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The big secret of skiptracing
Skiptracing is a lot like solving a crime. Often, the best way is to find someone who knows the subject’s current location and then persuade them to tell you. Those most likely to know your subject:• Neighbors or current tenants at any of the subject’s old
addresses• Relatives• Former landlords – usually overlooked!• Co-workers• Business associates
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Before you start the job - First steps
• Make sure you know as much as possible about the subject.• Full names and middle initials• DOB and SSN• Spouse and children’s names and DOBs• All known old addresses and phone numbers• Places of employment or occupation• Does the subject normally use a nickname?• How is the subject’s name pronounced?
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Types of skiptracing databases
• Publicly Available Data• Directory Assistance, phone books & cross-directories
• Government Data - True Public Record• Corporations and UCC filings• Fictitious and Assumed Name filings• Professional licenses• Court indexes – civil, criminal, bankruptcy• Business licenses - sales tax permits• Real property ownership
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Government Data - True public record
• Remember, the index is not the public record. There is often more information on the actual document than in the index.
• There are many website with free links to government databases.• www.BRBPublications.com• www.publicrecords.onlinesearches.com• www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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More illegal uses of credit headers
• In connection with credit repair services, to locate previous debtors, or to assist in the determination of whether or not to file a personal lawsuit or judgment against the subject of the report
• To access individual reference data on one’s self or out of personal curiosity
• By professional and commercial users for purposes that are not within their normal course of business (e.g., a collection agency may NOT use a credit header to locate a witness to a crime)
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The most likely current address
• The “most likely current address” is• Not necessarily the address with most current reported
dates • The best place to start your verification process• Not necessarily the address where the subject lives • Often, but not always, the address with most recent
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The “Last Date Reported”
• If an address is only reported by a single data source, the dates in “First Date Reported” and “Last Date Reported” will generally be the same.
• If the same address is provided by multiple sources, the most recent date is displayed in “Last Date Reported”.
• Dates in the “Last Date Reported” column are sometimes extrapolated (educated guesses by data provider if the provider’s analytics indicate the address is current).
• The “Last Date Reported” is not as accurate as the “First Date Reported”.
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Reported dates from credit headers
• Credit bureaus generally do not provide a range of reported dates, only the date that the address was first reported.
• If a credit bureau indicates that an address is a current address, some data providers extrapolate (make up) a Last Date Reported by displaying it as one month before the current month.
• Note that very old credit header records do not always show a reported date.
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Reported dates from credit headers (continued)
• For many reasons, it is possible for a credit bureau to indicate that more than one address is a current address. • In this case, more than one address could be
displayed with a Last Date Reported in the previous month.
• Of these addresses, the one with the most recent First Date Reported is the most likely current address.
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Verifying an address as current
• Remember that no database really knows the current location of your subject!
• The “most likely current address” is the place to start your verification process.
• Verification techniques:• Call the phone number(s) listed at the address• Call a neighbor or the apartment manager• Send a forwarding request to the Post Office
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Obtaining phone numbers
• Phone numbers updated in real time• Directory Assistance (555-1212)
• Cost is $1.00 to $1.50• Search limited to a small geographic area• Usually can only search by name• Only 2-3 queries per call• Results are limited to one or two listings• Human error is common
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Searching by address in a cross-directory
If you have a last known address, or a possible current address from a credit header or public record search, run the address to determine who the cross-directory thinks is there.
Or, let’s say the subject’s name is Fred Smith. You have his last know address and no other identifying information. He doesn’t come up in a credit header search. A search into a cross-directory, by address, could tell you the subject is Frederic P. Smith and his wife is Gloria Guerrero Smith.
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Searching by phone # in a cross-directory
• If you have a last known phone number, search the phone number.• Example: The subject is Cheri Sanchez• The only information supplied is a last known phone
number and a PO Box.• A search by phone number shows a Cheryl and John
Harrison and 475 Woodglen. Could this be Cheri Sanchez? If you call the number and a woman answers, who do you ask for?
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The phone call
• Call at different times of the day – be persistent!• Establish the reason for the call. Always start with “Would
you be kind enough to help me?”• “Do you know if he can receive calls at work?”• “Do you know his new address?”• “How long ago did he move?”• “Do you have a new phone number?”• “Do any of the other neighbors know him better than you
know him?” “Do you have that neighbor’s phone number?”