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WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED LEGALLY <or ILLEGALLY?>
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* Social Security Numbers
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* Date of Birth Records
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* Death Records
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* Change Of Name Records
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(Did you change your name to get away from "mafia hitmen"?)
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(Well, they can find you quite easily!)
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* Marriage Records
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* Divorce Records
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* Criminal Records
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(state or federal) (sealed or unsealed) (felony or midemeanor)
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* Warrants of Arrest (Do you have any warrants of arrest out on you?)
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* Order of Protection (Are you ordered to stay away from somebody?)
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* Probation Records (Are you under probation, or under the current)
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("Megans Law" are you a rapist who is supposed)
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(to register himself everywhere he lives?)
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* Tax Records
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* Property Tax Records
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* Utility Bill Records
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* Current Address
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* Drivers License Information
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* Car Insurance Rceords. (What you pay? What you drive?)
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* U.S. Postal Service Forwarding Address Records
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* U.S. Postal Service PO BOX Records (Who owns them? Their address?)
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* Magazines or Newsletters that you are the owner of. (Postal Records)
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* Bulk Mail Permit records (US Postal Service)
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* Magazines that your subscribe to
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* Books that you owe at the library
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* Junk Mail/Catalogs that you get.
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* Credit Card Records
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(What cards you have?) (What the #'s are?) (What you owe?)
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* Credit Records
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(What you have payed, what you havent, who you owe money to)
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(This is the most extensive and damaging information of all)
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* Bank Records
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(How much you have? What kinds of accounts?)
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(Your confidential checking/savings account numbers)
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* MVR Reports
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* Mental Health Records (Were you ever an insane schizophrenic?)
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* Military Records (Your Discharge Type)
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(What branch and rating(job) you were? Dates of Enlistent?)
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(Reasons for Discharge can also be obtained, but thats difficult)
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* Hospital Records
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(were you ever in a hospital?) (Which?) (For what?)
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(Did you pay your bill?) (What tests did you have?)
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* Your Telephone Number (criss-cross directories can find exactly)
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(where you live by just a partial name)
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* Unlisted Phone Numbers- (Unlisted phone numbers mean nothing!)
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* TAG & VIN Traces (You can be tracked down by your license plate)
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(or by the VIN number on your windshield)
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* License Plates (Your name and address can be found by doing a)
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(license plate search)
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* Driving Records (have you been speeding alot? Violating Traffic Laws?)
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(The DMV has publicly available records of your crimes)
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* Social Security (Do you have a phony social security number?)
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(well it can be traced)
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* Illegal Aliens Beware (are you an illegal immigrant? Well, beware)
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(because INS has a public accessible database)
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* Government Jobs (Have you ever had a government job?)
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(Detailed dossiers are kept on some civil employees)
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* Civil Court Settlements (have you ever sued somebody? Ever been sued?)
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(well your case is public domain info!)
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* Compensation (Have you ever been awarded workers compensation)
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(your award and complaint is public record)
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* Auto Insurane Fraud (are you a scam artist who ripps off insurance)
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(companies by faking injuries and suing?)
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(The insurane companies have a special databse!)
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* Property Asset Searches (Do you own a property somewhere?)
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(you can be hunted down through these records!)
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* Hidden Assets (are you hiding assets, t-bills, bonds, stocks,)
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(do you have "off-shore" bank accounts, "swiss bank")
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(accounts, your assets and YOU can be found!)
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* College Records (Dont even think of lying on your job resume!!)
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(college records are almost public domain, free )
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(for the asking. College officials are very lax and)
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(nieve about giving out this info to anyone. )
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(GRADES..Not even your grades (GPA) are safe.)
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(What classes did you take? No problem..)
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* DOSSIERS (Are you a member of any subversive groups?)
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(Been making lots of trips to the USSR,Germany,China,Columbia)
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(The FBI may very well just have a file on you, and this is)
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(hardly a joke. Have you ever threatended the president in)
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(public on the Internet? Your name is in a Secret Service
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(Dossier!)
