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B0W T0 FINB Y00R S0SPECT'S
FACEB00K PR0FILE IF TBEY BAvE
CBANuEB TBEIR 0SERNANE 0R
C0NTACT BETAILS

By Betective Bill Ncuaiiy
Toionto Police Seivice
Sex Ciimes 0nit
Chilu Exploitation Section
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Bave you evei been looking at a suspect's Facebook piofile one uay anu not be able
to finu it the next uay.

It coulu be that youi suspect still has an active piofile but just changeu hishei
name, vanity name anu oiemail auuiess.

Quite often suspect's will change theii contact info making it impossible foi people
to locate them unless they aie actually on theii fiienus list.

Beie is how you can always finu youi suspect, assuming you have founu them once
alieauy.

1. When you aie on the suspect's piofile page, look up to the auuiess bai in
youi biowsei.



2. Replace the "www" with the woiu "giaph".



S. Bit ietuin.
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4. The next page you will see is the actual piofile info foi this paiticulai usei
which incluues the suspect's Facebook IB numbei (iemembei those. They
still exist). This infoimation will not change iegaiuless of what the suspect
chooses to change theii name to.



S. Captuie this infoimation anu this way if you can't finu youi suspect in the
futuie uo a seaich foi the Facebook IB numbei anu you will likely be able to
finu youi suspect unuei theii new name. To seaich by a Facebook IB numbei
it neeus to be pasteu into the auuiess bai not the Facebook seaich bai. I will
covei this in the next few steps.

6. The Facebook IB numbei is also useful foi conuucting youi pieseivation
oiuei as you will want any piofile infoimation associateu to the Facebook IB.

7. Note: This only woiks if the suspect is using the same piofile. If they cieate a
seconu piofile, that piofile will have its own IB numbei.


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To piove this woiks, I have gone into my account settings anu changeu my name
fiom Bill to William.




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In auuition I changeu my 0seiname fiom bill.mcgaiiy.16 to bill.mcgaiiy.SSS9



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We can now see how my piofile has changeu.






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Now if I go to the auuiess bai anu ieplace 'www' with the woiu 'giaph' I shoulu see
my Facebook IB numbei.