ECHOTRACE
Investigations

Private Investigation & OSINT Services

Discreet private investigation and open-source intelligence for individuals, businesses and legal professionals. We establish facts, identify connections and deliver clear, evidence-focused findings.

Licensed Victorian Private Investigator

  • Documented methodEvery finding is traceable to a source you can check.
  • Scoped before it startsScope, timeframe and cost confirmed before any substantive work.
  • Reported for useWritten so another practitioner could follow the reasoning.

What we investigate

Six services, one standard of proof

Each service is briefed by the matter in front of you, not by a package. The method is the same whichever one you need.

Individual & Business

Background Enquiries

Public-record and open-source research into an individual or business, assembled for a legitimate decision you are about to make.

  • Company information and directorships
  • Business interests and shareholdings
  • Court and insolvency records
  • Licensing and regulatory registers
  • Adverse media
  • Online presence

OSINT & Online Research

Digital Footprint

Establish what is already publicly discoverable about a person, brand or username, and how the pieces connect.

  • Social media profiles and accounts
  • Usernames linked across platforms
  • Website and domain activity
  • Publicly identifiable data-exposure indicators
  • How identities link together

Skip Tracing & Person Location

Find A Person

Locate and establish current contact details for people connected to a legal or legitimate personal matter.

  • Witnesses and interested parties
  • Debtors and judgment debtors
  • Former employees and contractors
  • Service of documents
  • Family reconnection

Verify & Corroborate

Online Identity Check

Assess whether an online identity, profile or claim holds together before you act on it.

  • Profile and photograph consistency
  • Stated history against public record
  • Reverse image and account research
  • Online relationship due diligence
  • Pre-contract identity verification

Legal, Business & Insurance

Professional Investigations

Investigative support for solicitors, businesses and insurers, delivered in a form that survives scrutiny.

  • Witness location and interviews
  • Factual and desktop enquiries
  • OSINT research packages
  • Insurance and claim verification
  • Formal investigation reporting

Reduce Risk

Scam & Business Checks

A check on an unfamiliar seller, contractor or business before money, goods or a contract change hands.

  • Pre-payment seller checks
  • Contractor and supplier verification
  • Website and marketplace legitimacy
  • Duplicate and shell company indicators
  • Urgent assessments subject to availability

How a matter runs

Four steps, no surprises

Nothing substantive begins until you have seen the scope, the timeframe and the cost in writing.

  1. 01

    Enquire

    Tell us what you need to establish.

    You can complete a short confidential enquiry form or contact us directly.

    Provide as much or as little information as you have at this stage. Let us know what you are trying to establish and why the enquiry is required.

  2. 02

    Assessment

    We review your information and confirm the scope.

    We assess the information provided, confirm whether we can lawfully assist and identify the most appropriate methods.

    You receive a clear outline of the proposed scope, estimated timeframe and cost before any substantive work commences.

  3. 03

    Investigate

    Approved enquiries are undertaken.

    We conduct targeted enquiries using appropriate methods such as public records, professional information services, open-source intelligence (OSINT) and other lawful techniques relevant to the matter.

    All work is documented, and relevant information is analysed and cross-referenced to establish clear and reliable findings.

  4. 04

    Findings

    You receive the findings, in a usable form.

    Findings are delivered as a written report setting out what was established, what could not be established, and the sources relied on.

    Where the matter may proceed to a hearing, we can format and discuss the report accordingly.

Confidential by default

Enquiry details and findings are handled in confidence and used only for the instructed matter.

Lawful and open

We work from public records and open sources, and tell you plainly when something cannot be established.

Built to be relied on

Reports are structured so that the reasoning behind a finding can be checked by someone else.

Start here

Tell us what you need to establish

Send a confidential enquiry. We will assess it, confirm whether we can assist, and come back to you with a scope, a timeframe and a figure — at no cost and with no obligation.

No substantive work begins without your approval