If you have been searching for a site providing 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 looking for. Even if you perused through endless internet articles on cell phone lookup, just hoping that someone would reveal that elusive website, I am sure you didn't find what you were searching for.

That is because there is no secret website. If completely free cell phone reverse lookup was available, it wouldn't be hard to come by because it would be spread by word of mouth instantly. This is a service in hot demand since cell phone numbers are not compiled in the same manner as home phone numbers.

Listing all listed cell phone numbers in a completely open directory would make life easier when you need to find out exactly who is calling you, but it would also eliminate some of the appeal of a cell phone. There is a level of comfort knowing 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 cellular numbers often rely on methods that actually are not effective and rarely, if ever, produce the useful information you want. Listening to their advice will be a big waste of time, and here is why.

Myth #1: Using Search Engines

Some websites recommend going to Google or any other internet search engine and simply searching for the phone number in question. This is rumored to direct you to websites where the listed owner of that cell phone number has listed their contact information, which may include the cell phone number. The drawback is very few people list their cell phone number on the internet for the exact reason the majority of people would prefer it not be broadcasted in a phone book for anyone to search: they don't want random people calling their cell phone.

It is sometimes suggested that these numbers may be collected from auction sites like EBay or shopping sites where the owner may have made a purchase, but this is quite useless to your situation. These sites do not openly reveal personal information used to make a purchase, otherwise no one would buy from them over the internet. When you buy an item online, including Ebay, you use a protected site where your blocked from public access. A search engine is not going to go through the personal information of a shopping site and pull out a cell phone number. It just doesn't work like that.

Also, you cannot find someone's private records 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 informative as the phone number you already have.

Myth #2: Online Phone Directories

If you could go to whitepages.com or other phone listings and find more detailed information just from a cell phone number then there wouldn't be such a hot search for cell phone number reverse lookup directories. Anyone claiming you should enter a cell phone number at these phone book sites in attempt to retrieve the cell phone owner is wasting space and time. Simple as that.

The only legitimate way to identify the name connected with that number that has you curious is to render a nominal price to a legitimate reverse phone lookup service. Some directories may charge a very nominal fee to access the service for one lookup, while others may give you access to an endless number of lookups. No matter which services you get for your dollar, the fee should be relatively inexpensive for a reputable directory.