The Internet contains an avalanche of information about practically anyone who has used social media at least once or has signed up for some online service, so finding information about a specific person is much simpler than you think. Based on the information in our possession, we can start a search on particular investigation sites, so as to retrieve some valuable information before an important event (a business meeting, an appointment etc.).
In this guide we will show you how to investigate a person on the Internet using his name and surname, his telephone number or email address . Obviously the result cannot always be guaranteed, given that more and more sites hide information for privacy, often making it impossible to recover the precise identity of the person we are looking for.
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Article Index
- How to find information starting from the name
- How to find information from a telephone number
- How to find information from an email address
- Conclusions
How to find information starting from the name
In this part of the guide we will show you how to investigate a person on the Internet starting from the first and last name or from a nickname.
By entering the name and surname of the search bar, we will see the best consistent results in the foreground, so as to find all the people who respond to that name and surname. Since often there will be a lot of results, we will have to filter a little content by adding, in the research phase, also other information in our possession (date of birth, place of birth, place of residence, school, university, nickname and more), so as to help Google carry out a targeted search on the person we are looking for.
PeekYou
To search for information on a specific person we can perform a search from the PeekYou website.
We insert the name in the First Name field and the surname of the Last Name field, then press the search button (in the shape of a magnifying glass). In the window that will open, click on the name of the person who seems more consistent with our search and check the information retrieved from the social networks in which it appears to be registered (in the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram sections). If the social results did not take us where we wanted, we can also check the Images page, where we will be shown all the images with tags similar to the name and surname searched, so as to make the search even more effective.
If instead of the name and surname we have a nickname (the invented name that is used in chat or in a forum), we can start a specific search by going to the PeekYou homepage, clicking on the Username tab and entering the nickname in our possession. If the nickname has already been used in the past or is registered on some public forum, we will see the various "tracks" left around the web on the page that will appear.
We use the search field at the top right, typing the name and surname of the person to be searched. If it is present on Facebook, it will appear in the list of coincident names and we will be able to access the information shared on the social network (obviously if the person has privacy set to maximum, we will only be able to see the cover image and little else).
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How to find information from a telephone number
If instead of the name and surname we only have a phone number, we can search for information on its owner using one of the following services, already indicated in the guide on how to find the address and name from the phone numberWhite pages
If the number we are looking for is from a fixed user, one of the best places to look is White Pages.
The site of the famous Italian telephone directory allows you to search within its huge database for the correspondence of a fixed number, so that you can obtain the name and surname of the person concerned. Obviously, in order to appear in the list, the person we are looking for must have a landline number and must have given consent to appear on the phone book.
tellows
Tellows is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best sites to search for landline and mobile phone numbers.
To use the service, simply enter the name in the appropriate field (located in the center of the site or in the bar at the top) and click on the Search button.
If the number is present in the database, we will be able to obtain valuable information on its owner, even more if the number is associated with a commercial activity.
Dive3000
Another very useful service to search for a person starting from the phone number is Dive3000.
After logging in (essential to use the service), we will be able to start a search on the telephone number in our possession, so as to attempt to find information and investigate a specific person. In addition to access via email and password, the site also allows you to log in with a Facebook account, so as to speed up the creation of the account.
How to find information from an email address
If as starting information we only have an email address, as also explained in another article, we can use the following services to find out whose email address it is.Spokeo
Spokeo allows you to start a search starting from the email address in our possession.
All we have to do is open the specific page of the site (Social tab) and enter the email address, so that we can start a search on all existing social networks. If one or more matches are found, the social profiles in which the email address is present will be shown, so that we can track a person in a simple way.
We type the email address in the search field and click Search with Google : if the address has been made public, all the results associated with it will appear, in particular social networks and forums.
Conclusions
Looking for information on a person and starting their own "investigations" is really simple and above all free! Based on what we know about the person, we can start a search by name, by phone number or by email, knowing that we may also run into a negative result (also because the privacy issue is becoming increasingly popular and it is difficult to find all the information requests).In this sense, we recommend that you read our guide on how to protect privacy on the internet and see what the web knows about us . If instead we fear that someone will track us with the information shared on Facebook, we recommend you read our article on Facebook Privacy Management: Settings and control .
