Free checks
- Search it in quotes: `"name@example.com"` on Google and Bing. Forum posts, resumes, business listings and old comments often show up.
- Read the domain: a company domain (name@acme-plumbing.com) tells you the employer; visit the site. A free domain (gmail.com, outlook.com) tells you nothing.
- Check the username part: the bit before the @ is often reused as a social handle. Try it in our username search.
- Breach check: Have I Been Pwned shows which data breaches an address appeared in, a sign that it is real and old.
Look up an email address
Private search. Nobody is notified.
Is the email a scam?
- The display name says a company, but the address is a free account or a lookalike domain (amaz0n-support.com).
- It creates urgency: account locked, payment failed, legal action.
- Reply-to differs from the sender address (visible in "show original" or the full headers).
- It asks for passwords, codes, gift cards or crypto. See the phone and text scams hub for the same patterns.
Reverse email lookup
TrueSearch email lookup shows the name, public social profiles and web mentions tied to an address when they are on record. Use it to confirm who you are dealing with, never for FCRA purposes like hiring or renting.