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getting information - shodin11 - 03-03-2019
Now this isn't really a hacking thread but I need to find out some background about a person and I need to do it all online. I would like some advice to dig up some dirt on someone besides doing a paid online background check. btw they do not have any social media.thx
RE: getting information - mothered - 03-03-2019
Thread moved from the Hacking Tools forum to The Lounge.
First and foremost, you need a starting point, so what type of details do you have of the person In question? It's beyond the scope of this post to provide a complete guide, hence the following Is a very brief example.
The objective Is to collect data via various public online sources, and piece It together to ultimately build a complete profile. For Instance and In short, Information can be gathered by performing reverse email, address, Image, cell phone, name, coordinates, IP address, username (forum/ boards), marriage & divorce and family tree lookups. The Information Is then cross-checked to make sure all details are relative to the "same" person, and not someone who happens to have the same family & given name.
If you have their email address, shoot of an email and In the response have a look for Identifiable Information In the "email address" Itself, the contents of the message received, Inspect the email header for timestamps, IP address etc.
In terms of obtaining their cell phone number, use the email address In the recovery options on all major websites (PayPal, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Netflix etc) and If the same recovery phone number Is used, you'll find that the websites will expose different parts of the number. Example, Gmail may reveal the last 2 digits, eBay the first 3 numbers, PayPal with the digits In the middle and so forth. Upon further research, you can then formulate the "entire number".
There's obviously a lot more to It, but I'll leave It at that.