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Cynthia Hetherington HetheringtonGroup.com Effectively Using Social Networks and Social Media in Fraud Examinations Maximizing Your Search, Minimizing Your Time
Cynthia Hetherington
HetheringtonGroup.com
Effectively Using Social
Networks and Social Media in
Fraud Examinations
Maximizing Your Search, Minimizing Your
Time
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Create a Throwaway E-Mail Account
Set up an undercover account on Hotmail,
Yahoo!, or Gmail
Do NOT use the following in your account:
• Your name
• Geography
• Team
• NASCAR
• Hobby
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Using eBay
Go to Advanced Search from the homepage, upper right
corner
Choose Find a Member from the left column
Type in the first
half of the person’s
personal e-mail
address.
For example:
Type incrazybird”
Check HR for the
person’s resume for
old email addresses.
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eBay
Multiple
results to
explore!
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Reach Deeper into the Listing
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http://www.rhinosoftware.com/pics/lancets3.gif
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Read the entire page for clues.
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Whois Searching
Whois will tell you the ownership and
registration information for a website
• domaintools.com
Tracing IP addresses
• whatismyipaddress.com
• traceroute.org
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Craigslist.org
Craigslist is an online emporium—or a flea
market, depending on your perspective.
The catch to searching in Craigslist is the
geographic restriction.
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Craigslist.org
Ultimately you will need to hunt and peck
Craig Newmark is one of the last holdouts
Search strategy through Google.com
• Site:craigslist.org <expression>
• Searchtempest.com
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Zoominfo.com
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Just Like a Résumé
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Nonprofits and Charities
GuideStar.org • Search GuideStar’s database of more than 700,000 U.S.
nonprofit organizations.
noza990pf.com • Noza gathered data about private foundation
activities that may be of interest to grantseekers, philanthropic organizations, and individual donors. It has information about more than 60,000 nonprofit organizations.
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