Sunday, November 30, 2008

Discover Details On Anyone's Past With a Criminal Record Check

By Glen Pearson

If you have a need to learn more about what may be in someone's past, then you have probably thought of doing a background check on that person. A background check can reveal a lot of information about a person's history.

It once was that you would have to hire a private investigator in order to get a background check on someone. However, the internet has made the process much more convenient as you can run a background check on anyone from your own desk.

You may want to do a background check on someone for a variety of reasons. If you are an employer, you may want to run background checks before making a job offer. You might also just be curious about what your new neighbor has in their past.

Some people run a background check on themselves just to see if the information which comes up is accurate. If discrepancies are found, you'll be able to contact the holders of this information to make the needed corrections.

There are plenty of companies which provide this service through their websites. They maintain large databases of information and documents which can be searched.

Background checks generally can find information about the following: credit history, criminal record, prior addresses, marriages and other records. A background check can reveal much of a person's life story.

These services do come with a cost however. There is typically a small fee charged per background check. Before you pay for a background check, you can try something else for free.

To see what you can find out about someone, pull up Google on your computer and type in the person's name and city where they live in the search box. Put the name in quotations, followed by the city name (ex. "John Doe" New York). Hit search and see what comes up.

More likely though, you won't find anything, at least not any useful information. Especially if the person has a common name, you might get thousands of hits for others with the same name. You will also probably not find any detailed information. However, since it's free, Google is still worth a try here.

If a Google search fails to turn up the information you want, then you can go to a background check company instead. You should look for one which offers a money back guarantee so that if they fail to turn anything up, you won't have to pay.

You might also want to choose a subscription based service. Here you'll be asked to pay a onetime fee and you can then perform all of the background checks you want. You can search anyone, anytime.

An online background check is simple, can turn up the information you need and makes you feel like a detective; all without leaving your chair! - 17635

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