee to a trustworthy reverse phone lookup directory. Some websites may require a very small fee to use the directory for one lookup, while others may grant you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter what you get for your dollar, the fee should be rather cheap for a reputable directory.