Outline:<\/p>\n
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- What is a reverse email lookup?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- What is reverse email search used for?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Top reverse email lookup <\/span>tools and methods<\/span><\/a>\n
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- Reverse email lookup tools<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Reverse email <\/span>search <\/span>on Google<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Email reverse lookup by the domain name<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Reverse email search using Facebook and other social networks<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Reverse email lookup using email clients<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
What is a reverse email lookup?<\/span><\/h2>\n
A reverse email lookup<\/b> is a process of searching for information about a person or entity using their email address. It’s like having a virtual detective at your fingertips!<\/span><\/p>\n
So, the first step would be to find your lead’s email address. The best way to do that? Snov.io’s Email Finder tool<\/a>!<\/p>\n
With this handy automation, you can find verified emails anywhere on the web.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAs a nice bonus, you’ll get access to the automated outreach system<\/a> to streamline your lead gen.<\/p>\n
So, what kind of information can you find after that? A reverse email lookup can provide you with:<\/span><\/p>\n
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- a person\u2019s full name<\/span><\/li>\n
- current address<\/span><\/li>\n
- phone numbers, both mobile and landline<\/span><\/li>\n
- all social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n
- photos, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What is reverse email search used for?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Reverse email lookup can be useful for many purposes \u2013 both personal and business. Let\u2019s discover some of them.<\/span><\/p>\n
Purpose #1. It can protect you from phishing attacks<\/b><\/p>\n
The average email user receives <\/span>16 (!) malicious emails<\/span><\/a> every month. Cybercriminals resort to <\/span>credit card fraud<\/span>, identity theft, and ransomware attacks. Replying to phishing emails can undermine the security of your personal data and the data of the company you are a part of!<\/span><\/p>\n
With a reverse email lookup, you can quickly and easily identify fake email addresses and potential fraudsters. By entering the email address into the tool, you can see if it matches the name and contact information of the supposed sender, which helps you avoid emails from fake or fraudulent sources.<\/span><\/p>\n
Purpose #2. It saves your email marketing reputation<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s better to carry out a check to send emails to valid, promising leads. Otherwise, you risk damaging the reputation of your email domain, and your lead-generation goals will backfire.<\/span><\/p>\n
A reverse email lookup helps you check information about leads, so you can be sure you\u2019re sending emails to the right people, who won\u2019t mark your emails as spam or never show any sign of engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n
Purpose #3. It helps you prospect effectively<\/b><\/p>\n
Having an email address is just the beginning of your marketing efforts. To reach out to the right leads <\/span>at the right time<\/span><\/a>, you need to know your audience better.<\/span><\/p>\n
A reverse email lookup provides more information about your potential leads or customers, empowering your prospecting efforts. This can help you segment your audience for more targeted marketing campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Purpose #4. It helps hire the right people<\/b><\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a recruiter, a reverse email lookup can provide additional information about potential candidates. This can help you quickly and accurately assess a candidate’s qualifications and experience and make more informed decisions about who to contact for an interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
What is more, not every candidate is honest with recruiters and company representatives. So, if you don\u2019t check the accuracy of the information, you could end up hiring someone who will do more harm than good to your business.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note!<\/strong> If you don\u2019t need detailed research about the sender but simply want to check the contact for validity, then you can use Email Verifier<\/a> from Snov.io. In a matter of seconds, you can verify email addresses<\/a> that raise doubts and clear your contact list of unpromising leads. In addition, checking if emails are valid with Email Verifier will help you save your IP address reputation, which can be damaged by a high bounce rate.<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIf, apart from the <\/span>contact validity<\/span><\/a>, you also want to find out more information about them (real name, nicknames, phone numbers, etc.), then read on!<\/span><\/p>\n
Top reverse email lookup options and tools<\/span><\/h2>\n
