Investigator's Toolkit

An Investigator's Toolkit: 5 Free Tools to Send Anonymous Messages

A corporate investigations manager shares five tools for concealing your identity

By Brandon Gregg

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Email Spoofing
Although fakenamegenerator.com offers a free anonymous email and XB browser prevents your third party email from being tracked back to you, sometimes you want to anonymously send someone an email with a spoofed email address to get their attention. A lot of people refuse to open emails they don't recognize, opting to delete or send to the spam folder. With Send-Email.org you can easily use any email address as the sender and anonymously send your email to someone. Combine with XB Browser and truly hide your identity.

Caller ID Spoofing
Caller ID spoofing has gotten a lot of attention in the press over the last couple of years. (See Truth, Lies and Caller ID.) From hacking into Paris Hilton's voicemail to pre-texting scandals, the media has scared Congress into trying to create laws to block companies like spoofcall.com and 123spoof.com that provide caller ID changing, call recording and voice changing services. Although not free, both offer five free minutes to try their caller ID services online and are great tactics to make your suspect pick up his phone when his "mom" calls.

Anonymous Text Messages
Last on the list is GizmoSMS.com, a website that offers free anonymous text messaging. Unfortunately these text messages cannot be spoofed or returned to sender, but provide a great way to anonymously get your message across. (If you are looking to spoof a text message, try my-cool-sms.com for anonymous and spoofed messages at $.08 apiece.) ##

Brandon Gregg is a Corporate Investigations Manager.