If you have been looking for a website 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 looking for. Even if you skimmed through endless web based articles on cell phone lookup, just praying that someone would fill you in on that hidden website, I am sure 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 passed around instantly. 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 completely open directory would make life easier when you want to know exactly who is trying to contact you, but it would also eliminate some of the perks that come with a cell phone. There is a level of security believing that a telemarketer can't just look up your cell number and start calling nonstop.

Articles and websites offering free reverse phone look up for cell phone numbers usually rely on ideas that actually are not worthwhile and rarely, if ever, produce the results you are looking for. Listening to their directions will be a big 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 quickly searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is believed to guide you to sites where the listed owner of that number has posted their contact information, which may include their cell number. The problem is very few people use their cell phone number on the internet for the very same reason most people would rather it not be broadcasted in a phone book for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell.

It is sometimes believed that these numbers may be collected 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. These sites should never reveal personal information used to make a purchase, because no one would buy from them online. When you buy an item online, such as Ebay, you use a protected site where your secured from public viewing. A search engine is not going to go through the personal information of a shopping source and find a cell phone number. It simply doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot find someone's personal information from a phone number provided to EBay, 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.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone directories and find private information only from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a high demand for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone recommending you enter a cell phone number at these common sites in attempt to retrieve the cell phone owner is wasting space and time. Simple as that.

The only legitimate way to retrieve the name listed under that number that has you concerned is to pay a small fee to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may charge a very nominal fee to use the directory for one number search, while others may give you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter what you get for your money, the charge should be rather small for a legitimate service.