TRACING MADE SIMPLE–TRACK ‘EM DOWN!!!
by: Michael E. Enlow
(C) Copyright 1993 Michael E. Enlow
How To Get The "Goods" On Anyone, Anywhere,
Anytime…
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DISCLAIMER
This document was written by an expert, quite
knowledgeable in
the methods and techniques of good, successful investigation.
The author has based this material solely upon his discoveries
and experiences
in the trade but is not an attorney. Thus no legal
advice is offered herein.
Be cautioned therefore, that this document neither asserts the
legality of any of the methods described herein, nor does it advocate
any usage of
techniques without first seeking competent legal advice
and adherence to the law.
The author, editor, and service providers, unequivocally disclaim
techniques or
the consequences of implementing anything contained
herein. This writing is provided
strictly for informational purposes
only.
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Do you
wanna get the "inside scoop" on some one you
know? I mean… do you really
want to find out about
someone’s background….. for whatever reason?
* How `bout knowing things about your prospective partners’
background before
you even sit down at the bargaining
table? (Imagine the look on his face when you ask
about
his wife and kids… calling them by name!)
* Or maybe
you want to find the jerk who put screws to you in
your last business deal.
* Do you want to find out if someone is holding out on you?
Does he
have hidden bank accounts?
* Maybe you have a need for information about
something else;
like finding someone else that may have a "gadget" similar
to yours on the market.
* Maybe you’d like to locate a missing
heir, or determine
who’s responsible for the theft of something you value?
Would you really like that?
Well… right here, right now
I’m about to tell you how
it can be done. Now… first of all let me make something
very, very clear:
I am quite proficient in the methods and
techniques of
effective investigation. The material I’m about to reveal to
you is based solely on my discoveries and experiences in the
trade. HOWEVER, I am not
an attorney. Therefore, no legal
advice is offered herein. Be cautioned–this
document
neither asserts the legality of any of the methods described
in
this writing, nor does it advocate any use of these
techniques without first seeking
competent legal advice and
adherence to the law. My goals are to make you aware of
the
techniques; thus, helping you protect your own privacy.
Having said that…. let’s go to it!
HOW TO FIND ANYONE-ANYWHERE-ANYTIME
YOU WANT. . .
The methods used to locate people outlined herein are
the same strategies used for locating missing persons of
both sorts; those
missing on purpose, and those with whom
you’ve simply lost touch. First, start with the
known and
work back towards the unknown. . . Like their last place of
abode.
STEP 1: Go to the property. Note the exact location by
in question is located
in a rural area, measure the distance,
in miles, from the nearest intersection back to
the
property.
While you are at the property talk to the
neighbors using a
suitable pretext to gain their cooperation. (Perhaps you are
doing a genealogy study and trying to locate the subject
because he (or she) is
entitled to a portion of their "poor
great uncle’s estate.") This will
usually make the neighbors
open up and tell you whatever they know about the
On the other hand, you always feel it
out. What if the
neighbor you’re talking with hated the subject? Wouldn’t
they be likely to give you all the "juicy goods" on your
target?
Even if the neighbors don’t know exactly where the subject
went, they may
have noted a "U-haul" at the home on such and
such a date. Using the right
ruse the local U-Haul rental
company can direct you to the subject. Usually people
who
attempt to disappear aren’t clever enough to turn the moving
van in,
in another city. This will probably put you right on
top of your subject.
Note any vehicles, cars, boats, campers, write down the
licence plate
numbers or registration identification numbers.
These may prove to be of value. Also
look around for major
appliances, (i.e. water heaters), write down the serial
can find out the
identity of the person who purchased the
item by calling area stores.)
STEP 2: EVERY PARCEL OF LAND IS TAXED! After visiting the
property go to the
TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE with the information
you have gathered. Sometimes you will also
need to visit the
APPRAISAL DIVISION. Request to see the map and locate the
from both offices. Once you
have the parcel number they will
tell you who is paying the taxes.
Next, go to the County Clerks Office of Public County Deed
Records with the
owners name and ask for the GRANTEE INDEXES.
