Last updated: 5/15/2026
These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of EmailCatfish.com and any services, reports, tools, features, or content provided through the website.
By accessing or using EmailCatfish.com, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the website or services.
1. About EmailCatfish
EmailCatfish.com provides reverse email lookup services. Our tools help users search for publicly available and commercially available information connected to an email address.
Search results may include public identity signals, linked online profiles, social media traces, dating profile clues, usernames, scam-risk indicators, and other information connected to an email address.
EmailCatfish does not create the public information shown in reports. We collect, organize, and display information from available sources.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to use EmailCatfish.com.
By using the website, you confirm that:
- You are at least 18 years old
- You will use the service only for lawful purposes
- You will not use the service to harm, harass, stalk, threaten, or exploit anyone
- You agree to follow these Terms and all applicable laws
3. Account Registration
Some features may require you to create an account.
You agree to provide accurate and complete account information. You are responsible for keeping your login details secure.
You are responsible for all activity under your account, even if someone else uses it without your permission.
If you believe your account has been accessed without authorization, contact us immediately at:
4. Our Services
EmailCatfish may offer:
- Reverse email lookup searches
- Public-source identity reports
- Search credits
- Paid reports
- Subscription plans
- Account dashboards
- Support services
- Free or limited trial searches
We may change, update, limit, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time.
5. Search Results and Public Information
When you search an email address, EmailCatfish may display information obtained from public sources, commercial databases, open web sources, social media platforms, websites, or third-party data providers.
Search results may include:
- Names or aliases
- Usernames
- Public social media profiles
- Dating profile indicators
- Profile photos
- Websites
- Public mentions
- Location signals
- Scam-risk indicators
- Breach or security-related signals, where legally available
- Other publicly available information linked to the email address
We do not guarantee that search results are accurate, complete, current, or connected to the correct person.
Public data can be outdated, incomplete, duplicated, or incorrectly matched.
6. No Guarantee of Accuracy
EmailCatfish is provided for informational purposes only.
We do not verify every piece of information shown in a report. We are not responsible for the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, legality, or usefulness of third-party or public-source information.
You are solely responsible for how you interpret and use the information.
Do not rely on EmailCatfish as the only source for important decisions.
7. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
EmailCatfish is not a consumer reporting agency.
You may not use EmailCatfish, reports, or any information obtained through the service for purposes covered by consumer reporting laws, including:
- Employment screening
- Tenant screening
- Credit decisions
- Insurance eligibility
- Loan eligibility
- Education eligibility
- Government benefit eligibility
- Any other decision that requires a regulated consumer report
EmailCatfish is designed for general informational, dating safety, scam-checking, identity-verification, and online safety purposes only.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree to use EmailCatfish only for lawful and legitimate purposes.
You may use the service to:
- Check whether an email may be connected to a real person
- Review public online identity signals
- Check for possible scam or catfishing indicators
- Verify a suspicious contact
- Protect yourself from online deception
- Support dating safety or personal safety checks
9. Prohibited Use
You may not use EmailCatfish to:
- Harass, stalk, threaten, shame, or intimidate anyone
- Dox, expose, or publicly target another person
- Commit fraud, identity theft, or impersonation
- Make employment, credit, housing, insurance, or eligibility decisions
- Violate privacy, anti-discrimination, or consumer protection laws
- Search for minors
- Use results for blackmail, extortion, or coercion
- Resell, redistribute, or publish reports without permission
- Scrape, copy, crawl, or automate access to the website
- Overload, damage, reverse engineer, or interfere with the service
- Use the service for unlawful surveillance
- Use the service in any way that causes harm
We may suspend or terminate your access if we believe you violated these Terms.
10. User Responsibility
You are responsible for:
- Your searches
- Your account activity
- Your use of reports
- Your compliance with applicable laws
- Any actions you take based on search results
You agree not to use information from EmailCatfish in a way that violates another person’s rights.
11. Payments, Credits, and Subscriptions
EmailCatfish may offer one-time purchases, search credits, paid reports, or subscription plans.
Prices, features, limits, and billing periods are shown at checkout or inside your account.
