Check business representatives' employment during KYB onboarding

Add a professional-identity signal to KYB and fraud checks: does the applicant plausibly work at the business they are onboarding, and does their email or phone match a real professional?

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Uses POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/, POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/, POST /person_detail_lookup/, POST /organization_search/ · Reverse email lookup API reference

What it costs: Charged per request: credit pricing.

How the data flows

3 inputs → Reverse email lookup + Person enrichment + Company enrichment → 3 fields sample data

01 · Inputs

representative email

linkedin.com/in/sam-specimen

Phone number

+1 512 555-0133

Company domain

examplesec.example

02 · Forager

Reverse email lookup + Person enrichment + Company enrichment POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/

Match found

03 · Outputs

Sam SpecimenChief Information Security Officer · Example Security

employment match signal: true
role title: Chief Information Security Officer
company profile: /in/sam-specimen
name: Sam Specimen
mobile: +1 (512) 555-0133
work email: sam@examplesec.example

3 fields in the responseexample data

Steps

Resolve the applicant's email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ (or POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/)
Compare current employer and role_title from POST /person_detail_lookup/ to the business being onboarded
Check the business's domain, size and location with POST /organization_search/
Feed match and mismatch signals into the platform's own risk score

import json, os, requests

BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage"
HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]}
body = json.load(open("request.json"))  # request fields: see the API reference

# 1. Resolve the applicant's email with POST
# /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ (or POST
# /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/)
r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)
r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 2. Compare current employer and role_title from POST
# /person_detail_lookup/ to the business being onboarded
r3 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 3. Check the business's domain, size and location with POST
# /organization_search/
r4 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/organization_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 4. Feed match and mismatch signals into the platform's own risk score

# 1. POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

# 2. POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

# 3. POST /person_detail_lookup/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_lookup/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

# 4. POST /organization_search/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/organization_search/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

Generated from the recipe stepsRequest fields: API reference

Run it yourself: Reverse email lookup API reference

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Inputs and outputs

Inputs	Outputs
representative email	`employment match signal`
phone	`role_title`
company name + domain	`company profile`

Questions about this recipe

How can a KYB process check that an applicant works at the business they represent?

Resolve the applicant's email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ (or POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/). Check the business's domain, size and location with POST /organization_search/.

What does it cost to check business representatives' employment during KYB onboarding?

Reverse email lookup: 5 credits per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Company enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

You send company name + domain, phone and representative email. You get back company profile, employment match signal and role_title, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.

Is there an API that links an email address to a person's employer?

This recipe uses Forager Reverse email lookup, Person enrichment and Company enrichment. Reverse email lookup: Turn an email address into a full person profile: name, title, company, location and social links. Add a professional-identity signal to KYB and fraud checks: does the applicant plausibly work at the business they are onboarding, and does their email or phone match a real professional?

Can I test reverse email lookup for free?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

When should I run this workflow?

When a business applicant submits a representative's name, email and company for verification. Compliance teams see a professional-identity signal next to document checks and route mismatches to manual review.

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

Reverse email lookup, person enrichment and company enrichment. Reverse email lookup: turn an email address into a full person profile: name, title, company, location and social links. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels.

How do you check data quality?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How do I verify business representative identity?

Compare current employer and role_title from POST /person_detail_lookup/ to the business being onboarded. Check the business's domain, size and location with POST /organization_search/.

Which tools can run this workflow?

Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.

How many steps is this workflow?

4 steps: resolve the applicant's email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ (or POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_phone_number/), compare current employer and role_title from POST /person_detail_lookup/ to the business being onboarded, check the business's domain, size and location with POST /organization_search/ and feed match and mismatch signals into the platform's own risk score.

Do I need a subscription?

Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other teams on Forager

Clay
- GTM workflow builders
Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.
Juicebox
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.
Nooks
- Power & parallel dialers
Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.
Andela
- Customer
Selected use case: Forager data for the go-to-market team at a global talent marketplace.
HubSpot
- CRM add-ons
Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.
Sumsub
- Embedded in a platform
Identity verification platform for KYC, AML and fraud prevention.
SeekOut
- Talent intelligence
Selected use case: Forager’s people data feed, used to keep candidate profiles current.

2–3 years on the Forager people data feed, by SeekOut’s own account¹
Orbital
- Lead databases
Selected use case: contact lookups in its enrichment waterfall, for teams selling to local businesses.

Sources

¹ SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.

Check business representatives' employment during KYB onboarding

How the data flows

Steps

Inputs and outputs

Questions about this recipe

How can a KYB process check that an applicant works at the business they represent?

What does it cost to check business representatives' employment during KYB onboarding?

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

Is there an API that links an email address to a person's employer?

Can I test reverse email lookup for free?

When should I run this workflow?

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

How do you check data quality?

How do I verify business representative identity?

Which tools can run this workflow?

How many steps is this workflow?

Do I need a subscription?

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