We\u2019ve done our research and asked business experts to share their experiences with reverse email lookup. Having received about 20 responses, we compiled a list of the 6 best ways to find data through an email address. The most popular among these is using special tools.<\/span><\/p>\n
#1. Reverse email lookup with the help of special websites and tools (free and paid)<\/span><\/h3>\n
CocoFinder<\/b><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nCocoFinder<\/b> is a public record search service company that provides a range of features with an easy-to-use interface.<\/span><\/p>\n
Using its <\/span>Email Lookup<\/b> tool, you can find data such as the sender\u2019s first and last name, nickname, social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn<\/a>), full current address, phone numbers, photos, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n
CocoFinder is currently one of the most popular tools for reverse email lookup. Most replies we received advised using it as a go-to reverse email lookup tool. Here\u2019s wh<\/span>at <\/span>Harriet Chan<\/b>, the company\u2019s co-founder, says about its benefits:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I use CocoFinder to know more about my customers, which helps better personalize their experiences. Moreover, doing a background check on my clients and leads allows me to identify more people in their online circle to benefit my products.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As for lead generation, using this tool helped Harriet attract <\/span>10% more clients<\/b> at this point of the year than she did the entire year in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n
Besides, with CocoFinder, you can gather data about potential business partners. The team of <\/span>John Ross<\/b>, CEO of Test Prep Insight, gets several emails per week from random companies asking to partner with them. And it\u2019s necessary to parse out scammers from legitimate prospective partners. Here\u2019s where CocoFinder comes to the rescue:<\/span><\/p>\n
The advantage of CocoFinder is that it is super accurate and works well for our purposes. The downside though is that it can be a little pricey. It is not the cheapest tool on the internet, but given that the alternative is doing extensive Google research ourselves or paying for a cut-rate service, I think it’s worth the price.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Other available lookup options: <\/b>By name, address, phone numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n
How to use it:<\/b> Go to the website and then scroll down a bit to find the tool you need.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nAfter that, enter your target person’s email address, click the <\/span>Start Search<\/b> button, and CocoFinder will provide you with a report in a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n
If there\u2019s no data available regarding your search, you will be offered to try out other background check services, such as Trustfinder, Instant Checkmate, BeenVerified, Intelius, and Peoplefinders. By the way, some of them will be mentioned on our list too.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice: <\/b>Basic features like phone search are available free of cost, but if you need advanced information on your target, you need to pay a fee. The more data you need, the higher the price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Social Catfish<\/b><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nSocial Catfish <\/b>is an online investigation service that verifies data to confirm if the person you’ve received an email from is really who they say they are.<\/span><\/p>\n
Get the following information: phone numbers, social profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc.), addresses, usernames, age, images, aliases, and more!<\/span><\/p>\n
With this service you can:<\/span><\/p>\n
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- Check if a scammer is writing to you or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Get real info about your business partners and leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Find not only a contact number but also a photo of the person you are interested in.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Other available lookup options: <\/b>By name, address, phone number, username, and images.<\/span><\/p>\n
How to use it: <\/b>Register on socialcatfish.com, choose the best paid plan for you and then use the service tools. Enter the email of the person who has sent you the email and start the search.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Or, start the search first and then unlock your report by subscribing to the service.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice: <\/b>$5,75 for 5 days, then $27,47 per month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
EmailSherlock<\/b><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nJust like other tools on this list, EmailSherlock helps determine the identity of the owner of an unknown email address that shows up in your inbox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the information you can get by running a reverse email search: the sender\u2019s name, phone, location, public records, photos and videos, web results (Google, Bing, Yahoo, web archive results, publications, news), etc.<\/span><\/p>\n