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* Professional Certification (Dont even think of lying on your resume)
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(by claiming that your a member of various)
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(professional trade associations, or that)
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(you received "certification".)
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* Business Conduct (Has a bussines been ripping you off, have you been)
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(ripping other people off by using various cons,)
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(and scams? EVEN IF, your scams are legal, your)
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(business's name will still go into the files of)
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(the Better Business Bureau.)
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* Bankruptcy (Ever been bankrupt? Well, its all in the records.)
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* Catalogs (Do you order alot of catalogs? Well your name is most)
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(likely on dozens of mailing lists (if not hundreds)
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(This DOESNT just mean that you'll be getting lots of)
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(junk mail. It also means that ANYONE can hunt you down.)
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* Employment (Where have you woked in the past? All public records!)
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(You can be tracked down in a dozen different ways.)
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(Find out if a person actually worked, where he claimed?)
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(Find this persons address from his work records!)
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(Find the employers address/phone through various records.)
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* Licenses (Do you have some kind of license? Be it, federal or
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(state? It can be checked, and you can be tracked down.)
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(Business licenses, motor vehicle licenses, pilot licenses).
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* Evictions (Have you ever been evicted by a scumbag landlord that)
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(wanted to jack your rent up 1,000 percent, and kicked you)
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(out cause you refused to give into his madness... Well the)
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(scumbags from the real estate companies, as well as many)
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(major apartment complexes, have a wonderflly scummy database)
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(that gets kept on you, your personality, your payment)
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(records, relatives, and family that you have, etc..)
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* Voter Registration (Are you registered to vote? Guess what, your)
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(entire life, and political affiliation is)
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(publicly available and is sold to anyone who)
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(wants all of these names!)
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* Starting a Business (wether your starting a new business, getting)
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(permits or licenses for your busines, or if)
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(your getting Workers Comp for your employees,)
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(or if you filed an "Articles of Incorporation")
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(to make your business a Corp, then you CAN be)
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(tracked down.)
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WHERE CAN YOU GET INFORMATION FOR FREE? (or by yourself)
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FOIA- Freedom of Information Act was created by the government to allow
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private individuals to access government held records so long as
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they are not classified. To submit an FOIA you must contact the
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FBI in your local area, and send in a written submission. You
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should get a good manual, or book on submitting FOIA forms before
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you do so. In general FOIA's are free so long as the information
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is deemed to be of public interest. If you are digging up a
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criminal record on yourself, then you must pay a small fee.
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With an FOIA search you can get information on almost anything!
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This pertains to government projects, government agencies, govt
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statistics or crime statistics, government expenditures, as well
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as information about arrests. You can dig up information about
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terrorist groups, or assasins, or known "subversive" groups.
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Basically, if you can think of a topic of interest, you can do an
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FOIA on it.
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You must however properly submit the FOIA for proper results...
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The FBI takes your request very literally, and they will only give
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you what you directly ask for, meaning they'll ive you as little
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information as they can get away with. When wording your FOIA
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it is best to be very elaborate stating exactly what you want, and
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also ask for related information that you didntlist, and also ask
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for other similar cases, groups or events, etc.. Basically you want
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to word your FOIA request so that you can suck as much information
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from the FBI as possible. Classified documents will be provided
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but the information will all be crossed out with black ink in the
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appropriate areas. Proprietary information to companies will also
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be blacked out.
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FOIA's usually have a return time of 2- 12 weeks. If your FOIA is
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not handled or processed in a timely manner (especially if its a
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small FOIA request) then you must write the the FBI and even call
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to complain (several times!).
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DMV Records- DMV records are public information in 49 of the 50 states.
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It i yours for the asking and their is usually a $10 - $15
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processing fee.. Most states cannot provide instant record rerieval
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and theirs usually a 1 day turn around time. DMV searches will let
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you check if a person has a license, their address, and phone
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number, as well as their criminal driving infractions. California
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currently has a privacy law where a citizen can request that their
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home address be witheld from the records. This having to due mostly
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with the fact that California has alot of "Hollywood Actors/Stars".
