All of you must have received a bunch of emails from people you have never met in your life. Have you ever thought to find the actual people behind these emails? Have you ever wondered to know more about them? If yes, then how?
This is actually a big question, as it is not easy to find them without asking the person directly.
Well, for all of us, Google is the most obvious place where we do lookup for our queries, including the reverse email lookups (by just typing the email address of that person in Google), but what if the person doesn’t own a website or if they have never used their email ID on public place? It will be little difficult for even Google itself.
No worries. If you have the email address of unknown person, and know nothing about him/her, below given are a few tips that can help you reveal the identity of unknown sender.
So, how to start the reverse email search?
Search the Sender’s Location
Open the email message, and check the line that says, “Received: From” and follow the IP address accordingly. However, if there are multiple IP addresses mentioned, then use the last IP address only.
Now, copy the address and paste it in trace route tool. This way, you’ll get a rough idea of the location of the email sender.
Use Facebook
Facebook has a number of billion registered users and there might a probability that the email sender has also made his/her presence on Facebook. Unlike other social networks, Facebook allows people to search people through their email address. You just have to paste the email address into the search box, and Facebook will tell you immediately if the person with same email ID exists or not.
People Search
Finally, when none of the above tricks work, you should give a try to People Search service, such as Spokeo and Pipl – both of these services help you find the person, but Spokeo features has a large database than Pipl. Other than this, Spokeo also does a social network scanning and even the whois information to find any information related to that email address.
So, now if you ever receive an email from an unknown personal, you can use one of the above tricks; these will surely help you uncover the identity of that person.
