If you have been searching for a website 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 need. Even if you perused through various web based articles on the subject, just praying that someone would mention that hidden website, I am sure you didn't find what you were looking for.

This is because there is no secret website. If free cell phone reverse lookup was available, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread passed around immediately. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not stored in the same way as landline numbers.

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a publically accessible location would make life easier when you want to find out exactly who is bothering you, but it would also eliminate some of the attraction that come with a cell phone. There is a certain comfort knowing that a bill collector can't just purchase your cell number and start calling at all hours.

Articles and other internet resources claiming to provide free reverse phone look up for cellular numbers usually rely on theories that actually are not accurate and very rarely provide the useful information you need. Following their directions will be a huge waste of time, and here is why.

Search Engines

Some sources suggest going to Google or whatever search engine you prefer and quickly searching for the phone number of curiosity. This is rumored to direct you to webpages where the registered user of that number has stored their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people list their cell phone number on the web for the very same reason the majority of people would prefer it not be accessible in a directory for the general public: they don't want strange people calling their cell phone.

It is sometimes believed that cell phone numbers may be pulled from auction sites like EBay or shopping webpages where the owner may have previously bought something, but this offers nothing of value to you. Shopping sites do not openly reveal personal information used in a purchase, otherwise no one would purchase from them over the internet. When you purchase an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected forum where your blocked from public viewing. A search engine is not going to search the personal information of a shopping source and pull out a phone number. It simply doesn't work that way.

Also, you cannot find someone's personal information from a phone number saved EBay, and even if you could the most it could give you is a screen name, which is likely to be just as informative as the phone number you have now.

Internet Phone Books

If you could go to yellopages.com or other phone listings and retrieve private information just from a cell number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. 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 effective way to retrieve the name behind that number that has you worried is to render a small charge to a reputable reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may charge a very nominal fee to access 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 relatively small with a reputable directory.