Caroline Lee<\/b>, the co-founder of CocoSign, loves using this tool because it lets you know who the scammer is, their real identity, any negative history records, etc. As for the shortcomings, Caroline underlines that, sometimes, this reverse email lookup tool provides inaccurate results:<\/span><\/p>\n
And I would like to add that this is another tool that doesn\u2019t give full information and instead sends users to the BeenVerified website for a detailed paid report. Wouldn’t it be easier to go straight to BeenVerified in the first place?<\/span><\/p>\n
Still, it can be quite useful.<\/p>\n
How to use it: <\/b>Enter an email address and click on the <\/span>Search <\/b>button. As a result, you\u2019ll get a report that will contain profiles associated with the email, including profiles on Gravatar, Facebook, Flickr, etc. (if any!). This is how you can get the name of the person emailing you. I found our Editor’s Gravatar profile just like that:<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span>To get advanced data like the phone number, address, or web results, you need to go to BeenVerified (you\u2019ll be automatically redirected there) and restart the search process.<\/span><\/p>\nPrice<\/b>. Free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
InfoTracer<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nWith <\/span>InfoTracer,<\/b> you can find the sender’s name, address history, phone numbers<\/a>, social profiles, web accounts, images & videos, personal assets, data breaches, online activity, public records, education, and employment information.<\/span><\/p>\n
Reuben Yonatan, <\/b>the founder & CEO of GetVoIP, uses this tool about once a week. As he says:<\/span><\/p>\n
I get so many marketing emails \u2014 some are services I could use, but I like to know more about the sender\/salesperson before I take that first step. Infotracer is very detailed and low-cost. It’s also faster than the other tools I’ve used.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Other search options: <\/b>By name, phone number, username, address, plate number, IP address.<\/span><\/p>\n
How to use it: <\/b>Enter the email of the person who has sent you an email, start the search, and then unlock your report by subscribing to the service.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice: <\/b>Unlimited search access will cost you $3.95 for 7 days, then $19.05 per month will be charged.<\/span><\/p>\n
Instant Checkmate<\/b><\/h4>\n
Instant Checkmate<\/b> is<\/span> a public record search service that enables you to check information online about people you are interested in, your potential customers, business partners, or future employees.<\/span><\/p>\n
What can an email search reveal?<\/span> Name, photos, previous jobs, possible addresses, other known email addresses, possible usernames on websites, Gravatar profile, social media profiles (Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin), etc.<\/span><\/p>\n
Other lookup options: <\/b>By phone number, name, location.<\/span><\/p>\n
How to use it: <\/b>To use the reverse email lookup feature, you need to have an account on their website. The tricky part is that to sign up, you need to run a name check first and subscribe to the service, so it\u2019s quite inconvenient. <\/span>\ud83e\udd14<\/b><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nOnce your account is created, the procedure is the same: enter an email address in the search field on your dashboard and get a report.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice. <\/b>$2 for a 5-day trial,<\/span> $<\/span><\/b>35.12 per month for 1 month of unlimited reports, $28.09 per month for 3 months of unlimited reports.<\/span><\/p>\n
BeenVerified<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nHere it comes! <\/span>BeenVerified <\/b>has already been mentioned a few times when describing other tools on our list. <\/span>Users from the most popular reverse search websites <\/span>CocoFinder<\/span> and <\/span>EmailSherlock<\/span> are often redirected to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Its reverse email lookup feature goes beyond search engines, crawling through billions of public records to let users find the data they need \u2014 aliases, phone numbers, alternative email addresses<\/a>, social media profiles, education, and work experience information.<\/span><\/p>\n
The reports of this tool may also contain court records on possible criminal and civil cases.<\/span><\/p>\n
Other options for this service:<\/b> By phone, address, username, vehicle, unclaimed money.<\/span><\/p>\n
How to use it: <\/b>You can sign up and choose the paid plan that suits you best. After that, you can safely use the tool without restrictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Or, you can also get a report by entering an email of the person you are interested in and conducting a search. You will then be asked to pay for the trial period. That’s all!<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice.<\/b> $1-5 for the 7-day trial period<\/span>
- Get real info about your business partners and leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- current address<\/span><\/li>\n
- Reverse email <\/span>search <\/span>on Google<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- What is reverse email search used for?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n