Alert! PHONE RECORDS ONLINE SCAM

Author Posted by Belle
Updated: November 15th, 2009

“Beware Of Online Phone Records Scams!
I Can’t Believe The Hours I’ve Wasted On These So Called Cell Records & Search By Phone Programs……”

And if there is one thing I’ve learned it’s that you can’t always believe what companies claim on their sites. It’s ridiculous and I’m frustrated to be honest with you. That’s one of the reasons why I did this site. There are many reasons why people need to search public records by phone number.

For the Job…

Phone records are incredibly beneficial for a company. For instance, I work from home and have to hire people occasionally. When you work from home it’s harder to make sure people are doing their job reliably because you can’t see them. So, by doing reverse phone searches I can check people’s public records–court records, criminal, financial, and personal records–we can see patterns in their pasts that will give us a better chance of finding more reliable new hires. If you are bringing people into your office then you definitely want to know what type of person you are bringing into your environment.

So, I’m A Cheapskate… ;)

I tried to do the Cheap/Free approach at first. It’s kind of funny actually to think of how much time I wasted. Well, not really!?! So picture this…here I am doing a reverse phone search on Google for this number that called me. Then, I think I found them. I click on the link and it’s another search box wanting me to search for the number all over again. So I do, and then they want me to purchase the record before I see anything. So, I keep looking and finally realize I’m not going to find zilch until I purchase one of these things. I went through about 10 of them before I finally found the data. Then, I start going through my list to get a refund. Do these companies even know what in the world customer service is????

And The Winner Is…(Drumroll please)

Anyway, that was a debacle and I learned the hard way. But, the site I found the data on was Net Detective. I was actually surprised because it was a fair price according to the other sites out there. I got Unlimited phone records searches, plus background checks, address histories, and all sorts of stuff. Which, by the way, helps a lot because some of those guys charge you up front then want to charge you every time you search. Sheesh! One of the other things I thought was really cool with Net Detective was that they gave me a phone number to call if I had trouble. So, I couldn’t find this one number I was looking for info on and wanted to see if there was a better way. Rather than telling me the better way they actually looked up the record for me! Is that cool or what??

Click Here For Net Detective!

Second Place Goes To…

In the runner-up spot, with very good customer care, great U.S. converage, and a big database is Complete Detective. I prefer the interface of Net Detective–seems a little easier to get around for a novice computer user. But between these two services, you really cannot go wrong.

There are lots of third place winners, too many to name here. You are welcome to search google for public records or public court records and go through the top 10 links you see. You can also look at the sponsored links on the side. But hey, don’t waste your time. :) I’ve already done that so you don’t have to!

So, thanks for listening to me ramble on… Anyways, I hope you’ll find this helpful when it comes time to do some effective reverse phone records searches online.

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