Skip Tracing and Witness Location
The art of Skip tracing is performed by collecting the maximum amount of information about a subject, which is then analyzed, reduced, and verified. Sometimes the witness location and current whereabouts are in the data, but is often obfuscated by the sheer amount of information or disinformation. More often than not this data is used to identify third parties that might be able to assist witness location process. This is where skip tracing becomes more than mere research since one must often employ methods of social engineering to finagle information without compromising the situation.
Records that we utilize as "skip tracers" may include phone number databases, credit reports (including information provided on a loan application, credit card application, and in other debt collector databases), job application information, criminal background checks, utility bills (electricity, gas, water, sewage, phone, internet, and cable), social security, disability, and public tax information. Our methods don't break any laws because the information is freely available due to the nature of the business, whether it is debt collectors, bounty hunters, or other "skip tracers".
