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Skiptracing
is the process of locating an individual's whereabouts for any number of
purposes.
This includes but is not limited to: debt collections, bail bond
enforcement (bounty hunting), witness location, questioning, or almost
any facet of an investigation that entails making difficult contact with
a subject.
Tips
and Techniques for Finding Missing Persons
Following are skip trace
resources for private investigators. Some resources provide access
to national skip trace databases that allow you to use online tools to
conduct free skip trace searches yourself.
To hire a private investigator
that specializes in skip tracing, please visit our
Private Investigator Directory.
Also, you may wish to post a message in our
Private Investigation Discussion
Forum.
Following are some of the
leading skip trace agencies:
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Accurint |
Accurint® is the most widely
accepted locate-and-research tool available to government,
law
enforcement and commercial customers. Its proprietary data-linking
technology returns search results in seconds to the user’s desktop.
Key features include:
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People Search… locates
neighbors, associates and
possible relatives.
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Phones Plus... track
down phone numbers not typically available to increase your chances
of finding your subject. Access over 50,000,000 non-directory
assistance records, including cell phone numbers.
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People at Work… links
more than 132 million individuals to
businesses and includes information such as business
addresses, phone numbers, and possible dates of employment.
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RelavintTM… visually
links individuals with businesses,
addresses, relatives and vehicles.
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Advanced Person
Search… helps find individuals when only old
or fragmented data is available.
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Department of State |
The US
Department of State, Overseas Citizens Services will help locate
relatives or friends who are overseas when there is concern about their
welfare or a need to notify them of emergencies at home.
The
Privacy Act requires that U.S. citizens over the age of 18 provide a
Privacy Act waiver before information about them is released to a third
party.
Persons in the
United States may inquire about the welfare or whereabouts of U.S.
citizens abroad by calling the Overseas Citizens Services at
202/647-5225. You may also contact the
American Citizens Service Section of the
nearest U.S. embassy or consulate directly.
You will need
to include the following information before you call or contact the
Department of State:
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Your full
name, address, telephone number, and relationship
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Their name
of the person abroad
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Their date
and place of birth
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Their
passport number (if known)
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Their last
known address and phone number; itinerary
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Reason for
their travel/residence abroad (business, tourism, etc.)
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Date of
last contact
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Other
points of contact abroad (friends, relatives, business associates,
etc.)
For emergency
messages, also include:
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Nature of
the emergency
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What
message should be provided to the person
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Name, address
and telephone number and relationship of person you wish to be
contacted after the emergency family message is delivered by the
U.S. embassy or consulate
If you would
like more information about locating persons of unknown whereabouts, you
may call our National Contact Center toll-free at
1 (800) FED
INFO, Monday through
Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time. |
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Internal Revenue Service |
The IRS may
forward a letter to someone when humane reasons are involved. For
example:
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To notify
someone of a serious illness, imminent death, or death of a close
relative,
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To seek an
individual for a medical study to detect and treat medical defects,
or
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To notify
an individual who cannot otherwise be located that he or she is
entitled to certain assets.
The IRS will
forward a letter from an attorney, estate administrator, or other person
who directly controls the assets.
For more
information and clarification as to what may constitute "humane"
reasons, you may refer to the IRS Handbook 1.3, Chapter 11, which you
may find in Other Information Available to the Public.
If you would
like the IRS to help you locate an individual, place a personal letter
addressed to the individual in a blank envelope. Include first class
U.S. postage, and do not seal the letter. Place the unsealed letter in
another envelope and address it as follows:
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Internal
Revenue Service
Office of Disclosure Operations
1111 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20224
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SkipSmasher |
SKIPSMASHER is an online data
service for private investigators, collection agencies, skip tracers,
judgment enforcement professionals, repossession companies, bail bond
agencies, government agencies and others who need to locate hard-to-find
persons. It is not available to the general public. |
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Social Security Administration |
The Social Security
Administration will attempt to forward a letter to a missing person for
reasons similar to those mentioned in the IRS section above. There is a
charge for forwarding letters to inform persons about money or
property they may be owed. Humanitarian letters are forwarded free of
charge.
Follow the same guidelines for sending a letter, and address it as
follows:
Social Security Administration
Office of Public Inquiries
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21235 |
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ZabaSearch |
ZABASEARCH is a free people search and
public Information search engine. |
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