Pipl

Another commonly used tool to gather information about a target is Pipl (https://pipl.com). Pipl archives information about people and offers it for free to whoever wishes to access it. It stores information such as a person's real names, email address, phone number, physical address, and social media accounts. Alongside this, it offers a paid option to collect information about a person's relatives starting with their siblings and parents. It is a goldmine for social engineers since with very little effort, they are able to access a ton of information about their targets. Let us take a real-life example instead of the commonly used John Doe, which may have many results. Let us use an uncommon one such as Erdal Ozkaya:

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