So, all you've got to go by is an email address huh? Well, that can open up more doors than you think. These days an email address can reveal lots of info if used with the right search partner. But before you go opening up an email from an unknown person please be careful, the downside of curiosity could be a virus that ruins your computer.

Locating Someone By Email Address-Free Methods:

The first thing that you can do is to type the full email address with quotes into Yahoo, Google, Dogpile (yes, it's a search engine) and MSN search and see what comes up. The reason for using quotations is because if you don't then you will get search results that contain bits and pieces of the email that you are trying to find and that's not what we want. The search results will reveal any pages that contain the full email address-this can be useful if this person has posted their email in forums or ads, if you find any info, you will be one step closer to hunting down their name.

Secondly, you can try your luck on a search at Myspace. Go to the toolbar at the top right of the page and type in the persons email address. Then, just above the results you will see a tab that says "people" click on that tab. Now, on the right side of the page you you see a section to refine your search. This is where you click on th search by email option. If this email is in their database, you should come up with successful results. You can also implement this same technique on Facebook. They offer a "search by email" function as well.

If the above options leave you in the dark, or you just don't have the time needed to execute all of these searches, there is always the paid method. Companies that offer this usually maintain massive databases of information that is updated regularly, and this is their main focus-to provide the data that you need. For a nominal fee, you could be viewing the results immediately-mission accomplished 'eh?