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SEARCHES & SUBJECTS, 3 MIN READ

Why didn’t my search return any results?

Zero matches usually means the combination is too narrow, the formatting is off, or the subject genuinely has a small footprint.

Zero matches doesn’t mean the person doesn’t exist — it means the combination of selectors didn’t find a confident candidate. Three usual causes:

Combination too narrow

Adding every field you know can over-constrain the search. Drop the middle name, loosen DOB to year-only, or remove the secondary email. Try again.

Formatting

Phones should be raw digits (10 or 11). DOB is YYYY-MM-DD. SSN is 4 digits, no dashes. Driver license is the issuing state’s exact format. The form normalizes light typos but won’t correct a transposed digit.

Genuine low footprint

Some people genuinely have very little public data — minors, recent immigrants, off-grid individuals. We won’t invent matches. If you’re sure the person exists and you have a strong identifier (SSN, DL, VIN), contact support and we’ll triage manually.

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