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Many times obsessed nutcase fans have tracked actresses down by
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checking DMV records. In one case a fan actually stalked and killed
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an actress. However in CA most people dont even know that they
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can have their address kept private so it does little good.
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Court Records- Your criminal as well as civil records are all public domain
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information. If you have ever been sued for any purpose, if you have
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ever filed for bankruptcy, if you have ever sued anyone else, or
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if youeve ever been convicted of either a federal or state crime,
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wether it be a misdemeanor or felony, or wether the record be
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sealed or not... it can all be gooten for FREE.. You need only
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go to the courthouse, and search the archives. Actually you should
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check the rules in your area on who to contact.
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Town Records- If you own any property, if you pay property taxes,
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if you have a pool or a deck, or a barn on your propertym if
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you've added an extension to your house, if you've converted your
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garage into a new room, or basement, etc.. all of this information
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is in the town records, and can be gotten by any snoop. Even the
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layout or plans to your house can be gotten!! Friggin wonderfull
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information for a burgular to have isnt it? A burgular/thief/scumbag
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can get the blueprints to your house so he knows just how to
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break in, where to go, etc..Same with your business.
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IRS Tax Records- if your a public official (or even if your not!) your
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tax records can be gotten along with the most personal information
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that you can imagine! Technically, only public officials records
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are supposed to be public, but its possible to get the IRS records
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of ordinary people.
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Newspaper Archives- Newpspapers keep archives and spare copies of all
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of their papers since the paper began. usually this information
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is kept in paper format in a vault, but nowadays, the archives
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are usually electronic based, and can be publicly searched by a
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computer. Newspapers used to keep newpaper articles on Microfiche
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filme before computers became poular. You can get info on all kinds
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of stuff (mostly people) from newspaper archives. You can search
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birth and death records, wedding announcments, criminal articles.
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Andy Warhol once said that "everyone is famous for at least
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15 minutes in their lifetime"... maybe your target has been arrested
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once, or has been in the paper for something (not necessarily bad).
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Libraries- Libraries usually have microfiche with the newspaper archives
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for the past 4-6 years.
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Government- The government can provide you with unlimited sources of
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information for investigation. FOIA is the main method, but their
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are other more detailed methods, but I wont elaborate on this.
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basically, all you need do, is to contact the appropriate agency
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that your looking to obtain information from, and they will
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usually help you out.
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Investigate- The last method of free investigation is to simply do
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things for yourself. Nothing can take the place of a competent
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professional but, it is a waste of money to have a PI investigate
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something that you can do yorself merely by doing an FOIA, or by
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going to the library, or making a call.. Basically, all you need
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to do is follow your leads to the source. Dont be afraid to call
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people, to check their refernces, to check their past employment
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history, to search the library microfiche newspaper files, etc..
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Even by contacting the appropriate government or state entities
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like the DMV (Department of Motor vehicles) you can save yourself
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several hundred dollars in detectives record search fees.
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WHAT ARE THE MAJOR DATABASE COMPANIES?
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Their are 3 general types of companies that provide information:
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(1) SuperDatabases- A super database is humongous company that keeps
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billions of records, but in 1 single specific
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area. TRW is an example of the aforementioned.
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They are the largest collector/supplier of Credit
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Information in the entire world. Their are 5 main
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companies that supply Credit information, another
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is Equifax (I believe) and their almost as big as
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TRW Corp.. NCI is also among the "Big-3 credit corps"
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SuperDatabases DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
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have to supply "only" credit information.. Anything
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that could be considered information, can be
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archived and extracted from these companies for
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a fee. An example is DIALOG CORP. This company
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is the absolute largest supplier of information,
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on this entire planet. This company has quite
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possibly several million TeraBytes of information
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stored (which is 5 times more than all the information
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stored in all the libraries in the world). You can
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call DIALOG up, pay them the fee, and research
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any single topic your heart desires, and within a
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matter of minutes/hours, you will get an answer
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back. Just as a small example, DIALOG has every single
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newspaper article for the past 30 years, they have
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every single Internet Newsgroup stored in memory,
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they have lists of thousands of magazines, and
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associations, they have every single politicians
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name in the United States history, they have
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politicians names for the leaders of any other
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country (AND their relatives).. Basically, if you
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can think of something, then DIALOG can get an
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answer for you.