Search and find the property owners name
and make a list of
all properties by volume and page. Then the index will refer
you to the Volume number and Page number of the GRANTEE
RECORDS. Then determine
which property by locating the
parcel on your map. Obtain a non-certified copy that
deed
with a legal description of the property.
PUBLIC
RECORDS
County Tax Records: Real Property Files list the owner, the
address the tax bill is mailed to and a legal description of
the property.
County Map Book contains the location of real
property from the legal description.
Grantor Files (County
Recorder files) lists information on all recorded documents
of the buyer, (grantee), and the seller, (grantor), such as
loans, deeds or
leases. Usually these items are cross
indexed under both grantee and grantor.
* Registrar of Voters Records: The voter’s registration
files will
usually contain name, address, occupation,
description, state of birth, registration
date, and the
signature of the target.
* Marriage Records:
Marriage records will provide the name
and address information of the spouse and
information about
their birth place and date and other information about their
parents. In the "Marriage license" files, you will also find
names a
and addresses of witnesses to weddings. These people
are often close contacts of your
target.
HOW ABOUT THE EASY WAY?
Finding people
can be very easy, provided you "know the
ropes". There are usually two basic
kinds of missing
persons. They are people who are missing on purpose (they
wanted to disappear), and people with whom you have simply
lost touch. Those missing on
purpose may be escaped cons,
husbands who are tired of paying child support or
alimony,
and debt skippers. The second type are people who have lost
touch
over a period of time. The techniques for finding
people will usually work on either of
these two types of
missing persons, although the first type are usually somewhat
harder to find.
Almost every trace I do can usually be done by
telephone, IF you have the right information–and know what
you’re doing.
There’s a common mistake among "skippers", he
or she will not detach
themselves from there previous life or
their old acquaintances, (i. e. family and
friends).
Additionally, the often will keep their old habits.
"Who are
they in touch with?" If someone else already knows
where they are, why should you
go to the expense and headache
of finding them yourself. Just ask whoever knows! I
guess
you think I’m off my rocker don’t you? NO! You just ask!
Want to
know how?
First, determine with whom your subject may be in touch.
Then design a suitable guise for a pretext call. You may
assume the identity of
a car salesman, insurance adjustor,
pizza delivery man, or whatever is suitable for
your specific
situation. Then design a pretext. Always write down exact
details of who you are, what your business is about, who you
will name as being
involved in your "make believe story" and
as many other details as it takes
to make your story
believable.
Now you will need to study
your pretext before making
the call! Whatever you do. . . DON’T SOUND PARANOID! Act
normal. Talk slow and with authority. Then throw your
pitch, using as many
details as you can. Remember you want
this person to co me out and tell you where your
subject is.
(Beware of impersonating an officer, this can get you in
serious trouble.)
Another major rule of thumb in pretext is to never
use
the exact name of the party you are looking for. Use a name
that
sounds near the same. For example, if you are trying to
find Dave Jenkins, ask for Dale
Jenkins. There is a
psychological effect that lends credibility to your pretext
and often triggers the release of the information you are
after. Think about it,
if someone (a bill collector) were
trying to find you, wouldn’t you think they would
get your
name right? You bet! And the effect of not calling the
exact name
lends credibility to your pretext. They will
almost always give you what you are
looking for.
Another effective way is again by pretext, but this time
you look in the phone book of the subject’s place of origin.
You will be
looking for people with the same surname. But
you will particularly be looking for
those names that sound
like the "old-timers" in the community–names like
Fannie,
Suzie Mae, or any old names. As a whole, people today seldom
name
their kids Fannie of Suzie Mae. In today’s society
that’s like naming a boy Sue. It
simply doesn’t happen or if
it does it’s vary rare.
Once you
find the name of someone that sounds to be one
of the "old-timers" they will
know your subject and almost
anyone else with their surname. Their leads are
sometimes
invaluable. Give them a call, they will most likely know the
subject or at least who you should call. One of the best
pretexts for this type call is
the "adjuster seeking a
witness". This one will put most people at ease to
share
whatever they know.
"IDENTIFIER NUMBER"
A HELPFUL USE OF THE SS#
That’s right. Your Social Security
number, that mom and
dad so graciously applied for, is the number one
"identifier"
used by record keepers. Almost every document you fill out
includes this key number to aide "record keepers" in filing
the
stockpiles of information they are gathering each and
every day.
