Fact, Fiction and Fraud - Don’t Be Scammed Online

There are many Websites and Apps that are helpful tools for Private Investigators and they can be used by anyone to verify information. These are very different from the Databases that Private Investigators subscribe to and use to conduct business obtaining and verifying information. Private Investigators have to make sure that the information they obtain is accurate or they face the possibility of losing their license and if information is obtained illegally going to prison.   

Information that can be found using many of the online public access websites is only a general public records search and should not be used for legal purposes without being verified first, one of the companies, I won’t name, even sounds like it. A skilled Private Investigator has multiple databases to corroborate the accuracy. And most importantly a Private Investigator will know how to do an actual physical court records search which may be the only way to guarantee the accuracy of a record.

My experience testing the publicly available record search sites is they are all weak, sometimes inaccurate and sometimes just another scam. Here is the clue, it starts spinning for a long time with a bar going across your screen and after about 3 minutes it says "We Found" with a long list, then “Compiling Report” a few more minutes of more spins and “Finally!”, then you get the options for the monthly plan and need to enter your credit card info.  

I have used most of the proprietary Private Investigations Databases and they too are only as good as the Investigator operating them. You want to make sure the information you obtain is accurate, legally obtained and follows legal guidelines. An experienced licensed Private Investigator is who you should go to when obtaining this type of sensitive information.