How to Lookup a Cell Phone Number For Free

If you have ever received a cell phone call from number that you don't recognize, you know that you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out who it was. Whether you are just curious, or whether you want to know if it was a telemarketer calling so that you prevent it from happening again, finding out the origins of cell phone numbers is useful information to have. But where do you start? Although there are many sites that provide cell phone number information for a fee, there is no need to lose your money to them when you can find much of this information yourself for free. There are actually several ways that you can do a little online sleuthing and find out more information about the cell phone number, as well as the cell phone provider and location that the call came from. Here are the steps on how to lookup cell phone numbers for free.

Things You Will Need

• Computer
• Web Browser

Open a web browser and go to www.google.com.

In the search field, enter the complete cell phone number that you want to lookup. Enter the cell phone number in the following format: 000-000-0000.

Google performs a reverse lookup search of directories and will return any information that it finds related to the cell phone number you entered. Examples of some of the information google will return are messages, forum posts, complaints and associated phone numbers related to the cell phone number that you entered.

To find even more information, you can try using one of the many reverse phone lookup websites available. There are thousands of these sites so you can just look for them in any search engine. The good news is that these sites will provide information such as the following about the cell phone number: the city, state, county and cell phone carrier of the cell phone number. The bad news is that these sites will usually make you pay for any additional information such as the owner's name.

If the phone number is from a “phone spammer” you will instantly know about it because there will be numerous posts on the internet from other people who have received calls from the offending number. Program the number into your phone with a name of “Do Not Answer” or “Spam”. This way you won’t use up your cell phone minutes, and you won’t let them know they have found a live phone number. If you do answer they will continue to call back even though it is against the law.