In many states your Social Security number is the same
number as your driver’s
license number. The National Crime
Information Center maintains criminal record
information on
persons convicted of a felony. Their files are referenced by
Credit Bureaus use your
Social Security number as the
identifier when accessing or filing information in your
file.
The I.R.S. uses your Social Security number as your "tax-
payor
I.D. number". Government programs, like welfare, HUD,
WIC, and hundreds more,
maintain their records by using your
"identifier number".
The Social Security number escorted the computer
information age into existence.
If it weren’t for the use of
this key source that identifies us as individuals across
this
nation. On the average, there are at least 50 government
files on
each and every U.S. citizen that are tagged to our
Social Security number. And, that’s
assuming we are not a
"player".
While it is
possible that a person could be born in one
state and later apply for a Social Security
number in
another, you should be able to determine the state which is
your
subject’s "place of birth".
Here are the number designations
for the various states
in the U.S. I would recommend you copy these and refer to
them as needed:
000 Not Assigned or Issued 478-485 Iowa
004-007 Maine 501-502 North Dakota
010-034 Massachusetts 505-508 Nebraska
035-039 Rhode Island 509-515 Kansas
040-049 Connecticut 516-517 Montana
050-134 New York 518-519 Idaho
135-158 New Jersey 520 Wyoming
159-211 Pennsylvania 521-524 Colorado
212-220 Maryland 525 & 585 New Mexico
221-222 Delaware 526-527 & 600-601 Arizona
223-231 Virginia 528-529 Utah
232 North Carolina 530 Nevada
232-236 West Virginia 531-539 Washington
237-246 North Carolina 540-544 Oregon
247-251 South Carolina
545-573 & 602-626 California
252-260 Georgia
261-267 & 589-595
Florida
574 Alaska (Includes some Asian refuges from 1/75 through 11/79)
268-302 Ohio
303-317 Indiana
318-361 Illinois
575-576
Hawaii
362-386 Michigan
577-579 Dist. of Columbia
387-399
Wisconsin
580 Puerto Rico
400-407 Kentucky
408-415
Tennessee
416-424 Alabama
425-428 & 587-588 Mississippi
580 Virgin Isle (also)
429-432 Arkansas
581-584 & 596-599 Puerto
Rico
433-439 Louisiana
586 Amer. Somoa, N. Marina Is. & Philippines
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
627-699 Not assigned or issued
468-477 Minnesota
700-728 Railroad Retirement
729-799 Not
assigned or issued
HOW TO GET FORWARDING ADDRESSES … FAST!
Would you like to know a fast and easy way to get exact
forwarding
address information? It’s simple. What you do is
address a standard envelope to the
target you are trying to
find, and insert a blank piece of paper. This will make it
look like a standard letter. (The P.O. may get P.O.’d about
you using this
one if you do it too often.) Then you
proceed, addressing the letter using the last
known address.
BUT…in the left hand bottom corner of the envelope write:
DO NOT FORWARD
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Guess, what will happen? You will have your target’s
current address back in the mail
in a matter of only a day or
so. The best part of all is that he or she doesn’t even
know
you’re on their trail. If you get a P.O. Box and need a
street
address, what then?
To get the current street address of someone who has
a
P.O. Box, in a business deal you may file a "Request for
Box-Holder’s Address." You will need to send a letter to
your postmaster as
follows:
REQUEST FOR BOXHOLDER STREET ADDRESS
Pursuant to provisions of Postal Service Regulations–
(Administrative Support Manual,
Section 352.44) I, the
undersigned, request that the address of the following holder
of P.O. Box________in ________________________(City) (State) (Zip)
be
provided. The reason for this request is that said boxholder is
conducting a business
known as________________________ through said
post office box, and as a customer
require his street address in
order to pursue a complaint regarding service or
(quality) (Non-
delivery) (other)___________________________________________
Printed
Name________________________
Ok….I want to go a step further.
Suppose all you have is the last known address or just
the phone
number? How about I show you how to use this
information to get address, phone number,
neighbors names and
even "the full scoop" on your target?
