Finding someone’s cell phone number online can be a lot like looking for a needle in a haystack. This is because cell phone numbers are protected by privacy laws and cell phone records have been restricted to privileged organizations and individuals. However, these rules are changing. Recently, some cell phone number directories have been opened to the public. Now anyone can look up cell phone numbers without going through an expensive private investigator.

Searching for one of these public cell phone directories can be just as difficult as finding the cell phone number itself. This is because cell phone directories are new. You will come across many reverse cell phone lookup sites. But these are only useful if you are researching or verifying phone numbers.

There are also many misleading and spam websites that only claim to have the information you are looking for. These scam websites only exist to trick you into clicking on the ads. Many of these ads lead to similar sites and reverse phone directories.

Another type of cell phone number directory only has someone’s number if they have posted it on the site on their own. This is a very impractical way to find someone’s cell phone number and I doubt you’ll ever find a person’s number unless they told you first.

The other site is the National Registry of Cell Phone Numbers at http://www.cellphoneregistry.org, which is great because you can look up the number of anyone in the US and Canada. The best part about this site is that you can also search court records, criminal records, and other public records that most people don’t even know exist.