Skip Tracer — Multi-Source People & Contact Finder

Skip Tracer finds phone numbers (with line type), verified emails, relatives, associates, and address history for any person by searching multiple free people-search sources — FastPeopleSearch, TruePeopleSearch, and That'sThem — and merging + scoring the results into one corroborated, confidence-rated record. Built for real-estate skip tracing, collections, tenant screening, and owner locating.

It runs on the Apify platform, so you get a clean JSON/CSV/Excel dataset, a REST API, scheduling, webhooks, and easy integration with Zapier, Make, or n8n — no code required.

Why use Skip Tracer?

• Multi-source corroboration — a phone or email found on 2+ independent sources is far more likely to be current. Instead of trusting one site, Skip Tracer cross-checks FastPeopleSearch, TruePeopleSearch, and That'sThem for you.
• Confidence scoring — every record is scored 0–100 and labelled high / medium / low, so you instantly know which leads are worth dialing.
• Best-contact selection — bestPhone and bestEmail pick the most-likely cell phone and the most-likely deliverable email automatically.
• Reverse lookups — search by phone or email to identify an unknown caller or sender, or by address to find the owner of a property.
• mostLikely flag — when multiple people share a name, the single best match is flagged for you.
• Bulk CSV / Google-Sheets import — skip-trace hundreds of owners in one run.

How to use Skip Tracer

1. Go to the Input tab and enter at least one lookup. You can:
   • Paste names (John Smith, Dallas TX),
   • Paste an address, phone, or email list,
   • Paste a CSV / Google-Sheets URL for bulk skip-tracing,
   • Or use the legacy queries[] format.
2. Optionally enable Verify Emails to filter dead addresses, and Flat Output for CSV-ready columns.
3. Configure a proxy — these sites are Cloudflare-protected. Add an Apify proxy with a residential proxy group (or a custom proxy URL in proxyConfiguration) for best results.
4. Click Start.
5. Download the results as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel from the dataset, or have them POSTed to your webhook.

Input

Most inputs are optional — provide at least one search mode.

Field	Type	Description
queries	array	Legacy [{name, city, state}] person records
name	array	Batch full names (add city/state via objects)
address	array	Reverse-search by street address
phone_number	array	Reverse-search by phone number
email	array	Reverse-search by email address
csvUrl	string	CSV file or Google-Sheets share link for bulk import
maxResultsPerQuery	int	Max candidate people to harvest per lookup (default 5)
source	enum	auto / fastpeoplesearch / truepeoplesearch / thatsthem
verifyEmailsFlag	bool	DNS-check discovered emails for deliverability
flatOutput	bool	Collapse arrays into ;-separated columns
webhookUrl	string	POST results JSON to this URL on completion
demoMode	bool	Return a sample record without scraping (free testing)

Output

Each dataset item is a complete skip-trace record. For example:

{
  "inputGiven": "John Smith, Dallas TX",
  "fullName": "John A. Smith",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": "42",
  "currentAddress": { "street": "742 Mockingbird Ln", "locality": "Dallas", "region": "TX", "postalCode": "75201" },
  "previousAddresses": [{ "street": "101 Oak Ave", "region": "TX", "postalCode": "75201" }],
  "phones": [
    { "number": "(214) 349-3972", "e164": "+12143493972", "type": "cellular", "provider": "T-Mobile" }
  ],
  "bestPhone": "(214) 349-3972",
  "phonesE164": ["+12143493972"],
  "emails": ["john.smith@example.com"],
  "bestEmail": "john.smith@example.com",
  "relatives": [{ "name": "Jane Smith", "age": "39" }],
  "associates": [],
  "matchConfidence": 82,
  "confidence": "high",
  "corroboration": 2,
  "dataSources": ["FastPeopleSearch", "TruePeopleSearch"],
  "mostLikely": true
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Description
fullName / firstName / lastName	The located person's names
age / born	Estimated age and/or birth year
currentAddress	Current address object (street, locality, region, postalCode)
previousAddresses	Historical addresses with timespans when available
phones[]	Phone numbers with type (cellular/landline/voip/toll-free), provider, firstReported, lastReported
bestPhone / phonesE164	Readiest phone + E.164 dialable versions
emails[] / emailsVerified[]	Discovered + DNS-verified deliverable emails
bestEmail	Most-likely deliverable email
relatives[] / associates[]	Family and associate names (with ages)
matchConfidence / confidence	Numeric score (0–100) + label
corroboration	Number of independent sources that yielded a contact
dataSources	Which sites contributed data
mostLikely	True for the single best match of the input

How much does it cost to scrape people-search data?

Because Skip Tracer uses free people-search sites and a cheap HTTP-first fetch (with a browser fallback only when needed), running it stays very affordable on the Apify free/paid tiers.

• Set source to a single site and lower maxResultsPerQuery to minimize compute units.
• demoMode lets you verify your output schema and pipeline for free without scraping anything.
• Proxy note: FastPeopleSearch / TruePeopleSearch / That'sThem are protected by Cloudflare and block datacenter IPs. For real data, set proxyConfiguration to an Apify residential proxy group or a custom proxy URL. Without a proxy, runs return empty (graceful) records.
• Email verification is DNS-only, so it adds time but no extra cost.

There are no per-row license fees — every site we read is publicly accessible. As with any people-search data, verify important information before acting on it.

Tips & advanced options

• Find the right person faster: always include the state (and ideally city) for name lookups — it narrows common names dramatically and raises confidence.
• New property owners: run a reverse-phone lookup after you've found a number to pull the owner's current address on other properties.
• flatOutput is perfect if you're exporting straight to a CRM or Google Sheet.
• Webhooks let you trigger downstream automations (e.g., enrich in your database) the moment the run finishes — no polling.

FAQ, disclaimers & support

Is this legal? Skip Tracer reads publicly available people-search directories. In the US, public-record data of this kind is generally accessible for lawful purposes (skip tracing, collections, real-estate owner locating, fraud investigation). You are responsible for complying with applicable laws (e.g., FCRA, TCPA, CalOPPA, GDPR) and the terms of service of any site you query, and for using the data only for permitted purposes — never for harassment, stalking, or doxxing.

Known limitations: Free people-search sites can rate-limit or change their markup. Skip Tracer degrades gracefully (a blocked source is skipped), and results reflect only what these public sources currently expose. Verifying via verifyEmailsFlag and cross-checking multiple sources is strongly recommended.

Support: Report issues or request features on the Issues tab of this Actor. Need something custom — a new data source, a CRON schedule, or API integration? Contact us for a tailored solution.

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Skip Tracer is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by FastPeopleSearch, TruePeopleSearch, or That'sThem. This Actor is a high-level data-integration product and is not a credit reporting agency; its output must not be used as a consumer report under the FCRA.