Would you like to be able to pick up the phone and get
someone’s current address
or phone number in a matter of
minutes?
Ok, it’s simple.
What you will do is access a little
known database operated by Cole Publishers, which
has
statistical information on almost everyone in America! (This
includes
you and me.)
There is a charge of $2.00 per minute billed to your
phone, but the average call is only a few minutes and you’ll
usually get more
information from these people in ten minutes
than with most private investigators in
hours.
Private Investigators charge anywhere from $35 to $50 an
$20. (I am in no way
whatsoever affiliated with the people
who operate this service.)
To get the best service, you will need the last known
address or the telephone
number of the person you are trying
to find. Then dial 1-900-288-3020 and shoot away!
That’s
it! In a matter of minutes you will usually get the exact
address
or phone number.
If you really want to get serious…
They will also provide you with the three nearest
neighbors names, phone numbers
and addresses! With this
information and a slight amount of creativity you could
design and use a suitable pretext to interview the neighbors.
This may provide
the leads you need to find your target, in
the event they have moved from the address
you have. It’s
amazing how many trails of information we leave behind us.
SKIP TRACING
* Social Locators searches nationwide using
the Social
Security number only. With this number only, an individual
and
his address can be found.
* National Address Update searches by using
former address
information and gives updated address information on the
person.
* Real Property Records can be done alpha/situs with an
* Surname Scan
searches for individuals by zip code, city,
state, or nationwide by NAME ONLY!
* NCOA Database Search uses the U.S. Post Office computer
records
and goes back two years to update an individual’s
address.
*
Descendent Trace uses the SSA’s records to verify a retired
SS#.
* Neighborhood Scan gives names, telephone numbers, and
addresses of the
occupants near the address you are
investigating. This can be of tremendous help in
background investigations. (Especially with the right pretext!)
MOTOR VEHICLE REPORTS
* Motor Vehicle Registration by VIN provides owner,
owner
address, lien holder, Plate #, etc.
* Motor Vehicle
Registration by Plate # provides owner, owner
address, lien holder, VIN, etc.
* Motor Vehicle Registration by NAME is a unique service that
list the
vehicles registered under a certain name or
business. This search makes an excellent
asset check.
* Pleasure Craft Registration searches information on
boats,
campers, etc., in a particular state.
* FAA
Registration locates information on airplanes on a
federal level.
MORE ABOUT THE PAPER TRAIL. . .
Almost everything you do or say
has some recorded trail.
Thousands of companies and government agencies are spending
millions of dollars every year gathering and maintaining
records on each and
every one of us. It would BLOW YOUR MIND
to know just how much information you can get
from PUBLIC
RECORDS alone! And you would be dumbfounded at the vast
number
of private companies that keep tabs on us, it is
unreal.
Think about your visits to the doctor’s office, for
example. There are some interesting
things you should know
about medical records.
I’m sure you
have gone to a new doctor before. What was
the first thing they asked you to do? My
guess is that the
receptionist handed you a clipboard with a long questionnaire
attached, and said, "Would you fill this out right quick?"
Did you
notice that this questionnaire requests information
that is often totally irrelevant to
your medical condition?
WHAT DOES YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER HAVE TO DO WITH
WHETHER
OR NOT YOU HAVE APPENDICITIS?
Over and above the
information we willfully provide,
there is a data bank of medical and personal
information
who is gathering and storing additional information into our
"file" everyday.
Hospitals, insurance companies, and many
others I
suspect input medical information about you into this huge,
well
maintained computer data bank called the Medical
Information Bureau (M.I.B). M.I.B.
maintains medical records
information on almost every human being in the United
States.
If you have ever filled out an application for life or health
insurance you’re in M.I.B.’s data bank. But, you never hear
about it. Why? I’ll tell
you, it’s because this bureau is
used primarily by insurance underwriters as they
process
applications for life and health insurance. And guess what?
Should
you neglect to tell your insurer of prior medical
conditions, you lose! Yes, you may
get the policy issued,
but do you think you will get paid when you file a claim?
