The internet has provided incredible tools and resources to all users around the world. However, there at times those individuals will take advantage of these tools and try to compromise your computer by nefarious means. When this occurs, you can track these individuals down and turn them in to the authorities. Using the IP address within an e-mail, or the e-mail itself, you can locate the person who sent you the e-mail and possibly even attain the person’s name.

Even if the e-mail or the person is sending the e-mail has a firewall, it is still possible to determine who the sender is.
There are websites available that are available to perform these searches including: https://www.abika.com/forms/Verifyemailaddress.asp

This information can also be obtained by use of professional services: http://www.emailrevealer.com/

However, these professional service websites will charge for their services. Be certain to verify their fees before using them.

When using these professional services, you receive a number of added bonuses. For instance, you can provide them with the e-mail in question and request for them to look into where else has this sender made an appearance. This is helpful especially to law enforcement or individuals who desire to find out where the e-mail has been and what it has been doing. In some cases, you may even be able to retrieve messages that were sent from the e-mail.

Squidoo and InfoSpace are examples of websites where you can perform reverse email searches for free. This service can be quite valuable if you receive a lot of spam. By tracing the email address, you can find out more about the sender, such as their name and possibly how to get removed from their mailing list. There may be other email addresses associated with the address you’re searching where you can reach the person sending the spam. Often, these pestering emails are sent from an autoresponder, which means your replies to the address are never seen by human eyes.

Or perhaps you want to send a gift or promotional item such as a print catalog via snail mail. Rather than bother asking the email address owner for their mailing address (which they may view as an invasion of privacy,) do a reverse email search and see if you can get the information that way.  As you can see, there are various handy uses for a reverse email search.

If the email address owner has taken precautions, however, you may not be able to find anything about them listed with the free directories. In this case, you might want to pay for a search. You can either pay to use online databases, or you can hire a professional to perform the search for you. If you go the database route, you can expect to pay anywhere from around $25 to $75 per search depending on which one you use. Professional investigators, on the other hand, cost around $50 to $100 per hour depending on your geographic location.