If you have been searching for a site 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 need. Even if you skimmed through numerous ezine articles on the subject, just praying that someone would fill you in on that elusive website, I am positive you didn't find what you were looking for.

That is because there is no hidden 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 hot demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same manner as landline numbers.

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

Articles and websites claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on methods that actually are not worthwhile and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you want. Listening to their advice will be a huge waste of time, for very sound reason.

Myth #1: Using Search Engines

Some websites suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and simply searching for the phone number of concern. This is supposed to lead you to websites where the registered user of that cell phone number has stored their personal details, which may include their cell number. The problem is very few people list their cell phone number on the internet for the exact reason most people would rather it not be accessible in a phone book for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is often suggested that cell phone numbers may be retrieved from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the person may have previously bought something, but this offers nothing of value to your situation. Shopping sites should never reveal contact information used to make a purchase, because no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you pay for an item online, EBay included, you use a protected site where your secured from public access. A search engine is not going to dig through the contact records of a shopping site and retrieve a phone number. It just doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot get someone's private records from a phone number stored auction sites, and even if you could the most it would lead you to is a screen name, which is likely to be just as useful as the phone number you already have.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and identify personal 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 retrieve the cell phone owner is throwing away space and time. Simple as that.

The only fast way to retrieve the name listed under that number that has you worried is to render a nominal price to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some services may require a very nominal fee to access the directory for one lookup, while others may deliver you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter how much information you get for your dollar, the charge should be relatively small for a legitimate service.