Find People for Free
Want to find people for free? To avoid hiring a private investigator,
learn how to do your own investigating. Here are a couple techniques
to get you started.
People are creatures of habit. Even when they are willing
to give up their names, and move far away, they rarely are willing
to change who they are. A bowler will still want to bowl. If
you suspected which city he may have moved to, you could call
bowling alleys there to get information on new league members.
If I moved and changed my name, you could find me where people
gather to play chess. Think of all their habits, and how these
might predict their behavior and location.
Most of the time, though, people you try to find aren't really
trying to hide. At least, they aren't trying very hard. Maybe
they have left town and keep their phone number unlisted, but
they probably haven't changed their name. How do you find them
quickly? Here are some more basic techniques for finding people.
Find People for Free Using Skip Tracing Techniques
"Skip tracing" is tracking down people who have
"skipped" out of town, or otherwise disappeared. This
was the part of my job that I enjoyed when I was a bill collector
years ago. It is much easier today with the use of the internet,
but the principles remain the same.
The basic things you start with are things like sending mail
to any addresses you have and calling any phone numbers you have
for the person. When you send a letter, you pay a little extra
for "address correction." The post office will return
a card to you with any forwarding address they have on file for
the subject.
When you call their phone number(s), if you get an answer,
you of course want to ask for the subject. If they have moved,
you want to get any information you can from the person on the
line. Use basic phone pretexts for this.
Find People Using Phone Pretexts
These are useful stories. They can be as simple as "Hi,
this is Dave. I'm an old friend of John's. Do you know where
I can find him?" Be prepared, of course for a question or
two, like. "Where do you know John from?"
More complicated pretexts might involve a temptation like,
"I have a rebate check for $50 on a car stereo here that
John never claimed. Do you have his address, so I can just drop
it in the mail today?" If they refuse or claim they don't
know where he is, give them your number and ask if they could
give it to John if they talk to him.
Get any information you can while you have a person on the
phone. They may refuse to give you an address or phone number,
but then mention the city that the subject has moved to. Ask
them who else might help you, and call those people. Using the
phone is the easiest and fastest ways to find people for free.
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