Find the person behind any email address.
To find out who an email address belongs to, enter it in the search box on this page. HooDat checks public records, open social profiles, and known breach databases, then shows a free preview: the owner's masked name, location, how many linked records exist, and whether the address appears in public data leaks. Opening the full report costs 1–3 credits, depending on how much the record holds, and shows the name, other contact details, addresses, relatives, and publicly linked social accounts.
How it works
Enter the email address
HooDat queries public records, open social profiles, and public breach indexes for the address in parallel.
Preview the match
See whether a name was found, how many linked profiles matched, and whether breach signals exist, all before paying.
Unlock the full report
1–3 credits ($0.15–$0.25 a credit), priced by how much the record holds, reveals the owner's name, location history, other emails and phone numbers, linked public profiles, and breach details.
Common reasons people search
Suspicious emails
Check whether the sender of an unexpected invoice, offer, or request is a real person before you reply or click anything.
Online sellers and buyers
Verify the email of someone you're transacting with on marketplaces, forums, or classifieds.
Dating profile checks
Confirm an email shared by someone you met online matches the identity they've presented.
Your own exposure
Look up your own address to see what's publicly linked to it and whether it appears in known breach databases.
Reconnecting
An old email in your archives. Find out who it belonged to and how to reach them now.
Before you wire a deposit
Check that a new contact's email has a real public footprint before money or files change hands.
HooDat searches publicly available records. It is not a monitoring, tracking, or surveillance service, and it cannot show anyone's real-time location or private activity. HooDat is not a Consumer Reporting Agency — results may not be used for employment, tenant screening, credit, insurance, or any purpose covered by the FCRA. Read the acceptable-use policy.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the reverse email lookup free?
- Searching and previewing is free: you can see whether a match exists and which categories of data were found without paying. The full report costs 1–3 credits depending on how much the record holds ($0.25 a credit, or as little as $0.15 on a larger pack), and new accounts start with 5 free credits.
- What can a reverse email search find?
- Depending on public sources, a report can include the owner's name, general location, other email addresses and phone numbers, linked public social profiles, and whether the address appears in known public breach databases.
- Will the email's owner be notified?
- No. HooDat never contacts the address you search, and your searches are encrypted and never sold.
- Is this legal?
- Yes. HooDat aggregates publicly available information. It is not a Consumer Reporting Agency, and results may not be used for employment, tenant screening, credit, insurance, or other FCRA-regulated purposes.
- What does the breach signal mean?
- It indicates the email address appears in publicly known data breach databases. That's useful for judging whether an address is established and real. For your own address, it's the cue to rotate passwords.
- Does it work for Gmail, Outlook, and custom domains?
- Yes. Results depend on the address's public footprint, not the provider. Addresses used to register public profiles return the most data; throwaway addresses may return little.