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Get Back in Touch with a Lost Love through Email

There are several ways to get back in touch with a lost love or a long lost friend. If you don’t know where the person lives, their current surname, and you forgot their contact information, it can seem very difficult to find the person. Here are a few pointers that should help you start your search.

First, use the person’s first and last name to perform a simple Google search.  You may find that your old flame has a whole website complete with his or her own domain name.  Starting with a Google search, or any other search engine, could possibly save you a lot of time and frustration.  If your search engine search doesn’t turn up any useful information, then there are other steps you can take.

You can go to the main page of the larger email providers such as Hotmail, Aol or Yahoo, to name only a few, and see if the website will allow you to search for an email account by first and last name.  If the person you are searching for has an email account with one of those email clients and registered for that account with their first and last name- then you should be able to find their email address.  Unfortunately, some people do not sign up for email accounts using their real or full names out of concern for their privacy and security.  

One more thing you can try on your own is to do an internet search for the high school your lost love or friend attended.  Many high schools have their own websites now, and you might be able to get in touch with the class’s reunion committee.  While you may be able to find out how to contact the person through more direct means this way, the committee may not have a current email address.  Some of the websites that specialize in reuniting high school students might be a good place to look, although you’ll likely have to pay for a membership to get any information, and if the person hasn’t also registered, this could also be a dead end.

If none of these options provide you with the email address you’re looking for, a better option may be to contact and online business that specializes in retrieving contact information.  These websites can provide all kinds of information, from current contact information to background checks.  You may be able to get some information from a free search, but you generally have to pay small fee for contact information.  As another option, you can also pay a bit more for a membership and have an unlimited amount of information at your fingertips.

If you decide to contact one of these companies, the more information you can provide to them, the better.  If you remember the person’s full name, birth date, their parents’ names, and the town where you last knew they resided, you are more likely to find the information about the specific person you are looking for.

How to Run A Reverse Email Search

Everyone knows how to do a reverse phone number search- just enter a mysterious number off your caller id into the google search bar and press enter.  You’ll know who called you in seconds, especially if it’s a business phone number.  But with email, it’s a bit trickier.  There is no central listing of email addresses like phone numbers are listed in a phone book.  When you sign up for a phone number and service, you must supply verifiable personal information like your social security number.  But with email, you don’t have to provide a full name at all, let alone your real name.  Even honest people who have no intention of misusing their email account often sign up for accounts using only their initials or a nickname for security reasons.

 

This is what makes it so difficult to run a reverse email search on your own.  You can try typing the email address into Google or another search engine, but unless the person has listed their complete email address on a web page or site, you are unlikely to get any useful information.  There are free email search websites that can look up a specific person’s email address or look up who owns an email address, but most of the time you’re not going to get a lot of valuable information from a free search.  There is also the option of going to the main page of the email provider and seeing if the website has an email directory with a reverse search function.  While there may be a few of these directories you will find that it is not the most reliable source for finding the information you are looking for.

One sure way to get the information you’re looking for is to enlist the help of an internet service that specializes in this kind of cyber- detective work.  Navigating the internet isn’t the easiest thing to do when you’re looking for semi- personal information like the name of an email address owner, but internet investigation companies know where to look- and who to talk to. 

The process may be as simple as going to a reverse email search website and paying a small fee to do an advanced search.  These internet services have access to special databases and are far more likely to retrieve the information you need than a free search.  This type of website typically offers you the option of paying a small fee for a one- time search or paying a slightly higher membership fee for the option to run as many reverse email searches as you like.  This second option is probably your best value, as if you need to do one search, chances are you’ll need to do more searches in the future.  You can think of this minute expense as a type of internet insurance policy to make sure you’re never in the dark about who is sending you emails.  This can give you peace of mind while you’re web surfing, and you’ll likely be very happy to have purchased the membership.

How to Find the Owner of an Email Address

If someone you don’t know sends you an email, it is natural to want to know who the person is, even if the email is not spam or unfriendly. Knowing a sender’s identity can tell you whether or not you want to reply to the email. Some emails contain the name of the person who sent it, and even if it doesn’t, some email programs will tell you the name the email account is registered under and include the information in the same line as the email address. If this information is not available, sometimes you can learn more by looking at the email address itself.

While an email address like catlady@emailprovider.com may not give you a name, the domain name (the word between the @ and the .com part) can give you a clue. Major email providers like yahoo and lycos won’t tell you much, but the domain is something unusual like ‘rockhounds.com’ or ‘businessname.com’, you can perform a simple Google search for the domain name. This can narrow down the possibilities quite a bit. If someone you don’t know is sending you email from a business email address, you can contact the company for more information. It could be that the person had a legitimate reason for contacting you but is unaware of proper email etiquette.

Spam email, on the other hand, can be nearly impossible to trace for the average citizen. Most people choose to simply delete these emails or mark them as spam so that they don’t have to deal with them anymore. On the other hand, mysterious or harassing emails warrant more attention and can be quite a headache to track down.

It can be difficult if not impossible to find the owner of an email address if the person has used a false name to register the email account. If someone has chosen to use a bogus name and address to register for an email account with a major provider, you have little power to find the information as a private citizen. In these cases, where someone is harassing you and you need it to stop, it is advisable to enlist the help of a reputable company to find out who is doing the emailing.

There are a few companies on the internet that will allow you to do a reverse email search to find out who the account is registered to. These companies generally charge a small fee per search, or you can register for a membership and conduct as many reverse email searches as you like. However, if you are able to find out the true identity of a harassing emailer, it may not be a good idea to try to handle the problem yourself.

If you can find out who owns an email address through one of these services, you next step should be to report the person to the proper authorities. Be sure to save any harassing emails to use as evidence. Companies that conduct these searches can sometimes help you with the legal process required to put a legal stop to unwanted internet behavior.