How to Investigate People Online
Several reasons exist for wanting to investigate people online, be it for employment purposes, dating safety or to determine if a new roommate is suitable company. Related areas for getting the scoop on people include tracking down an old friend or -- for right or wrong -- snooping on a loved one.
You can pay investigation websites to tackle the work for you or take on much of the research yourself. With a few tips, you can get the most success out of locating and investigating people online.
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Things You'll Need
- Research time
- Third-party investigation service (optional)
- Multiple search engines
Instructions
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Determine the reasons for the investigation. This will direct you on your search and the costs involved. Many paid investigative services break down the charges involved to investigate people online. Don't pay for what you don't need.
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Use Zabba Search (ZabbaSearch.com) as a free investigative resource for tracking down names, addresses, phone numbers and an email address. Often, you will also find the birth date of the listed individuals. From here, you can access paid research including criminal background checks, sexual offender search, home value, small claims and judgements, court records, relatives and neighbors and more.
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Use Net Detective (NetDetective.com) if you wish to find or investigate people online, including your own records. The service may save time and potentially offers more information than heavy searching. The cost is modest. You can conduct unlimited searches over the course of a year.
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Find people online by writing down what you know about the person. Think of not only hard data but a person's interests, family members and friend's names, potential clubs or organizations, professional data, newspaper clippings and even his pet type and name.
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Combine these terms that you've gathered in the previous step and use them in different search combinations. You may find a lead in a hobbyist or other forum, photo collection website, job database or on a blog.
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Tips & Warnings
Evaluate paid services designed to investigate people online by using third-party sources where the services are reviewed. Many investigative services do not live up to their name.
Resources
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Comments
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I tried the above websites and non of them worked all had 0 results. The browes found my friends name but nothing else, no address or phone numbers. You can not found people on those website unless they post themselves on various websites such as youtube etc..If the person is unlisted you will not found him/her on the web at all unless you have eccess to motorveheicle and some other records. Good luck!
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jpwhickson
Feb 14, 2008
The amount that you can find about a person is amazing. -
CCrock
Feb 05, 2008
Good article! I didn't know you could do this!
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truck
Feb 03, 2008
a good article. thank you. wuold you read mine in your spare time? thanks
