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◈ Dating safety

Meeting someone new? Check them first.

Verify your online match is who they say they are. Spot fake profiles, catfish, and red flags before you meet.

27M+ records indexed
410+ data sources
~2 min to a report
Free during beta

Before a first date with someone from an app, ten minutes of checking beats hours of doubt. A dating safety check verifies the basics: is the name real, do the photos belong to the person, does their story match the public record, and does their footprint look like a real human being or a profile created last month?

Recordwell checks the identity you've been given — name, phone, username, or email — against public records and 40+ platforms. Red flags like a zero-history phone number or a username that exists nowhere else show up immediately. See also: 7 signals of a fake dating profile.

What should I check before meeting an online match?

Four basics: the name is real, the photos belong to them, their story matches the public record, and their phone or email has genuine history. Recordwell verifies all four from what they've already shared — usually reassuring, occasionally the warning you needed.

Is it creepy to look someone up before a date?

No — it's the digital version of meeting in a public place. You're not surveilling; you're confirming a stranger from the internet is who they claim. Searches are confidential, and honest people generally respect basic safety habits.

What are the biggest first-date red flags?

A phone or email with zero history, a username that exists on only one platform, refusal to video-call, and any early move toward money. None alone is proof, but a cluster means slow down and verify before meeting in person.

What you get

One report. Every angle.

The record coverage of a people-search engine, plus an AI layer that reads, verifies, and summarizes the digital footprint.

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Public records

Addresses, phones, emails, property, and known associates from public and commercial databases.

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Digital footprint

Social profiles, usernames, and public web mentions matched into a single identity.

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AI analysis

Plain-language summary: who they are, what stands out, what to watch.

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Risk & reputation

Sentiment, red-flag detection, and a reputation score for fast, informed decisions.

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Reverse lookup

Start from an email, phone, or username and work back to a verified person.

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Check yourself

See your own exposure and get a removal checklist for data brokers.

What you'll find

Watch a report come together

Scattered public records and online signals — matched to one person and organized into a clear, AI-verified report in about two minutes.

JC
John Cage
San Mateo, CA · Healthcare
76reputation
AI summary generated
Contacts & address matched
Digital footprint linked
Confirmed vs. name-only matches
Public-record mentions & reputation summarized
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AI summary

A plain-language read of who they are and what stands out.

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Contacts & records

Address, phone, and public records matched to one identity.

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Digital footprint

Social profiles and public mentions across the web.

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Risk & reputation

Red-flag detection and an honest identity-confidence score.

How it works

From a search to a full picture

Three steps, about two minutes.

Enter an identifier

A name, email, phone, or username is enough. Add a city to narrow results.

We gather & verify

Recordwell queries 410+ sources, matches records to one person, and drops noise.

Read the AI report

A structured report with contacts, footprint, public-record mentions, and a reputation summary.

410+
Data sources
~2 min
To a full report
15B+
Breach records checked
$0
During beta
Use cases

What people use Recordwell for

One search, many answers — for the moments that matter.

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Before a first date

Verify your match is real, spot catfish, and meet with peace of mind.

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Vetting a contact

Check a landlord, buyer, seller, or business contact before you commit.

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Reconnecting

Track down an old friend or classmate from just a name or username.

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Protecting yourself

See your own exposure and clean up what's public. Check yourself →

Why Recordwell

Built to be trusted

The coverage you expect, with the honesty most people-search sites don't offer.

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AI-verified, not a data dump

We read the raw signals and write a clear, plain-language summary — not an overwhelming list.

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Sensitive data stays private

Breach and personal details are unlocked only after you verify the email is yours.

No hidden auto-renew

Transparent pricing and one-click cancel. No dark-pattern traps.

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Property records other sites skip

217 county assessor and appraisal databases — who owns what, from the office that recorded it. Most people-search products carry none of this.

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410+ sources, each one named

Not a resold broker feed: county property rolls, state licence boards, federal courts and sanctions lists, loaded from the agencies themselves. See the list.

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Remove yourself

Found your own data? We show you how to get it taken down.

In beta

Honest by design

We're new — so instead of invented reviews, here's exactly what Recordwell does, and what it won't do.

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Real sources, clearly labeled. Every result shows where it came from, and we separate confirmed records from other people who share the name — no pretending a guess is a match.

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You stay in control. Free during beta, no card required, sensitive data unlocked only after you verify it's yours — and a one-click way to remove your own information.

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Not a background-check service. Recordwell is not a Consumer Reporting Agency, so results may not be used for hiring, tenant, credit, or other FCRA-covered decisions.

Why this is hard to do yourself

One name lives in dozens of places. We check them all.

A real picture of someone isn't on page one of a search engine — it's scattered across social profiles, public records, news and breach data. Most are slow, paywalled, or impossible to cross-reference by hand.

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Social & profile discovery

Public profiles and usernames matched across platforms into one identity.

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Public & legal records

Courts, licenses, corporate filings, donations and sanctions screening.

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Web, news & media

Search results, news mentions and public web references, summarized.

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Breach & exposure

Whether an email shows up in known data breaches and what was exposed.

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AI cross-referencing

We read the raw signals and write one clear report — not a data dump.

Verify at the source

Sensitive items link back to official first-sources so you can confirm.

410+ data sources~2 min vs hours of manual digging1 clear, verified report

Doing this by hand means juggling many tools and hours of cross-referencing — and you'd still miss what AI connects in minutes.

Data sources

Where the data comes from

We name every one. Most people-search sites advertise “40+ verified sources” and never say which — because they resell one broker's database. We load the official files ourselves, from the agencies that publish them.

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Property & parcel records — 217 databases

County assessor and appraisal rolls: who owns what, from the offices that record it. Almost none of our competitors carry property data at all.

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Professional licences — 100+ registries

Nurses, doctors, contractors, lawyers, cosmetologists, childcare workers — state boards across 55 states and territories, loaded from the boards' own files.

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Federal & legal records

CourtListener dockets, SEC EDGAR, FEC donations and employers, FBI Wanted, OpenSanctions, SAM.gov exclusions, LEIE, CMS Open Payments, USASpending awards.

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Business, payroll & government pay

Corporate registries, lobbyist filings and public-employee salary disclosures — 15 payroll datasets plus 36 finance and business sources.

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Online footprint

GitHub, GitLab, Reddit, Keybase, Mastodon, Dev.to, Docker Hub, Bitbucket, npm, ORCID, OpenAlex and more.

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Media, breach & reputation

GDELT global news, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Gravatar, email reputation, and Have I Been Pwned — we report how many breaches an address appears in, never what was in them.

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FAQ

Common questions

How do I check someone out before a first date?

Verify one identifier they gave you — phone, username, or email. A real person shows a consistent multi-year footprint across platforms.

What are the biggest red flags?

A phone or email with zero history, a username that exists on only one platform, and biography details that don't match any public record.

Will my date know I checked them?

No. Checks are confidential — and honest people generally understand safety checks anyway.

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