NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/misc/consumer/21401

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From: [e-mail] (Karl Denninger)
Subject: Re: How does a PI locate somebody?
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 17:17:54 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Charles Packer) writes:
>A friend tells me that she used the services of a private
>investigator to locate a boyfriend from high school days (25
>years ago), mainly out of curiosity as to what had become of
>him. She paid the PI something around $150-$200 for this, as I
>recall, contingent on success in the search.
>
>The PI was able to find the former flame within a day using his
>databases, the nature of which he wouldn't disclose to her. He
>did say that he had worked for the Federal government in the
>past.
>
>How did he do it? It would seem that he would have to have
>access to some union of all American telephone directories.

In most states your Driver License number can be deduced from your name
and date of birth.  Given that, its easy.  Most driver license records are
public; ergo, it takes only a phone call or database access to find your
current address once you have the number and a name.  Simple stuff.

This is the quickest way if the person you're looking for lives in a state
which uses "Soundex" driver license numbers.

Telephone directory searches are also possible, but the DL number is more
reliable.

--
Karl Denninger ([e-mail], <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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