Email address lookup

Work out who is behind an address before you reply.

An email lookup takes an address and works outwards: public profiles that use it, services it has appeared on, whether the domain is a real organisation or registered last week, and whether the address has turned up in known data breaches. The check is private and the owner of the address is never notified. Results are possible matches with a confidence level, not a guarantee.

Completely private

Nothing is sent to the address. The person behind it never learns that you checked.

Reads the domain, not just the name

A lookalike domain registered days ago is the single most reliable sign that a message is not from who it claims to be.

Breach history included

Where an address has appeared in known breaches, which tells you how long it has been in use and where.

Common questions

Can I find out who owns an email address?

Often, yes. Public profiles, posts and listings that use the address will surface, along with the domain's age and breach history. Personal addresses on the big free providers give up less than work addresses do.

Will they know I searched?

No. No message is sent and no notification of any kind reaches the address.

What is the fastest way to tell a scam email?

Look at the part after the at sign rather than the display name. A domain that is almost, but not exactly, the real organisation's domain is the tell, and a domain registered very recently is another.

Guides for New Zealand numbers

Find out who is really behind the number

The check is private and takes about 60 seconds. The person is not notified and never finds out you looked.

Check an email address