Free Cell Phone Number Search – Does Such a Thing Exist?

Ever wonder why cell phone numbers aren’t listed in free directories?  The main reason has to due to with confidentiality reasons.  Since cell phone owners pay for all calls received and dialed, who wants to pay for a phone call from someone they’d rather not to talk to? 

It has long been a source of comfort to wireless phone owners knowing that the only people who can have access to their phone number are people they have granted this access to.  It has been a nice thought knowing a telemarketer can’t intrude dinner with some useless offer.  This bliss is now slowly turning into a thing of the past.  This is because new online directories now offer the ability to do a cell phone number search.

This presents both good and bad scenarios.  The bad news is that if somebody wants to find out personal information behind your cell phone number, they now have a resource that will provide this data.  The good news is that if you are looking for to find a long lost friend, the identity of someone who is harassing you with incessant phone calls, or simply trying to track a number on one of your bills, you’ll now be able to do so. 

But are these searches free?  As stated earlier, these numbers aren’t required to be revealed to the public.  The way they have become available is through the cell phone carriers willingness to lease the data to third party websites.  These sites have now made this data available to the public. 

They charge a small fee to cover their expenses and make a reasonable profit.  The fact that a fee is involved will deter most people who are looking to find this information for frivolous reasons.  This should keep to a minimum the very calls you have become accustomed to not receiving on your cell phone.

So, a free cell phone number search does not exist.  Yet there are sites on the Internet that advertise this information for free.  This is a tactic unscrupulous sites use to get users to go through the process of searching on their site. 

They don’t charge for the search, but they do charge for the results from that search.  Their hope is that you will overlook this bait and switch tactic once the results are in front of you.  Any site that is willing to operate in this manner cannot be trusted for the accuracy of their results. 

Reputable sites will either charge a small one-time fee or offer the ability to do unlimited searches for a bit larger one-time fee.  They will also offer a money back guarantee and maintain a customer service department.  Before you purchase the results, you’ll be able to search the database to see if that number is maintained in their records.  Based on where that number originates from, you’ll be able to determine whether that number is the one you are looking for.