Skip tracing is the process used to locate debtors and fugitives. The techniques are used by debt recovery professionals, private investigators, process servers, bail bondsman, repo professionals, lawyers, police, journalists and stalkers. Skip tracing follows a series of stages.
• Verify – the first step to make sure that the tracer is working off verified data. The goal is to eliminate any and misinformation.
• Collection – the skip tracer will then conduct research on the subject collecting data for further analysis.
• Analysis – the data is then analyzed with the goal to eliminate any obfuscation, as the location data may exist, though buried in the data collected. Reduction of the mass of data then verification of the data.
• Social engineering requires calling or visiting neighbors, friends or colleges. Contact is often under false or misleading pretenses.
How Skip Tracers Find You
The data is collected from phone number databases, credit reports, debt collector databases, job apps and criminal background checks. Simple items like utility bills, social security, disability and public tax information. There numerous data bases, and many states have an open policy on public records. Skip tracers don’t do much ‘dumpster diving’ or pretext calls to utilities. There is a wealth of information online. Data bases and phone calls are the primary tools of the trade for skip tracing. Amazingly a lot of subjects cannot stay away from social sites for very long. Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites are utilized to find and locate persons. Skip tracers will subscribe to many paid database sites that hold a wealth of data.
How is the Skip Tracing Process Started?
You need three pieces of verified information to start the skip tracing process.
• Current mailing address or at least the last known verifiable address.
• Phone – any phone numbers.
• Email addresses
Of course, your basic and primary tool will be google. Other sites leverage multiple search engines to conduct a search. Searches geared towards social media sites. There are some People Finder sites that work as well. Some genealogy sites workout as well and are free. And then there are the obituaries. Not that the person your searching for is dead, though possible. But think of all the clues in the listed survivors. There is almost an infinite number of paid sites. Some want a monthly subscription while many charge by the report. Subscription sites usually are more complete than the paid by report sites. So, were does all this online data come from? Much is derived from public information sources like property records, credit bureaus, consumer databases, social security files and many others. Data is updated weekly or on a monthly basis.
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These are the tools used by all skip tracers. Skip tracing is a learned skill, not all of which can be taught. A good skip tracer is methodical, inquisitive, creative, thorough and tenacious. These techniques are common across all skip tracing endeavors from commercial enterprises assembling contact info mail lists to law enforcement looking for fugitives. But to be effective it takes patience and experience. For many it would pay to have a professional investigator to conduct your skip trace, by doing it for a living they have the experience and knowledge to be successful. Contact Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL for all your private investigator and security needs!
