If you suspect he/she is cheating and having an affair then you can catch a cheating spouse normally by looking in the places I mention here and the kinds of evidence to look for.
You stand a good chance to find something suspicious if you look at all these places over the next few days.
But if not, be patient, keep checking. From my experience, cheaters WILL make a mistake when they get lazy or forgetful to cover their tracks.
You can also run a background check here to uncover hidden online photos of your partner with their lover, secret dating apps used for hook up, find out who the suspicious phone number or email belongs to, and more!
It may take time to uncover evidence to catch a cheating spouse with a background check but keep searching and chances are you will find something. But there is no guarantee.
Onto the places that you can look right now for signs of an affair.
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Places to Check for Cheating Evidence and What to Look for
.... to Catch a Cheating Spouse
1. Your Spouse/Partner's Car
Before you rush off to check out the places that I mention here in your car, you must know what you're looking for first.
If your partner/spouse has their own vehicle then it's likely they will not suspect that you will search for any evidence of an affair.
And, of course, your partner's car could become their "hotel" for sex with their lover. So, prepare yourself mentally for what you might find.
You could find affair evidence left behind by either person- your partner or their lover.
*WARNING*- don't jump to conclusions. The items you find do NOT prove an affair is going down. It really could just be a red flag or clue of cheating. Accumulate as much clues and evidence as possible before considering to confront your cheating partner.
What affair evidence items can you find in his/her car? | Photo Credit- Ankit Jangir from Getty Images (via Canva Pro)
Places in His or Her Car to Check
Since your cheating partner will most likely not expect you to comb through their vehicle you stand a good chance that they will not pay complete attention to hiding the evidence, especially something left behind by the "other person", such as hairs on the seat, sunglasses, makeup, hair ties, receipts with ending credit card number that isn't from your partner's card.
*WARNING* Know your local laws. To search someone else's car that you don't own may be illegal.
The Trunk/Boot
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On Seats or Passenger Door Compartment
Your partner or your partner's lover riding in the car, could easily drop something without realizing it. Or drop it during the ride and forget to retrieve it afterwards.
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Under Seats (front or back) or Between Seats
It's easy to drop items in the door compartment. And then equally as easy for your partner not to even know these items are there.
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Glove Compartment
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Best Days to Check for Affair Evidence in the Car to Catch a Cheating Spouse
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2. Run an Online Background Check to Catch a Cheating Spouse
Run a background check to link your partner to their lover or the people their lover knows. | Photo Credit- KB Group (via Canva Pro)
Yes, they will probably take the time to delete any searches for dinner dates, travel arrangements, or even hook-up sites.
But will they take the time to delete auto-fills and Google autocomplete predictions?
Probably not.
Click every button on the keyboard to see what search results come up. Anything look strange?
And if they have their own computer or tablet then you may have to find an excuse to use theirs.
What may make things easier is if all of their devices come from the same brand (for example, Apple) because then the search results will get shared across all of their devices.
So, if you wish to use their phone, because "it's faster to do a search" or "has a better camera" than yours, you could quickly scan what they search with the same technique mentioned above.
Also check the trash bin for deleted pics of the two of them together or, ugh, nude pics!
Another reliable way to find the truth of your partner's possible affair is by running an online background check.
This is a method a private investigator would use to catch a cheating husband or wife, but you can do it yourself.
I recommend Truthfinder to run your background check, the leader of the industry.
However, understand it could take months of ongoing monitoring to get the evidence you need.
With an active membership to Truthfinder you could receive the following reports.
- Location history (where do they routinely go?)
- Contact details (of the people they regularly keep in touch with- expect to find the lover's numbers quite often).
- Dating Profiles (Truthfinder could find dating profiles from the email used to set them up)
- Social media profiles (possibly hidden secondary ones you don't know about so they can keep in touch with their lover via messaging behind your back)
- Online Photos (I caught my wife this way once)
- Web Searches (are they booking getaway trips with their lover or buying them gifts or visiting dating sites)
- Mysterious Bank and Other Financial Accounts
- Marriage Certificates (he or she might have an ex you don't know about, and they might be in contact with them)
- Property Information (your partner might own property that you don't know of and be meeting up with the lover there)
[Click here] to run a background check on Truthfinder.com
Fill in your spouse's or partner's name to run a background check.
3. Places in the Bedroom to Catch a Cheating Spouse
You'd be surprised the cheating evidence that you'd find in the bedroom. | Photo Credit- Canva Pro
The Closet or Dresser
Why would a cheating partner hide evidence of an affair in such an obvious spot?
