What is a reverse email lookup?

A reverse email lookup is a people search tool that provides information about the owner of an email address. In other words, it’s a tool for looking up email addresses and learning about their owners.

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Most reverse email lookup tools are web based (i.e. appear on a website) but some have their own mobile phone apps.

A note on terminology

Other names for a reverse email lookup include ‘email lookup’, ‘email reverse lookup’, ‘email search’ and ‘email address lookup’.  So don’t be confused if you see these names used interchangeably.

When would I use a reverse email look up?

You might use a reverse email phone look up if:

• You keep getting emails from an address you don’t recognize;
• You think you’ve received a scam email; or
• You just want to learn more about someone, and you only have their email address.

The reverse email lookup would aim to tell you who they are (and a lot of other things, including where they live and whether they have a criminal record).

How does a reverse email lookup work?

A typical reverse email lookup has a field where you can type the person’s email address, and a button you click to start the search. 

When you click the search button, the email search will scour billions of records across a range of public records databases, then show you a summary of the owner of the address.

You then click to learn more about that person. Depending on the people search tool you used, that information might include the person’s name, address, social media profiles, criminal record and much more.

What’s the best FREE reverse email lookup in 2022?

TruePeopleSearch and WhitePages are the best free reverse email lookup tools we’ve found. They’re both easy to use and fast. Unfortunately, however, they provide only very limited information for free, and the accuracy of that information may not be great. 

Both of these ‘free’ reverse email lookup tools make you pay to access detailed reports. And you won’t be surprised to learn that the most useful information is always in the detailed reports. Of the two, TruePeopleSearch provides the most free detail, but overall we recommend you use a paid tool if you’re serious about doing a reverse email lookup.

Here’s a comparison of the information these free tools can provide vs the information a good paid people search tool can provide.

	TruePeopleSearch Free	WhitePages Free	BeenVerified Paid
Name
Current address
Previous addresses
Email addresses
Landline telephone numbers
Cell phone numbers
Social media profiles
Person’s photo
Map showing person’s addresses
Current & previous vehicles
Names of family members
Names of associates
Names of neighbors
Person’s profile page shows details about relatives, associates & neighbors
Marriage record information
Divorce record information
Ancestry information
Criminal, traffic & other public police records
Bankruptcies
Jobs
Education
Assets
Judgements & liens
Download PDF of reports
Monitor person’s records for changes
Create lists of people searched
Add notes to reports
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What’s the best PAID reverse email lookup in 2022?

We’ve reviewed a lot of reverse email lookup tools, and in our opinion the best, bang for buck, is definitely BeenVerified.

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BeenVerified is a 100% anonymous reverse email lookup that can find the following information about the owner of an email address:

• First & last names
• Aliases
• Other phone numbers
• Email addresses
• Social media profiles (including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube & Pinterest)
• eBay profile
• Current & past addresses
• Family members, neighbors, friends & co-workers
• Household demographics
• Birth & marriage record information
• Education, hobbies & interests
• Assets
• Bankruptcies
• Traffic tickets, sex offenses, criminal record
• And more…