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(2) SuperMarkets - A supermarket is very much as the name implies.
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They are big places, where you can get a variety
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of information. SuperMarket companies usually
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have access to several SuperDatabases. This allows
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you to do a very wide variety of searches without
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having to pay the outrageous rates that the
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SuperDatabase companies usually charge. Most PI's
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are hooked up with SuperMarkets like Datafax.
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SuperMarkets, keep in mind, are NOT actual databases.
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Rather SuperMarkets are just "gateways" to the
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SuperDatabase companies.
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(3) 7-11's - 7-11's are basically similar to SuperMarkets.
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You can look up a variety of BASIC information
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such as credit records, criminal histories, etc..
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for a very reasonable price. You dont have nearly
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as good a selection as to the kinds of information
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that you get with a SuperMarket, but the prices
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make it reasonable for a private individual to have
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an account with a 7-11 type system. In fact alot
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of 7-11 type systems, will let you do a "single
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one-time-search".. As opposed to the databases
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which bind you to a year long contract costing $$$.
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TRW- This company really needs no introduction. TRW is the largest
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holder of credit information in the United States (or in the
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world for that matter). Of course they also are the greatest
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providers of false information, and soely responsible for
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toally and falsely fucking up the credit of hundreds of
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thoisands of innocent persons in america. And TRW is also the
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least willing of all the credit agencies to fix erroneous reprts.
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Equifax- Another of the major credit collection companies
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Dialog- Dialog was described above. Dialog doesnt really have dossier
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information per se, its not all that usefull for private
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investigators, but its indespensible for the professional
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writer, or journalist who needs to research a subject. DIALOG
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has the largest database in the entire world.
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NCI- National Credit Information network used to be one of the big
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Credit companies, but has expanded into an all purpose information
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collection company. They access over 300 million credit records,
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12 million business profiles, forewarding address postal records,
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criss-cross telephone directories, social security tracing, and
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surname tracing (track a person down with only their last name!)
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Aliases you use, employment history, address, phone number, marital
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status, you name it, NCI can get it. NCI also offers drivers license
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records with driving infractions (this has a 1 day turn-around time
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to access), plus 1 million record telephone criss-cross directory.
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NCI has a 800 toll free access number to their computer system,
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and they charge $700 per year to access their system, plus $10
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monthly. and a very small fee for each search. This company
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is a REAL BARGAIN! This company is pretty much the defacto standard
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for private investigators.
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NCI falls under the category of a SuperMarket company since
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I do not think that NCI actually keeps any records themselves,
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rather they just act as a gateway to the actual database companies.
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NCI cannot be accessed directly, rather you must go through one
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the many smaller companies that give NCI accounts.
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Datafax is my favorite provider to the NCI system.
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NCI costs approximately $600 - $850 for a 1 time set up fee,
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that is good for life. Then you only pay 10 per month, and
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10 dollars per search. But the actual price depends upon
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the NCI provider (see Datafax or Jeff KirkPatrick, below).
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U.S. Data Link- NCI has access to over 900Million credit reports (even
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more than the NCI system). You pay a 1 time set up fee of $975,
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and then you pay $4.50 to $55 for each search depending upon
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how long it takes and how much human intervention is required.
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USDL only charges you for "hits". You dont pay, if the system cant
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find the information you wanted.
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USDL is accessed by a dial-in number or via TELENET. The USDL
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software allows you to set up a "search script" off-line, so
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that you do not have to waste time typing once you get onto
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the system. This saves on access costs and phone bill charges.
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The USDL system has 4 seperate databases which are as follows:
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* Credit Records- The credit record searches were described above.
