If you are looking to find a person by cell phone number, you'll find there are a number of ways to go about it.  Obviously, the preferred method is to find this information for free.  It is the first method I tried because of what I had read about the subject.  But this method never worked for me.

Essentially, this method involves performing a search on one of the major search engines like Google or Yahoo and hoping the owner's information is listed in connection with the phone number.  The first time I tried this, I put in over a couple of hours of effort but came up with nothing.  I have tried it more than a few times since - enough to know it's not worth my time.

So, I found sites that offered free results in my quest to a find a person by cell phone number.  While that sounded great, once I got on more than a few of these sites what I noticed was that I was never going to get free results using this method.  Sure, they'd let me conduct my search for free, but when it came time to get my free results, a fee was always attached.

After messing around vainly with these sites, I found out the way reverse cell phone directories obtain the data for the results I was looking for.  They purchase this data from the major wireless carriers like Verizon and Sprint.  These carriers own the data and the only way someone like you or me is going to be able to gain access to the results is by purchasing it from the reverse directories.

In order to cover their expenses, a fee is passed on to whomever wishes access to the results.  So, I had to find a directory that didn't lie to me from the start and backed up their data with a money back guarantee.

Now, when I want to find a person by cell phone number I use one directory that has produced fast and accurate results at a price that is more than offset by how much information I can find out about anyone with just a wireless number in my hand.