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Cynthia Hetherington
HetheringtonGroup.com
Effectively Using Social
Networks and Social Media in
Fraud Examinations
Maximizing Your Search, Minimizing Your
Time
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Create a Throwaway E-Mail Account
Set up an undercover account on Hotmail,
Yahoo!, or Gmail
Do NOT use the following in your account:
• Your name
• Geography
• Team
• NASCAR
• Hobby
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Using eBay
Go to Advanced Search from the homepage, upper right
corner
Choose Find a Member from the left column
Type in the first
half of the person’s
personal e-mail
address.
For example:
Type incrazybird”
Check HR for the
person’s resume for
old email addresses.
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eBay
Multiple
results to
explore!
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Reach Deeper into the Listing
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Read the entire page for clues.
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Whois Searching
Whois will tell you the ownership and
registration information for a website
• domaintools.com
Tracing IP addresses
• whatismyipaddress.com
• traceroute.org
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Craigslist.org
Craigslist is an online emporium—or a flea
market, depending on your perspective.
The catch to searching in Craigslist is the
geographic restriction.
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Craigslist.org
Ultimately you will need to hunt and peck
Craig Newmark is one of the last holdouts
Search strategy through Google.com
• Site:craigslist.org <expression>
• Searchtempest.com
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Zoominfo.com
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Just Like a Résumé
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Nonprofits and Charities
GuideStar.org • Search GuideStar’s database of more than 700,000 U.S.
nonprofit organizations.
noza990pf.com • Noza gathered data about private foundation
activities that may be of interest to grantseekers, philanthropic organizations, and individual donors. It has information about more than 60,000 nonprofit organizations.
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Read these!
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