If you have been searching for a site 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 seeking. Even if you skimmed through various ezine 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 looking for.

This is because there is no elusive website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, 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 compiled in the same manner as home phone numbers.

compiling all registered cell phone numbers in a publically accessible directory would make life simpler when you need to discover exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also take away some of the appeal of a cell phone. There is a level of security believing that a bill collector can't just look up your cell number and begin calling as they please.

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers typically rely on methods that simply are not worthwhile and rarely, if ever, deliver the results you want. Following their advice will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Search Engines

Some websites suggest going to Google or any other internet search engine and simply searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is supposed to lead you to websites where the listed owner of that cell phone number has posted their personal details, which may include their cell number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on websites for the exact reason the majority of people would prefer it not be accessible in a phone book for the general public: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is often reported that cell phone numbers may be pulled from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have previously bought something, but this is quite useless to your situation. Shopping sites do not openly reveal contact information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, EBay included, you use a protected set up where your information is not open to public viewing. A search engine is not going to dig through the personal information of a shopping site and pull out a phone number. It simply doesn't work in that manner.

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.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and retrieve more detailed information just from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup websites. Anyone recommending you enter a cell phone number at these common sites in order to retrieve the name of the owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only fast way to identify the name connected with that number that has you worried is to pay a small charge to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some services may require a very nominal fee to use the directory for one lookup, while others may deliver you access to unlimited lookups. No matter which services you get for your money, the fee should be relatively small with a reputable service.