Spokeo

Spokeo is a US people search and contact information service that aggregates public records, social media data, and other publicly available information to provide profiles including current and historical addresses, phone numbers, relatives, social media accounts, and basic background information for US individuals.

For OSINT investigators, Spokeo provides a well-known, user-friendly interface for US people research. Its particular strength is the combination of contact information (phone numbers, email addresses) with address history and social media connections in a single report.

Phone number lookup is a core Spokeo capability — searching by phone number returns the registered name and location, which is useful for identifying unknown callers, verifying phone numbers provided by subjects, or connecting a phone number found during investigation to a specific individual.

Email address lookup connects an email to associated names, addresses, and social media profiles, providing immediate cross-platform identity resolution from an email address identified during investigation.

Social media discovery is included in Spokeo profiles — the platform surfaces associated accounts on major social networks, reducing the manual effort of platform-by-platform searching for a subject's social media presence.

For corporate due diligence, Spokeo's people research capability helps verify the biographical claims of business partners, contractors, or subjects of interest against public records.

Spokeo is a consumer-facing data broker subject to FCRA regulations — its data cannot be used for employment background checks, tenant screening, or other FCRA-regulated purposes without specific compliance procedures. The appropriate investigative use cases are general background research, locating individuals, and OSINT investigation.

Subscription required for full access; some data is available through free searches.

Document all Spokeo searches with queried identifiers (name, phone, email), results returned, and query timestamps for case records.