It's a fact that less than a decade ago, if you wanted to find out who owned a particular cell phone number and you weren't part of the police force or the FBI, your only option would be to pay a private investigator hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, and even then, success rates were low and it was a real possibility that you'd end up paying a lot of money and receiving nothing in return.

Fortunately, with the advent of various new technologies including the internet, looking up a cell phone number has never been easier.

But how exactly can you bring up someone's personal details when all you have in your possession is their cellular telephone number?

First off, visit a website that offers a fairly new service called the reverse cell number lookup. I advise that you only put your trust in a website that is well known or has been recommended to you by a previous user.

Enter the cell phone or unlisted number you wish to look up and click on the "search now" button. It's as simple as that, you'll then be taken to a page containing a fully detailed report about the owner of the number in question. Personal details included in the report will be:

* A full name
* A full address
* A date of birth
* A marital status
* And sometimes some even more prying details...

Due to the fact that Americans seem to want to change their mobile numbers all the time, keeping such a large storage of information accurate and up to date is a hefty and very expensive task. That's why you'll be asked to pay a small fee to look up a number. By paying this minimal fee, at least you know your report will be 100% accurate as well as up to date.

The small fee won't exactly leave you bankrupt, but to make using the service even more cost effective you can opt for a year's membership. This will give you unlimited look ups for the 12 month period, and it only costs about the same as 3 individual look ups.