Insurance companies can access this information at any
time. When
it comes pay-up time, the insurer punches a few
buttons and accesses the M.I.B. to
determine what, if any,
previous medical conditions you have had. Then, they decide
whether or not to pay your claim. They like to pull up
information you
provided on other applications for insurance
to determine if you falsified answers on
their company’s
application. On this basis, you wouldn’t believe how many
insurance companies get out of paying claims. Pretty
interesting, huh?
THERE’S ALWAYS A WAY!
Perhaps your target has a criminal
record. . . These
files will usually list the names of acquaintances and
locations where you may pick up leads.
* Criminal Files: While criminal
records are available via
data-base research, they are also available on a state
wide
basis in many states, simply for the asking. Criminal record
searches
are the heart of good background investigations.
These records can dramatically
diminish your risk in almost
any venture. They are accessible through state and
county
repositories.
Write and request information from one
of the following
offices which maintain the respective "state" criminal
conviction records. Most states will charge a fee of $5 to
$10 to do a criminal
records search in their state database.
Some states rule that these records should only
be provided
to law enforcement agencies, but it’s worth a try. . . What
could you lose. . . 29 cents?
In those states where criminal records are
maintained
only on a county basis, the state office personnel will be
able
to provide the county address information you would need
to request the information.
Here is a listing of all 50 states criminal records
databases.
You may write or call to determine their
procedures and requirements, and what fees, if
any, they
require for providing criminal information on your target.
Alabama: Alabama Department of Public Safety, Attention: A.
B. I. P. O. Box
1511, Montgomery, Ala. 36192.
(205) 261-4372
Alaska: Records
and Identification, P. O. Box 19, Juneau, AK
99802-0019. (907) 465-4343.
Arizona: Department of Public Safety, Attention: Criminal
Records, P. O.
Box 6638, Phoenix, AZ 85005. (602) 262-8011.
Arkansas: Identification
Bureau, Criminal Investigation Div.,
P. O. Box 5901, 3 Natural Resources Dr., Little
Rock, AR
72203. (501) 224-3088.
California: Office of
Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal
Identification, Record Control Section, P. O. Box
903417,
Sacramento, CA 94203-4170. (916) 739-5510
Colorado:
Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Attn:
Identification Unit, 690 Kiping Street, Denver,
Co. 80215
(303) 759-1100.
Connecticut: State Police, Bureau
of Identification, 294
Colony Street, Bldg. 3, Meridian, CT 06450. (203) 238-6151.
Delaware: Delaware State Police Headquarters, Attn: Criminal
Records Section, P. O. Box 430, Dover, DE 19903 (302)
736-5900.
N.W., Criminal Division,
Room 4003, Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 879-1373.
Florida:
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Attn:
Criminal Record Inquiry Section, P. O. Box
1489, Tallahassee,
FL. 32302. (904) 488-6236.
Georgia:
Georgia Crime Information Center, Identification
Division, P. O. Box 370748, Decatur,
GA 30037-0748.
(404) 244-2601.
Hawaii: Department of
Attorney General, Hawaii Criminal
Justice Data Center, Kehuanao’a Building, 1st Floor,
465 S.
King St., Honolulu, HI 96813. (808) 548-5398.
Idaho:
Department of Law Enforcement, Police Services Div.,
Criminal Identification Bureau,
6062 Corporal Lane, Boise, ID
83704. (208) 334-2537.
Illinois: Department of State Police, Forensic Services and
Identification, 515
Woodruff Road, Joliet, IL 60432. (217)
727-5301.
Indiana:
Indiana State Police, Central Repository, Room 312,
100 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis,
IN 46204.
(317) 232-8262.
Iowa: Mr. Gene Shepard,
Commissioner of Iowa D.P.S., Wallace
State Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319. (515)
281-5138.
Kansas: Kansas Bureau of Investigation, 1620 SW Tyler,
Topeka, KS 66612. (913) 232-6000.
Kentucky: Records Section,
Kentucky State Police, 1250
Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601. (502) 227-8717.
Louisiana: Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Attn:
Criminal
Identification, P. O. Box 66614, Baton Rouge, LA
70896. (504) 925-6095.
