Is there a free reverse email lookup directory somewhere on the internet? There are thousands, if not millions, of people asking the same question. Well, the question may or may not be new to you, but there are services that claim they can find the name of anyone who owns the email address you enter.

So how true is this claim by many of these directories that they can help you find someone’s details by using their email address to perform the search without charging you a service fee?

Although there are directories that claim to offer this service for free, the truth is that the information you will get with the free services is very basic and simple information such as the IP address of the owner of the email address in question.

If you need to find someone’s name, address and other information and the only information you have about this person is their email address, then you have to accept the fact that there is no single free reverse email lookup on the internet that I can help you.

You should search for and join one of the highly reputable and paid email reverse lookup services to get the information you desperately need. Don’t be disappointed with so-called free email reverse lookup directories.

Most of the so-called free directories are actually not free. They’re free if you want to get the IP address of the person sending you emails, but they’re not free if you need to use someone’s email address to find their name, address, and other information about them.

If you really want to do a free reverse email search, you may want to consider using social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, and the like to do your search. To do this, you need to enter the exact email address enclosed in quotes (for example: “email address here”) into the search box of any of these sites, check the results to see if anything comes up.

This method works because those who are in the habit of including their email address and other details of themselves on their favorite sites. The only problem here is that you may have to repeat the same thing with up to 100 social networking websites, since you cannot tell which of these sites the owner of the email address in question is a member of.

Another problem is that you can’t be sure if the owner is a member of these sites, also, if you are a member, you can’t be sure if you have included your personal data on these sites.

One way to perform a reverse email lookup is to make use of paid reverse email lookup directories. These directories are not free to use, but the free they charge can be as little as $20 per search and they are always reliable.