Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to do a free reverse cell phone lookup? Often times, someone wants to trace cell phone numbers for one of the following reasons.

1. Unknown numbers on your cell phone bill
2. Repeated prank calls
3. Suspicions of infidelity

Regardless of the reason, a free reverse cell phone lookup is often difficult to find online. The reason being is, there are no truly free cell phone directories that are openly accessible to the general public.

There are however, different techniques that can be used in an attempt to trace a cell phone number through the use of a reverse cell phone lookup. One of the most popular methods is by using the power of Google to see what type of information can be obtained about a particular number.

The way you do this is to simply enter the number in couple of different formations. Here are some examples of the different variations you might want to try when attempting a free reverse cell phone lookup.

999-555-1212
(999)555-1212
"9995551212"

As you can see there are number of different ways that a number can be searched for. Normally, you will find quite a few results regardless of the way that you decide to do your search. However, there are cases where there simply isn't any information found.

So, what happens when a free reverse cell phone lookup is not available?

If you are unable to find the owner of a number using the do it yourself technique described above, you may want to try a reverse cell phone directory to see if they have any records in their database.

Be careful of the directory you pick though. There have been reports of "scam directories" whose only intent is to gather your personal information for different marketing purposes. For this reason, it is always recommended to use a reverse cell phone directory that has proven to deliver results to its users. One good way to tell if a particular directory is legitimate or not, is to look for a "free initial search" feature. This will essentially allow you to enter the number and query the directories database to see whether or not they have any records of the number.

While a free reverse cell phone lookup is something that is often possible to do, sometimes it is necessary to use a professional maintained directory.

Without the use of such directories it is often nearly impossible to do a reverse cell phone lookup. At the end of the day, you have to decide for yourself just how important the information is to you. If it is information that is absolutely essential, then the reverse directory is the only way to go. On the other hand, if you just need it for reasons that are not essential, you may want to wait until another resource is available to you.