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* PC Profile- Provides links to employment data, criminal histories,
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driving records, licenses, professional certifications, verification
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of college degrees from over 5,000 colleges and trade schools.
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$25 is the average search fee.
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* PC Corporate- Deals with busines records including Uniform
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Commercial Credit Reports on businesses and DBA records,
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office reports, federal filings. This is a must for anyone who is
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going to buy stock, or investt in a business.
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* PC Auto-Provides total complete access to information pertaing
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to drivers licenses, and driving records, tracking a person down
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by his drivers license. As well as FAA pilots licenses, boating
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/captains licenses, etc.. You can do a search on a car and driver
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by merely inputting a VIN (Vehicle ID Number on the winshield)
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of by a license plate. 47 out of the 50 states have DMV info public.
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US Data Link
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671 Bayway Drive
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Baytown, TX 77520
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1.800.527.7930
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CDB Infotek- An all purpose provider of public records. Motor vehicle
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DMV records, public record filings, fictitious name statements,
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court records, marriage records, divorce records and proceedings,
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voter registration, death certificates, credit information,
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social security traces, postal change of address files, telephone
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criss-cross directory.
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CDB is deesigned for lawyers, insurance investiagtors, and
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detectives. The sign up fee is $280 and searches run from
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$5 for a DMV search to $35 forcomplex business records searches.
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CDB can be reached directly by modem at 1.800.992.7889 or in
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California at 800.427.3747
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Tracers WorldWide- This company is run by George Theodore. This company
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is quite expsnsive, and has several gateways to the major
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Super Databases. But where this company differs from CDM Infotek,
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NCI and US Data Link, is that while those companies are
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"self-serve"...This company will do custom searches for you
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that are beyone your capability. The CEO of this company claims
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that: "if its legal, then he can get that info for you!"
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This company while it may not be quite as big as the other
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companies like NCI and US Data Link, the staff has capabilities for
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research that the avergae user doesnt have, so you can give them custom
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information querries and they will get you an answer. Also this
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company has a very unique database. They have a death records
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database with well over 45 million names! Why would anyone want
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death records you may ask? Well, it does have its uses.. trying to
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track down lost relatives, or even for insurance purposes or for
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"heir" chases, who want to chase down their families fortune, etc..
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This company also has 2 new databases... An extensive DMV records
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database, everyone who has a license, is on this list, and a
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voter registration list. If your a registered voter, then you are
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also traceable!
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Datafax- National Association of Investigative Specialists
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Datafax is operated by Ralph Thomas, a name that should
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sound familiar to anyone whos done reading in the field of
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investigation and surveillance. Ralph is a licenses PI who
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publishes a newsletter and writes for magazines, and puts
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out a new book almost every week.
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NAIS is a trade association for private investigators, its
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quite prestigious, and the NAIS administers this database
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syste, NAIS members get a substational discount to access
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DATAFAX and the NCI database.
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Basically, Datafax is just a provider to the giant NCI
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database network. So if you want to get access to the NCI Super
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Database, then you should go through this company, as opposed
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to some of the other providers.
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NCI Direct Access Package costs $795 for the one-time set up fee
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for total access including Credit and DMV records.
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If you dont want DMV or Credit info, then you need only pay $695.
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You must pay a SMALL $10 per month surcharge, and about
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$5 - $50 per records search.
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All users get a 3 ring binder with an and extensive manual.
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You can logon to the NCI system for a trial search and
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further information by calling:
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1.513.521.4420
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USERNAME: DECK20SB
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NAIS
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PO Box 33244
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Austin, TX 78764
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(get the 800 # from AT&T Nationwide Information)
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Jeff KirkPatrick- Jeff is a provider connection point to the NCI
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database system. I dont know what he charges.
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PO Box 1021
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Jackson, MI 49204
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1.517.783.4545
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John Russell- Private Investigator, will get you the information that
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you want. Finding lost children is one of his specialties.
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7211 Northdale Mabry Suite 205
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Tampa, Florida 33614
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1.800.237.2542
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SuperBureau Inc- Accesses a number of national credit bureaus and
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databases, on a per search fee basis.