Because it was an accident.
The clues might have accidentally been left on your spouse's clothes.
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Trash/Rubbish Bin
Another gold mine for cheating evidence.
Your partner will forget to discard the evidence earlier and then just drop it into the garbage can thinking that you would never look there.
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What event sites have they used to buy tickets?
Which hotel sites have they entered to make reservations?
==>Enter their email and/or name here to find out.
4. Shared Computer or Devices (or Their Own)
Catch a cheating partner on a shared laptop | Photo Credit- Canva Pro
Internet Search History
Yes, they will probably take the time to delete any searches for dinner dates, travel arrangements, or even hook-up sites.
But will they take the time to delete auto-fills and Google autocomplete predictions?
Probably not.
Click every button on the keyboard to see what search results come up. Anything look strange?
And if they have their own computer or tablet then you may have to find an excuse to use theirs.
What may make things easier is if all of their devices come from the same brand (for example, Apple) because then the search results will get shared across all of their devices.
So, if you wish to use their phone, because "it's faster to do a search" or "has a better camera" than yours, you could quickly scan what they search with the same technique mentioned above.
Also check the trash bin for deleted pics of the two of them together or, ugh, nude pics!
You can also insert a name here to scan for affair photos or info on your spouse's lover's friends then find pics and info on their social media profiles.
5. Places on their Cell Phone to Catch a Cheating Spouse
Hands down, the number one place to find cheating evidence is on your partner's cell phone.
*BUT, it's illegal to search someone else's phone UNLESS you own it and pay for the phone service plan.
SO, here's an idea. BUY them a phone AND pay for the service plan with spyware downloaded on it.
But even if you don't have spyware downloaded on the phone, you can "spy" on them to see if they're up to no good in places BESIDES THE OBVIOUS text messages and emails, which they probably will delete (but more on that in a moment).
Your cheating partner's cell phone hides the majority of the affair secrets. | Photo Credit- Capuski from Getty Images Signature (via Canva Pro)
GPS Location History
Did you know that you can check someone's whereabouts on their phone by looking up their GPS tracking history (provided it's enabled)?
Of course, you could enable it and they wouldn't even know it. 😉
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App Usage History
Did you know that you can view their app usage even if they delete and re-upload it?
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Cloud Storage App
Perhaps they forgot that they automatically back up photos on their cloud storage app or icloud (iPhone).
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Internet History
What sites were they searching that they don't want you to know about?
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What dating sites, travel sites, gift sites, hook-up sites are they using?
Plugin their email or name on this page to find out.
Trash Folder
Just because he/she deletes the email does NOT mean it disappeared completely.
Check the trash folder on their email or drafts.
Maybe they suspect you might see their incoming emails if they flash their phone to you. So, then they delete them.
But little do they realize you get sent to the Trash Folder, instead of disappearing completely,
Or they create settings to delete the trash periodically. Then forget they created those settings. Undo the settings so that the trash folder fills up.
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6. Social Media
Look for social media profiles that they keep hidden from you under secret names.
Online photos may be linked to these secret social media accounts just like my ex-cheating wife's pics were.
Social media hides a lot of affair evidence | Photo Credit- Traci Le Blanc from Pexels (via Canva Pro)
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Photos
Look for photos of your partner with their lover or with their lover's family or friends.
Once you find the name of your suspect then you can look through their families names or friends to find captioned or tagged photos that include your partner.
Videos
The same strategy for photos applies here.
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Groups
Maybe they are members of groups in which they participate in activities together.
If you can find their hidden social media profiles or can access their phone/the locked phone you bought them and pay for, then you could find activities they're involved in with their lover and thus TAGGED photos of people they both know that ALSO might have tagged photos of the two of them.
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6. Phone Bills
Find strange repetitive phone numbers in phone records. Who do they belong to? Run the numbers through Truthfinder. | Photo Credit- Slobo from Getty Images Signature (via Canva Pro)
What to Look For
This will only work if you have access to the phone records where your partner makes calls or sends texts.
So, assuming that is the case then find the repetitive numbers. To do this export the phone records to your computer to compile in a spreadsheet. Then group the phone number column.
Any of the ones that appear more than one time match them up to the times when your partner claims to be doing something responsible and unsuspicious like working.
Hopefully you've been taking a journal to keep track of her activities and his/her claims of what she says she's doing.
Find out who the strange phone numbers belong to. Run the numbers through Truthfinder.
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Run a reverse look-up with the help of this service.
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