casualsecurityinc Bellingcat People Investigation Tools
Tools for finding information about individuals — searching by name, email, phone, username, and across data breaches and public records.
Choosing Tools
- Start with the identifier you have—name, username, email, or phone number—and prefer sources that match that identifier directly.
- Treat search results as leads, verify identity with independent public evidence, and avoid collecting more personal data than needed.
Tools
| Tool | Best for | Cost | Description | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192.com | Searching for someone's address in the UK, phone number and who they live with according… | Free | Searching for someone's address in the UK, phone number and who they live with according to electoral rolls. | |
| Blackbird | Check usernames and email addresses on websites and social networks | Free | Check usernames and email addresses on websites and social networks | Details |
| DeHashed | A platform that maintains a database of compromised credentials and a web domain… | Paid | A platform that maintains a database of compromised credentials and a web domain registration search tool. | Details |
| DiscordLeaks | Search hundreds of thousands of messages leaked from 290+ white-supremacist / nazi discord… | Free | Search hundreds of thousands of messages leaked from 290+ white-supremacist / nazi discord servers. | Details |
| Eniro | Yellow Pages (Swedish Edition) | Free | Yellow Pages (Swedish Edition) | |
| Epieos | Checks where an email has been used. | Paid | Checks where an email has been used. Based on Holehe. | |
| FastPeopleSearch | Mostly good for US. | Free | Mostly good for US. | |
| GetContact | Phonenumber ID app - draws from crowdsourced contactbooks | Free | Phonenumber ID app - draws from crowdsourced contactbooks | |
| Ghunt | A command line tool for obtaining information about Google accounts. | Free | A command line tool for obtaining information about Google accounts. | Details |
| Have I Been Pwned | Does an email address appear in data breaches? | Free | Does an email address appear in data breaches? | Details |
| Hitta.se | Mapping service for Sweden | Free | Mapping service for Sweden | Details |
| Intelx.io | Find user details in data breaches | Partially Free | Find user details in data breaches | Details |
| Leak-Lookup | An online tool that allows you to search across public data breaches to surface… | Partially Free | An online tool that allows you to search across public data breaches to surface credentials that may have been compro... | Details |
| Maigret | A Python script that retrieves user information by searching for usernames across various… | Free | Maigret is a Python script that retrieves user information by searching for usernames across various websites and soc... | Details |
| Bellingcat Name Variant Search | Quickly search many variants of a person's name on Google | Free | Quickly search many variants of a person's name on Google | Details |
| Namechk | A username and domain search tool that checks on which platforms or domain a given… | Free | A username and domain search tool that checks on which platforms or domain a given username is registered. | Details |
| NeutrOSINT | A tool for investigating Proton Mail addresses. | Free | A tool for investigating Proton Mail addresses. | Details |
| NigeriaPhonebook | Look up by name, state, and phone number. | Free | Look up by name, state, and phone number. Last names are partially censored for free accounts. | |
| Person Lookup | Find individuals, phonenumbers, and adresses | Free | find individuals, phonenumbers, and adresses | |
| Pipl | Identity information for professionals | Paid | Identity information for professionals | |
| Ratsit | Look up phone numbers/names (Sweden) | Free | Look up phone numbers/names (Sweden) | |
| Search Systems | Finding public record information online in over 70,000 databases organized by type and… | Free | Finding public record information online in over 70,000 databases organized by type and location to help you find pro... | |
| Sherlock | Free | Allows a user to search for the presence of specific usernames across more than 400 websites and social networks. | Details | |
| Skopenow | Social Media Investigations - name, phone, email, username searches. | Paid | Social Media Investigations - name, phone, email, username searches. | Details |
| Spokeo | People search through email, phone, name | Paid | People search through email, phone, name | |
| Swedish Name Register | Find out how common a name is in Sweden based on census data | Free | Find out how common a name is in Sweden based on census data | |
| The Law Pages | Search criminal court case details in the UK, such as sentence, hearing, defendant, etc. | Free | Search criminal court case details in the UK, such as sentence, hearing, defendant, etc. | |
| ThisNumber | An international directory of white pages and yellow pages phone books, and online… | Free | An international directory of white pages and yellow pages phone books, and online directory enquiries. It's a free, ... | |
| TrueCaller | Truecaller is a caller ID app that identifies incoming calls, blocks unwanted numbers, and… | Partially Free | Truecaller is a caller ID app that identifies incoming calls, blocks unwanted numbers, and gathers phone numbers and ... | Details |
| TruffleHog | Find leaked credentials. | Free | Find leaked credentials. | Details |
| USA court case databases | Partially Free | State-by-state guide for researching criminal and civil court cases | Details | |
| WhatsMyName | Search for usernames on several hundred platforms | Free | Search for usernames on several hundred platforms | Details |
| Worldwide Osint Tools map | Global overview of yellow/white pages, court cases, business registries etc. | Free | Global overview of yellow/white pages, court cases, business registries etc. |
Investigation Tips
- Start with username search (Sherlock, Maigret, WhatsMyName) across hundreds of platforms
- Check email addresses against data breaches (Have I Been Pwned, Intelx.io, Leak-Lookup, DeHashed)
- Use Epieos/holehe to check what platforms an email is registered on
- For phone numbers: TrueCaller, GetContact, and country-specific directories (192.com for UK, Ratsit for Sweden)
- Search for name variants using Bellingcat's Name Variant Search tool
- Use Ghunt to find Google account information from an email address
- Cross-reference findings across multiple tools to verify accuracy