By making a purchase, you agree to pay the listed price and any applicable taxes or fees.
Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal, or another processor.
We do not store full credit card details on our servers.
12. Refunds
Because EmailCatfish provides digital reports and search-based services, payments are generally non-refundable once a search, report, credit, or digital result has been delivered.
Refunds may be considered only if:
- You were charged by mistake
- You did not receive access to a purchased report or credit
- A technical issue prevented delivery of the service
- Required by applicable law
To request help, contact:
Include your order email, payment date, and a short explanation of the issue.
13. Cancellations
If EmailCatfish offers subscriptions, you may cancel your subscription through your account dashboard or by contacting support.
Cancellation stops future billing. It does not automatically create a refund for previous payments or partially used billing periods unless required by law.
You may continue to have access until the end of your current paid period, unless your account is suspended for violating these Terms.
14. Free Trials and Limited Searches
EmailCatfish may offer free trials, previews, limited searches, or sample results.
We may change, limit, or remove free access at any time.
Free or preview results may show limited information compared to paid reports.
15. Third-Party Data and Links
EmailCatfish may rely on third-party sources, databases, websites, platforms, or service providers.
We are not responsible for:
- Third-party data accuracy
- Third-party website content
- Third-party privacy practices
- Changes made by public sources
- Missing or outdated information
- Errors from data providers
If our website links to third-party websites, those websites are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
16. Public Information Removal Requests
If you believe information shown through EmailCatfish is inaccurate, outdated, or should be removed, you may contact us at:
Please include:
- Your full name
- The email address connected to the report
- A screenshot or link showing the information
- The reason for your request
- Any details needed to verify the request
Removing information from EmailCatfish does not remove it from the original public source, search engine, social platform, or third-party database.
17. Intellectual Property
EmailCatfish.com, including its design, branding, text, software, reports, layout, graphics, code, and technology, is owned by EmailCatfish or its licensors.
You may not copy, reproduce, sell, resell, modify, reverse engineer, distribute, or exploit any part of the website or service without written permission.
You receive only a limited, personal, non-transferable right to access and use the service according to these Terms.
18. Service Availability
We try to keep EmailCatfish available and working properly, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access.
The service may be unavailable because of:
- Maintenance
- Updates
- Technical issues
- Server problems
- Third-party provider issues
- Security events
- Network failures
- Force majeure events
We are not liable for temporary downtime, delays, or unavailable results.
19. Disclaimer of Warranties
EmailCatfish is provided “as is” and “as available.”
We do not provide warranties that:
- The service will always be available
- Reports will always be accurate
- Results will be complete
- Information will be current
- The website will be error-free
- The service will meet your expectations
- Any person identified in a report is definitely the correct person
You use EmailCatfish at your own risk.
20. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by law, EmailCatfish and its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and service providers are not liable for:
- Indirect damages
- Lost profits
- Lost data
- Business losses
- Emotional distress
- Reputation damage
- Decisions made based on report results
- Errors or omissions in public-source data
- Misuse of the service by users
- Third-party data inaccuracies
Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid to EmailCatfish for the specific service involved in the claim.
21. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless EmailCatfish, its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and service providers from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from:
- Your use of the service
- Your violation of these Terms
- Your misuse of report information
- Your violation of another person’s rights
- Your violation of any law or regulation
22. Account Suspension or Termination
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account if we believe that:
- You violated these Terms
- You used the service unlawfully
- Your activity creates risk for EmailCatfish or others
- Your payment fails
- You abuse refunds, disputes, or chargebacks
- You attempt to scrape, automate, or overload the service
- You use the service to harass, stalk, or harm someone
We may also remove or limit access to any report, feature, or account at our discretion.
23. Privacy
Your use of EmailCatfish is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information.
24. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time.
When we update them, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of EmailCatfish after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
25. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of [Insert Jurisdiction], unless another law is required to apply.
Any disputes must be handled in the courts or dispute-resolution forum located in [Insert Location], unless applicable law requires otherwise.
26. Contact
For questions about these Terms, contact:
Email: [support@emailcatfish.com]
Website: https://EmailCatfish.com