Skip Tracing aka Ultimate Hide and Seek

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Skip Tracing akaUltimate Hide and Seek

• Presented by Mike Fox
• SC Student Loan Corporation
• 2001 NCHELP Debt Management Conference

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What is a Skip?

• No Address / Bad Address
• No Phone / Bad Phone
• No Job Information
• Non Productive Information

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Preemptive Action

• Emphasis Communications
• Gather Good Information
• Establish a Good Relationship

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Hire Good Skip Tracers

• Collector vs. Skip Tracer
• Temperament
• Persistence
• Quick Thinking
• Verbal Eloquence
• Adaptable

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Automated Dialers

• Reference Campaigns
• Good for Creaming the Easy Ones
• Ineffective on the Pros

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Directory Assistance

• Web sites
• Electronic Versions
• Phone Company

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Directory Assistance Web Sites

• www.anywho.com
• www.5551212.com
• www.bigfoot.com
• www.switchboard.com
• www.allonesearch.com
• www.hometownusa.com

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Crisscross Searches

• Paper Directories
• Web Sites
• Same as Directory Assistance

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Credit Reports

• Different Versions
• Other Creditors
• Privacy Issues

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Other Tools

• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Treasury Offset Program
• Employment Records
• The Work Number for Everyone
• www.theworknumber.com

• State Tax Offsets
• Department of Corrections
• Obituaries
• www.newslibrary.com
• Death Index
• http//sdi.genealogy. rootsweb.com
• Schools

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