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PO Box 368
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Campell, CA 95008
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1.408.559.7603
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NightHawk Ent- Business, consumer credit, DMV, assets, plus special info
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unique to Oregon. Fifty buck sign up, or add $15 onto the regular
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price as a non-subscriber.
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5311 Miller Ave.
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Klamath Falls, OR 97603
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1.503.884.7400
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Investigations Unlimited- Access to NCI searches for an average of $20
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per search, no sign up fee.
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200 S. Meridian #320
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Indiana, IL 46255
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1.317.639.4638
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Research Desk Inc- A most interesting full-service company. RDI
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has access to some of the investigative credit type databases,
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but also specializes in business records. RDI has a variety
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of data banks, each with unique information. Find out who
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the man behind ths business card is. Is he just an employee
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or a corporate officer. Newsletter, newspaper, journal searches.
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This company will do custom searches for you to dig into deep
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information that cant be accesse by yourself on-line.
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This company offers reasonable search rates, and the company has
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a sort of motto: "We keep search rates down, because somebody else
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may already have the answer to your question".
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PO Box 92741
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San Francisco, CA 94119
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1.415.956.4131
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ION Network- (Investigators ON-line Network)
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Provides unique services for the investigator who has a computer.
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The system has a number of sub-groups including the "Resource Line"
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which is offerend nationwide at no cost to clients who need to
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identify and contact an appropriate investiagtor in an area.
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The ION system has over 5,000 investigators names in their database.
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ION gets paid by the invetigator who is asked to pay a referral fee
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of 20%(percent). No membership is required to receive research line.
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5303 S. Rural Road, Suite 1
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Tempe, AZ 85283
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1.602.730.8082
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REGULATION & ETHICS!
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Fuck It! This article is long enough. I'll be damned if I'm going to
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write anymore.
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Basically, read the article carefully and make judgements for yourself
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about the ethics of all this dossier keeping. If you thought that the
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Internet was big.. Welp heres news for you, these investigative
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database companies probably have 500,000 times more information in their
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files than on all the Internet computers in the WORLD!
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This information brokering is BIG MONEY! hint..hint...If one ever had
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a hankering to be a private investigator, you'd make a killing providing
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information to poeple. Although the real money is made by the major
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database companies.
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The Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1987 requires that the Credit Agencies
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provide you with a credit report every time somebody accesses your records
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and all the companies usually coply with that rule 100 percent of the
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time.
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Also the FCRA states that Credit Agencies can only disclose your
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records for legitimate credit purposes... INVESTIGATING somebody just
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for the general sake of being a snoop, is NOT a legitimate request for
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a credit record. But unfortunately, that does not stop a PI
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from getting your information because they often will simply lie
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by claiming that the search is for a legitimate credit check.
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Lastly, the major credit bureaus such as TRW are totally unscrupulous
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as well as careless in their keeping of records. TRW quite often
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has erroneous records (this is EXTREMELY common...) and it is IMPOSSIBLE
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to fix your credit once TRW fucks it up.. If you dont believe me.. then
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try calling TRW and telling them that your record is screwed up..
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Watch how fast the nice TRW lady "brushes you off" and tells you that
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their records are never wrong, or actually now, they will fee you a line
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of bullshit about how to go about correcting your credit. This process
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is totally impossible to accomplish as you must have total and complete
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records to exhonerate yourself. (I hope you didnt throw out that cabcelled
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check from 10 years ago, to prove that you payed yoru phone bill 10 years
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ago... cause if you dont have exact documentation, receipts, cancelled
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checks, etc.. then they will reject your submission).. In addition, the
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worst part is... once your submit your proof so that they can fix
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your credit record.. 90 percent of the time, the record never gets
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fixed.. Who fucken knows what they do with the records you submitted,
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but its proven fact that you will have to submit 5 times, and make 30
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phone calls to TRW telling them to correct your records.)
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the CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS and Freedom of Information and
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Protection of Privacy Act [Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, Chapter F.31]
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