Question #7 is, “What are your phone numbers?”
I always ask for home, work, fax, and mobile numbers. I always Google these numbers and search them in D&B and other databases with a telephone number field. It is amazing what turns-up when you do this. For example, dozens of businesses using the same fax number, or prostitution ads using the same number. Things like this have to be investigated.
I recently found a subject’s mobile phone number on eBay where he was selling goods from his former employer who found this very odd, but the police didn’t — they charged him with a series of thefts.
Email addresses should be treated in the same manner but also search for usernames and social sites associated with the subject.
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