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29 May

Instagram for Investigations

The social network Instagram can be a datamine for private investigators. People show what they’re doing and when and where, demonstrate their likes and activities, reveal their marital status, family members and mental illnesses. Now where is the public records...
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25 May

My Favorite Private Investigator Links

Website links of interest to private investigators, librarians, lawyers and information researchers. Connect6° | The fastest way to discover and contact people GPS Visualizer: Convert addresses to GPS coordinates Thrifty Car Rental – Blue Chip Member ID Finder(Removed by request.)...
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16 Mar

View Full 3rd Degree Profiles on LinkedIn for Free

Private investigators cull the web for free tricks that will aid our due diligence research and compiling background profiles of witnesses, insurance claimants, jurors, and an assortment of clients who need to know something about someone or a business. Linkedin,...
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14 Mar

Private Investigator Research Links 2013

Mostly free websites for fact finding and online research for private investigators, genealogists, info pros, attorneys, journalists and the public. U.S. News Archives Catalog of Historical Newspapers TombFinder | search by last name Create a mobile website | MoFuse,...
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3 Feb

Online Photo and Name Matching

Someone asked me if there was a way to start with a facial image photo and connect it to an identity and name. Suppose you were searching for a person on a dating site and wanted to corroborate the information...
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19 Mar

Searching Linkedin endorsements? Forget about it

A strange thing happened on the way to (once again) reviewing the search engine functions at Linkedin.com. First, when Linkedin introduced the feature “Skills and Expertise” I was put off, and even deleted them! I much prefer the personal recommendations....
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1 Nov

How do I find a Facebook profile by phone number?

Have you tried searching for Facebook profiles by phone number? Enter one that you know is in a profile or posted to a Wall — even a profile set to private — and let me know what you find. I...
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5 Oct

Retrieving full LinkedIn profiles

How do you view full profiles of 3rd degree connections now that LinkedIn has blocked those to users of the free service? You’ve encountered the problem of selecting a profile from Google (or within LinkedIn) of a person you’re not...
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26 Aug

The best databases for social media searches

Finding a social network presence is more a matter of technique applied than the “best” aggregator used. Spokeo.com sweeps many sites to find profiles but these are only the public profiles and not all of those are returned. Even if...
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11 Mar

Facebook Interest Lists for Private Investigators

Yet another social media feature has recently been added to Facebook. Is it just a tool to categorize people and pages you want to follow into discrete news streams, or is there an investigative value? You can see examples of...
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