Maine: State Bureau of Investigation, Maine State Police, 36
Hospital
Street, Augusta, ME 04330. (207) 289-2297.
Maryland: Secretary,
Department of Public Safety, 6776
Reistertown, Room 310, Baltimore, MD 21215-2341.
(301) 764-
4000. or Criminal Records Central Repository, Maryland State
Police, 1201 Reistertown, Pikesville, MD 21208-3899. (301)
653-4355.
Massachusetts: Criminal History Systems Board, 1010
Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, MA 02215 (617) 727-0090.
Michigan: Michigan State Police, Central
Records Division,
7150 Harris Dr., Lansing, MI 48913. (517) 322-1952.
Minnesota: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, C.S.I.S. Section,
1246 University
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 (612) 642-0672
Mississippi: Records Department,
P. O. Box 880, Parchman, MS
38738. (601) 745-6611.
Missouri:
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Record
Division, P. O. Box 568, Jefferson City,
MO 65102. (314)
751-3313.
Montana: Montana Identification
Bureau, Department of
Justice, 303 N. Roberts, Helena, MT 59620. (406) 444-3000.
Nebraska: Nebraska State Patrol, Attn: C.I.D., P. O. Box
94907,
Lincoln, NE 68509-4907 (402) 471-4545
Nevada: (Nevada does not have a
centralized data base, each
search would be located on a county wide basis)
New Hampshire: State Police Headquarters, Attn: Criminal
Records,
Hazen Dr., Concord, N.H. 03301 (603) 271-2535
New Jersey: Division of
State Police, Records and I.D.
Section, P. O. Box 7068, West Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 882-2000
New Mexico: New Mexico State Police, Records
Bureau, P. O.
Box 1628, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1628 (505) 827-7501
Executive Park Tower,
Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY 12203,
Attn: Director of Identification, (518) 457-6050
North Carolina: William Corely, Asst. Director of Criminal
Records, 407 N. Blount Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1009
(919) 733-3171
North Dakota: State Bureau of Investigation, P.O. Box 1054,
Bismarck, ND
58502 (701) 221-6180
Ohio: Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, P.O. Box 365,
London, OH 43140, Attn: Paul Ferrara (614) 466-2660
Oklahoma: OK
State Bureau of Investigation, Criminal History
Information, P.O. Box 11497, Oklahoma
City, OK 73136
(405) 427-5421
Oregon: Oregon State Police,
Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, 107 Public Service Building, Salem, OR 97310
(503) 378-3070
Pennsylvania: Director, Records &
Identification, Attn:
Central Depository, 1800 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 783-5592
Rhode Island: Depart. of Attorney General,
Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, 72 Pine St., Providence, RI 02903 (401) 277-
2994
South Carolina: SC Law Enforcement Division, Attn:
Criminal
Records Section, P.O. Box 21398, Columbia, SC 29221 (803)
737-9000
South Dakota: Div, of Criminal Investigation, Office of
Attorney General, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773-3331
Tennessee: TN Bureau of Investigation, c/o Criminal Records
Unit, P.O.
Box 100940, Nashville, TN 37210-0940 (615) 741-
0430
Texas:
Chief H.A. Albert, c/o Crime Records Division,
P.O. Box 4143, Austin, TX 78765 (512)
465-2077
Utah: Richard Townsend, Bureau Chief, Utah Bureau of
84119 (801)
965-4518
Vermont: VT Criminal Information Center, P.O. Box 189,
Virginia: VA State Police,
Records Management Division, P.O.
Box 27472, Richmond, VA 23261-7472 (804) 323-2000
Washington: Captain Bill Keller, WA State Patrol, P.O. Box
2527, QE-02, Olympia, WA 98504-6502 (206) 753-6858
West Virginia: WV
State Police, Criminal Identification
Bureau, Records Section, 725 Jefferson Road, S.
Charleston,
WV 25309 (304) 746-2100
Wisconsin: Crime Information Bureau,
Attn: Records, P.O. Box
2718, Madison, WI 53701 (608) 266-7314
Information Section, Boyd
Building, 4th Floor, 1720 Carey
Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82002
If
you are a business person who needs frequent
background information on prospective
employees, I would
recommend you obtain a copy of A Guide To Background
Investigations, published by Financial Control Publishing,
Inc., 1820 South Boulder
Place, Tulsa, OK 74119, or ask your
local book store to order ISBN #
0-941233-14-6.
