# Why the credentials of a prospect shown in Hunter is not 100% accurate.

I quite often use Hunter to get the email id of the prospects but there are cases when the mail id predicted by Hunter is not correct.

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: about 7 years ago
- Author title: Incoming Professional at Axtria - Ingenious Insights || Placement Coordinator || IIIT Allahabad
- Net upvotes: 2


## Comments
### Comment 1

No contact tool will ever be 100% accurate, it’s the simple nature of data discovery and collection.  I’ve found Hunter to be fast, easy to use, and most often accurate. 

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: almost 7 years ago
- Author title: Experienced Sales and Customer Success Leader
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 2

Hunter searches for online records of the contact information. That could include press releases with the contact's number and email listed at the bottom or company announcements. Sometimes there can be conflicting information if, for example, one company announcement mentions your targeted contact's name next to the general phone number for the company and a separate announcement lists their direct phone number.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: almost 7 years ago
- Author title: Director of Client Strategy at Meltwater




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