If you have been looking for a site providing 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 ezine articles on the subject, just praying 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 elusive website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was out there, it wouldn't be hard to find because it would be spread around town over night. This is a service in high demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same way as home phone numbers.

Listing all registered cell phone numbers in a publically accessible directory would make life easier when you need to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also take away some of the appeal that come with a cell phone. There is a certain comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just dial your cell number and start calling as they please.

Articles and other internet resources offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers often rely on ideas that plainly are not effective and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you want. Listening to their directions will be a big waste of time, and here is why.

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 guide you to sites where the registered user of that cell phone number has listed their personal details, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people post their cell phone number on the internet for the exact reason most people would rather it not be broadcasted in a phone book for the general public: they don't want strange people calling their cell phone.

It is sometimes suggested that cell phone numbers may be retrieved from auction sites such as EBay or shopping sites where the person may have made a purchase, but this offers nothing of value to you. These sites do not openly reveal personal information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them online. When you pay for an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected site where your information is not open to public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the contact records of a shopping site and find a phone number. It just doesn't work in that manner.

Also, you cannot find someone's private records from a phone number stored auction sites, 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 already have.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and retrieve personal information only 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 access the cell phone owner is throwing away space and time. Enough said.

The only legitimate way to find the name listed under that number that has you curious is to pay a nominal charge to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some listings may charge a very nominal fee to utilize the directory for one lookup, while others may give you access to an endless number of searches. No matter how much information you get for your money, the fee should be rather small for a legitimate service.