This manual will provide you with the addresses of
state
and county criminal repositories, as well as the names and
addresses
of other record compilers, such as, Workman’s
Compensation Records, Driving Records,
College and University
records for education verification, etc.
Let me reveal a secret of how to get facts fast–it
is
by these bits and pieces that you will often find or trace a
target.
This is a great plan to use in emergency situations.
Start with a plan as I instructed.
Quickly review the
information on your target. Verify the data by name,
address, and phone number.
Once you ascertain the address, go to your
local library
and review the various "Criss-Cross" directories to match
name with telephone number. Next, refer to the "City
Directory"
usually published by R. L. Polk Co., and/or Cole
Directories. Here you will be able to
determine the names,
addresses, employment status, etc., of all the nearby
neighbors.
Most of the directories are published annually and are
updated with new information. This leaves a great paper
trail that can help you
get "history" on your target.
Use the older directories
(usually maintained for years
prior) and go back from year to year checking out your
target. You may discover previous information from years
past, i.e., spouses
names, previous addresses, prior
telephone numbers, prior employers, etc.
With all this new information and a little creativity in
designing a
suitable pretext you could really get the inside
scoop, particularly from neighbors who
didn’t like the
target. Trust me, people will rattle off anything about your
Another thing about
pretext–it is just as important to
plan your pretext as it is to plan your
investigation. A
seasoned private investigator has mastered the art of "little
white lies" that we call pretext. You, on the other hand,
will need to
design and carefully write out your pretext.
There’s nothing that will destroy the
effectiveness of a
pretext quicker than stuttering, trying to remember the
details of who you are and why you are calling.
Always design a pretext
that will allow you to go either
way with regard to "liking" or
"disliking" your target. This
will allow you the flexibility to
"share" the emotional
feelings of the person you are questioning. Have you
ever
noticed how no-one will say anything bad about someone until
they
realize that you too don’t like the person in question?
Then they will open up and man
. . . talk about a "low-down
piece of scum."
Let’s
Move On
If your target is a "high-profile" subject, you may
dig
up articles from newspapers (local, state, and national) Most
libraries maintain what is called a "newspaper morgue"
or micro-film of the
past issues of newspapers. The New
York Times Index, the Reader’s Guide to
Periodical
Literature, The Business Periodicals Index, the General
Science
Index, etc., are great references for this kind of
research. You mean big time P.I.’s
actually refer to such
references. You bet they do. Knowing what reference to go
to can help you get information fast.
A QUICK WAY TO LOCATE OR GET
INFO ON ALMOST
ANY AMERICAN BUSINESS WHO HAS A TELEPHONE!
How would you like to get immediate information on over
9.3 million businesses
nationwide? Well, the American
Business Phone Book by American Business Information has
it.
This Phone Book is on a single CD-ROM disk. You simply
insert it into
your computer and with a few key-strokes, you
can quickly locate any business phone
number and/or address
in the U. S.
This new
"weapon" will allow you to search and find info
on any company in seconds.
You can search by company name,
state, city, zip code, or area code. You can even
"reverse
search" to find the Company and address by entering the phone
number .
If you don’t have a CD-ROM drive in your computer, you
can get one for as low as $399 through DAK Industries. You
can reach them at
1-800-325-0800; they’ll ship you a
catalog. By the way, if you buy their external
CD-ROM,
you’ll receive a lot of really neat software as a bonus!
It amazes me just how much data they can put on just one
of these disk. If I’m
correct, and I’m pretty sure I am,
they tell me the volume of information on one CD-ROM
disk, if
provided on 8 1/2 X 11" sheets, would be a stack 3 stories
high! Imagine that. And there are lots of other CD-ROM
disks that can help almost
anyone in any kind of business.
Remember, information is power . . . but you have to
use it!
