Comments for Can someone find my home address or telephone number from my email address?

Comment from bill on 2010-01-04

2010-01-04T15:04:25Z

I hired a company that found a craiglist scammer from only an email address. Then I recommended them to a friend of mine who's son bought a xbox 360 for $35, and he found the guy behind that too. If you want to check them out they are called Re-Puter. You can find them in google.

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Comment from Lisa on 2009-08-23

2009-08-23T19:17:27Z

Apparently Yahoo chose not to protect me. I merely emailed my photo to someone and unbeknownst to me, Yahoo email included my first and last name, which the recipient then Googled and got complete name, address and phone number!! I am no longer safe. How can I keep this from happening again?? Thank you.

I don't think Yahoo chose to do anything - I suspect you simply have your full name publicly available in your Yahoo profile.

24-Aug-2009

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Comment from Eva on 2007-11-03

2007-11-03T21:11:12Z

In addition to the above, I'd like to point out that if someone uses their own domain name for their email address then their personal info can be obtained through a WhoIs lookup. Most people don't realize that the WhoIs database is open to public searches when they register a domain. Unless they obtain private registration for their domain then they may be at risk.

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