Tracking down a name from a closed email address? 03-21-2023, 02:41 PM
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(mods - I think this is the right forum, apologies if not)
Wanted to see if anybody had any out-of-the-ordinary methods to find a name associated with an old email address. The yahoo account for this email address was closed at least five years ago. This has been a tough one and I am at a dead end.
So far I have tried:
1) Email searches on many of the standard reverse-email-search/people-find websites, including paid subscriber access. This has shown no hits at all. Absolutely none.
2) Searching a LOT of dumps and correlating various data from hits to find other related hits to try to find re-use of similar data to records for other sites. Have never found anything that leads toward something unique that can be traced more than one step away.
3) Various google dorks, but I'm not very good at these, so any suggestions along these lines would be welcome.
4) Have tried many websites I've seen listed in this forum, none of which have pushed my search further.
5) Probably a few other things that I can't think of right now but nothing particularly creative or unusual.
I'm not really looking to access any accounts, more just find contact info, even just a name. Although I suppose if I could use any dump data to get in to a registered account and check profiles, posts, etc.
Do any of you have some thoughts or methods you'd be willing to share? Non-invasive methods preferred but more aggressive methods are welcome too. They would be gratefully appreciated.
Wanted to see if anybody had any out-of-the-ordinary methods to find a name associated with an old email address. The yahoo account for this email address was closed at least five years ago. This has been a tough one and I am at a dead end.
So far I have tried:
1) Email searches on many of the standard reverse-email-search/people-find websites, including paid subscriber access. This has shown no hits at all. Absolutely none.
2) Searching a LOT of dumps and correlating various data from hits to find other related hits to try to find re-use of similar data to records for other sites. Have never found anything that leads toward something unique that can be traced more than one step away.
3) Various google dorks, but I'm not very good at these, so any suggestions along these lines would be welcome.
4) Have tried many websites I've seen listed in this forum, none of which have pushed my search further.
5) Probably a few other things that I can't think of right now but nothing particularly creative or unusual.
I'm not really looking to access any accounts, more just find contact info, even just a name. Although I suppose if I could use any dump data to get in to a registered account and check profiles, posts, etc.
Do any of you have some thoughts or methods you'd be willing to share? Non-invasive methods preferred but more aggressive methods are welcome too. They would be gratefully appreciated.
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