Skip Tracing
Tools in the United States have taken a radical shift to the Internet environment.
This online PeopleSearch began in 1996 with the creation of two investigative
web
tools: Web Detective and Net
Detective. After 2001, these 2 online services found heaps of
copy-cats trying to ride the waves of online information systems for American Pro
P.I.'s!
GET THE REAL 'DOWN & DIRTY' SKIPTRACE TOOLS THAT P.I. PROFESSIONALS USE:
Skip Trace: Locating lost Persons:
These modern hi-tech web
services collect the info in one easy-to-use database or
they provide easy to use look up tools with automatic links to the US Government
public databases you need to search. Like Courts, Social Security or DMV, e.g.
That makes looking for
a lost person faster, easier and much more
likely to end with ultimate searching success.
How new online searches
like Net Detective's tools, can help you locate
someone who has simply dropped off your radar screen... and gone! Skipped town.
Day-after-day, in towns
and cities across the U.S. nation, people go missing.
Occasionally they're the victim of a crime. But in most cases, they disappear
from sight intentionally. Normally they're trying to run away from some problem
or
attempting to avoid some social or financial responsibility. Skipped the County?
If you are searching for
a lost person, you ought to be aware of how government
records searches on the Internet can now help you to probably locate them.
It's really - quite surprisingly easy to do!
You can now get direct
access to database info while sitting at your computer, that
previously could only be revealed using very expensive, pro private investigators.
It used to be rather pricy
to track down a missing person. You had to engage or hire
a private detective and pay them by the hour to do a "person find." [SKIPTRACE-search].
But not in 2007-2008 -
not now that so many US public records and business databases
are searchable through the Internet. Anybody at home or office with online access
and a
bit of searching skill can now do the same sort of high tech fact-finding work
themselves. There are no guarantees that you will find the person you're
looking for, just as there were never any guarantees with pro paid private eye
investigators. But the price is now negligible and no one will be more driven,
keener
than you to keep going at it until you deliver the goods, finding the person(s).
What makes it so easy now,
is a new class of hi-tech web-based investigative search
services. The tools are sometimes referred to as Net Detectives or 'personal
search services'. These specialized web based services give you the quick, online,
pin point access to all kinds of once hard-to-get information.
Notice that these web search
services are not the same as the popular search
engines you may already utilize, like MSN, Live, Ask, Google or Yahoo! The common
search
engines are not the most effective tools to look for someone who is missing
or lost.
The private eye search services are best because they are designed for finding
misplaced people. Instead of a search causing you to scroll through yards of
seemingly
irrelevant search result listings, they bring you straight to the personal data
you need.
Recommended SKIPTRACE methods you can use to locate someone on The Internet:
As you start looking for
someone, the opening target is to collect as much true
factual information as imaginable about the subject. If the lost person is actually
part of your own family, you will likely already have personal information around.
Dig out any existing files and records. Look for social clubs or organizations
they
previously belonged to and enjoyed with a personal passion. Therein lies a secret.
Find banking or investment account numbers. In detail, look for any kind of
identifying
files or records like a driving license, employee id, SSN, passport, credit
card, etc.
Their Social Security Number
or SSN is the most significant identifier you can have.
In the USA, it is like a defacto identification card, nationally. It ties records
together.
If the person you are searching
for is not someone you knew or recognized personally,
collect information from someone who DID know them, if at all possible.
If you are not able to get this information, there are methods to get it online
through the web search services. It simply makes it easier if you have some
highly relevant social relationship information to start with.
Organize what info you
collect and study it for any clues to where the lost
person might have gone. Occasionally you'll find a clue to where the
subject is sheltering right in this first batch of information. It just
was not obvious earlier because no one had analyzed the evidence closely
enough at the time, previously.
What is more usual, though,
is to find connections to other people or social
organizations that could assist you in your info search. That's the top
professional investigator's secret - to find a lost person in the United States,
first find other people who might know them and can lead you straight to them.
Occasionally, finding a
missing person is as easy as calling up a former friend
or work associate. The friend or associate knows and can tell you the subject's
current
city, town and street address. Even a cell phone number or fixed landline number.
If these first steps don't
result in finding the missing person, then the
next step is to proceed to the Internet. Below are a few of the common P.I.
methods that US professionals use to collect information online that assists
them to track down a subject. You may use these exact same techniques by
carrying out your own personal hunt through an investigative search service
on The Deep Web.
Skip Trace Method 1.
Do a profile search. Look up all people with the
same initial and last name, city and state. If you don't get promising results
at first, and the name is not too common, then expand the search to other cities
and states. In detail, look in the cities, towns and areas where the subject
had relatives, friends, business dealings or other social connections. Once
you get a list, try contacting them. One of them may well be who you are searching
for. Use the telephone to save time at first attempt to locate.
Skip
Tracing Method 2. If you have a Social Security Number, do an
SSN trace through the US credit bureaus. Financial credit bureaus are the most
likely place to find anyone's most current address and phone number. Professional
investigators say this is usually the best way to locate someone who's trying
to hide. That's because most people don't realize all the different types of
activities they do that trigger address updates to their credit record. Everything
from filling out an employment application, to renting a new flat or apartment
and getting the power, gas and phone utilities turned on.
Skip Trace Method 3.
Search Electoral Registration databases. This
one is frequently overlooked but is often very effective. The reason is that
those persons who disappear tend to build a new life based on their old one.
Habits die hard. If they voted for government before, they'll likely register
to vote again in a new area or location, keeping their party loyalty.
The electoral records are
kept by state govt offices but are collated and
made available to you through more expert specialized search services.
Skip Tracing Method
4. Search Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings.
These are lien notices filed locally and maintained by each state. The Search
Services collect the data so you can access it more easily. UCC's are created
to document a lien placed on property for which a loan has been made. It is
valuable in tracking a missing person because it can lead you to a business
that has had dealings with the person. It is possible you can get contact information
through them.
There are a variety of
other gov databases you can access easily
through an online Investigative Search service. From post office
Change of Address records to Driver's License Information to Vehicle
Registrations for the missing person's car or truck, through DMV..
-- even records of a person's traffic tickets and driving offenses.
Any one of these gov database
searches can either provide a current address
for your subject or a link to someone else that can eventually guide
you to them.
Generally, people who disappear will include those who are:
1. Responsible for an accident
but do not want to pay for damages
or face legal action
2. Avoiding alimony or child support payments
3. Deeply In debt and unwilling to work out payment
4. Running from Law Enforcement or the Courts
5. Evading taxes or liens or other legal obligations
6. Escaping from a threatening or abusive spouse.
7. Running from organized crime or political regimes.
NetDetective will prove useful to both amateur Internet investigators and professionals alike.
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