There are plenty of websites now who claim that they can do a free reverse email search for you. Some of them include Yahoo, BigFoot, Worldemaildirectory of Switchboard.

These directories are good but are they still up-to-date? Most of them are old and do not have accurate information. It is going to be very hard to trace any email address user with any of these directories.

Plus, mentalities have changed: now internet users do not want to be found so easily. The more privacy they have, the better.

Do you want to do a Hotmail reverse email search? Because it is free, a lot of people will use the option of opening an email account as a second or third one. Performing an e-mail reverse search will be difficult as many users use aliases or different names on their many email accounts.

Having said that, when you do a Hotmail reverse search, you might get lucky. Hotmail being a serious provider, most people would still use their real name to register a new account at Hotmail.

It is easy to perform a Hotmail reverse search but keep in mind that, once again, you will only find people who want to be found. If a Hotmail user does not wish to reveal their identity online, rest assured that they will take the appropriate measures to hide their ID and leave you guessing.

However, if you do a Hotmail reverse search, one thing that might come to your rescue is the fact that some people still use their real names when registering for Hotmail. The reason for that is because Hotmail is a Microsoft product and therefore a trusted name in the field.

If you want to do an effective Hotmail address search, the first thing you should do is to learn how to read the "header" of your email, so that you can obtain the sender's IP address.

Nowadays a lot of scam artists freely operate on the internet and it has become extremely easy to mask the real destination of an email. Not only senders can use "proxy" connections, but they can also manually change their IP location to anywhere on the planet. This might make your job of finding someone a bit more complex.

If you really want to find a Hotmail address email, you should opt for advanced tools. I personally use a paid software that helps me track where the email sender is. It allows me to also see if the sender has been trying to forge his identity online by changing his IP. If you want to step up in this area you should equip yourself adequately: it is the only way to play this email address reverse game effectively.