Ok. Here’s another little known source that will help
whatever experts you may
need. Suppose you need the name of
a "Mercedes Dealer" in Tucson, or the
names of "Plastic
Surgeons" in Beverly Hills, or 30 "Hardware
Dealers" in
Houston, no problem! Maybe you need information on the
"Puritan Company," like their telephone number, address,
number of employees,
sales volume, etc. Piece of cake!
We’ve found a little known source that
will allow you to
get this kind of information, inexpensively, with a single
just give them a call,
they’ll fax the names right away!
There are two ways you can access the system; 900
number
billed to your telephone or you can call their 800 number and
bill
it to your credit card.
The fees are $3.00 the first minute and $2.00 for
each
additional minute. You can reach them at 1-900-896-0000 or
if you
prefer to use American Express, Visa or MC, call
1-800-638-7171.
What? You WANT MORE???
Hmmmm. Ok. Try this. Say you have your
targets last
known address and want to get the new address really quick,
along with a new phone number. . .
Mail a post-card from another area
besides where "Quack"
is from. You may write something like this on the
card:
"Bill! You and I must get together. Someone’s going
to return your damn calls?
Kelsey McEllen
Now. Who is Kelsey McEllen, well, she’s your helper.
She’s going to get a
call within the next couple of days, and
since Kelsey is your code name, you will make
either a mental
or written note of the exact time and date of the call.
In a few weeks when you receive your "in-bound" 800 toll
bill,
you will usually have the exact phone number, and on
top to all that, you can call with
the new phone number to
the 900 service, either, 900-288-3020, or another that I’ve
heard good reports about is 900-884-1212. . .
Now. That’s it.
If you still can’t find ‘em, by all
means hire a private detective or use the computers
at our
office through the Fax-Cess company. I’ve made arrangements
for you
to gain almost any information you want using our
in-house sources through this
service. Fax-Cess is almost like
having a full time investigator in your office. . .
I certainly hope I have served you well. Please feel
free to
contact my operators if you want additional
information about my products and services.
. . And no,
you’re not alone. Everyone thinks I’m strange. . . Gifted?
Cursed? Something mysterious. . .
Thanks but I don’t know either.
Michael E. Enlow
Private Investigator/
Legal
Investigator/
Consultant
TRACE
GUIDELINE
EXACT LOCATION OF LAST KNOWN ADDRESS;
PROPERTY:__________________________________________________
VEHICLES:_______________________YEAR:___________MAKE:______
COLOR:__________LAST YEAR OF REGISTRATION:____VIN#:________
PLEASURE
VEHICLES:__________________VIN#____________________________
MAJOR
APPLIANCES:________________________________________________
SERIAL
#:________________________OTHER:___________________________
CONTACT
NEIGHBORS:_________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
COUNTY TAX
ASSESSOR:
LOCATION OF PROPERTY:___________________________PARCEL#____
NAME OF TAX
PAYOR:______________________ADDRESS________________________
NAME ON
DEED:________________OBTAIN NON-CERTIFIED COPY:____
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
OF
PROPERTY:__________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
LEIN
HOLDER:____________________________________________________
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION:_______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
NAME:____________________BIRTH PLACE:______________________
DATE OF
BIRTH:________SS#_________________OCCUPATION:______________
PARENTS:_______________________MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME:_______
PARENTS
PRESENT
ADDRESS:___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
MARITAL
STATUS:____________SPOUSE’S NAME:__________________
SPOUSE’S
PARENTS:___________________________________________________
ADDRESS:___________________________________________________
WITNESSES TO
THE
WEDDING:___________________________________________________
ADDRESSES:_________________________________________________
CHILDREN’S
NAMES:________________________D.O.B._______________________
______________________________D.O.B._______________________
______________________________D.O.B._______________________
SCHOOL
ATTENDED:__________________________________________________
ADDRESS NOW:_______________________________________________
BROTHER’S &
SISTER’S:__________________________________________________
(ADDRESSES, D.O.B.,
OCCUPATION)________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
OTHER
RELATIVES(NAMES,
RELATIONSHIP,ADDRESS)______________________________________
___________________________________________________________
ASSOCIATES
&
FRIENDS:___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
FORMER
EMPLOYERS(ADDRESS & PHONE
#)______________________________
___________________________________________________________
NOTES:
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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