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How To Discover Individuals You Are searching For Online By Yourself

By: Bob McGuire Click author's name for more of his/her articles

How do you find people? That depends on whether the persons are trying to hide or not. Even if they don't want to be found, most persons are animals of routine, and so they leave hints.

For instance, even if a chap is willing to give up his given name, and move far away, he is infrequently willing to change who he would be. If he is a champion bowler he will still want to bowl. Thus, if you possess an idea about which town he moved to, you can call bowling alleys there to get information on new league associates. If I were to move about and alter my given name, you could still most likely find me where persons gather to play chess. Way of life can predict manners and place.

Yet, most of the time, folks are not really trying to hide - or not trying very hard. They may have left town and keep their phone number unlisted, but didn't alter their name. How do you uncover such people quickly? Here is one procedure.

Uncover People With Phone Pretexts

Suppose you want to find John. Set out by calling any phone numbers you maintain for him. If you get an response, ask for John. If he has moved, you want to get any info you can from the person on the line. To do this, use straightforward phone pretexts .

Phone pretexts are useful stories, otherwise known as lies. A pretext could be as simple as "Hi, this is Max. I'm a friend of John's from work. Do you know where I can find him, or a phone number where I can reach him?" Of course, you will have to be prepared for a question or two, similar to "What do you want to reach him for?"

Have a story ready, using whatever you know about John to make it as believable as possible. If, for example, you know where he worked, and that he was always listening to music, you might say that you have a pile of borrowed CDs to return. Practicing your story, and considering other problems that may arise from it aids too.

Then there are the further complicated ploys. One of these might involve a temptation like, "I have a check for $500 John. He won the contest here in our store and I can't seem to find him. If you have his mail address, I can just drop it in the mail today." Again, have a yarn ready that answers the expected questions.

If the individual you are talking to declines to help or maintains not to know where John is, give them your phone number. Tell them to have John call if they see him or talk to him. If the story is believable, John may speculate if there really is a $500 check, and he has to call to find out. Although he blocks caller ID, he may tell you where he is or drip clues once you have him on the phone.

At all times try to get any info you can while you have any person on the phone. John's brother could refuse to give you an address or phone number, but he could maybe mention the city that John has moved to. Keep him chatting, and ask him who else can help you. Then phone those people.

You have to decide for yourself when a phone ruse is reasonable. If you are not at ease with an obvious lie, you could just mysteriously claim that "I need John to call me. here is the phone number." (Be sure it isn't one he'll recognize if he is hiding from you). Any way you do it, using the phone is one of the easiest, fastest and least expensive ways to find people.