T.R.A.C.E. is a tool that can be used to investigate social media profiles. There are many resources that can be used to gather information about a social media profile. But some websites may contain ads, spyware, malware, or even gather information on you just to obtain a social media user I.D.

Every social media platform has a unique user I.D. number or a numerical I.D. that is attached to just one person’s social media profile. Think of it as a fingerprint. No other person can have the same fingerprint. Same for social media profiles. If a person who is scamming others on Facebook, their Facebook user I.D. can be found. If that scammer changes his username or Facebook display name, the Facebook user I.D. remains the same.

This section will provide you the knowledge on how to find these unique identifiers for various social media platforms. Do not worry, you do not need to know coding for this, although there is coding displayed, it is easily readable and user friendly.

You will also learn how to identify a fraudulent profile and to determine if the person behind the profile is who they say they are.