December 22, 2005

Lawsuit-Filing George Finding an Address

I need to file a small-claims lawsuit against a person who defrauded me for a decent-sized amount of money. I have her cell phone #, name, and email, and a general idea of where she lives (or claimed to live) However, I need her mailing address to file the suit. I have tried googling her, other search engines, and every one of those "information look up" websites i can find- and no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!

posted by drjimmy11 18 years ago
  • Suing before Christmas? My hat's off to you. Closest I've come to that is sending out demand letters on Christmas eve. One day, I hope to have somebody served at their wedding, but I suppose serving them at dinner is just as good, and probably more apt. And as for finding the person -- spend the bucks and get a private eye. Just because.
  • Maybe if you post what info you know, you could find a local monkey who could scope her out for you. Also, if this was like a fraudulent sale over the internet, perhaps contacting your local state's attorney general or the fbi (http://www.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp) might help.
  • If she owns property, she may be in a county appraisal district roster, which is public record (except maybe in California). In larger cities (Dallas, San Antonio, OKC, etc) the info is usually available online. There you can get the address on file with the tax assessor.
  • drjimmy11, e-mail me at the address in my profile. I do research as part of my job, and have access to a number of people finding resources. I am currently en route to my folks house for the holidays (yay, airport wifi!) but can probably check this out for you in the next couple of days.
  • Some suggestions... 1. Use telepathy. 2. Hire a private investigator. 3. Trick her into giving you her address by using her cell phone or email address making some bogus claim/poll/prize that will inspire her to share that information with you. 4. If all else fails, I would imagine that you serve by publication. This puts the purpose on notice that she is being sued and will result in a default judgment if she does not respond. However, it probably would not do you much good because the judgment would have a hard time finding its way onto her credit report if you don't have her address or social security number or anything else. But it would give you a judgment against her in the event that you turn her up later.
  • drjimmy, check your email, I have one other suggestion.
  • (And just as an aside -- my nieghbour once got a whole whack of information from the skank her husband was cheating with by posing as someone working for the Census. But that's likely illegal, and I discourage you from doing the same as she.)
  • My secretary just came up with this. I have never used it, and it is probably something you already tried.
  • Let her go. She doesn't want to be your girlfriend anymore. It's the healthy thing to do. Or just use the stalkers best friend, Zabasearch