Published: February 20th, 2009

“The Truth About Criminal Records Sites… ” 

By, Ryan Sommers
Consumers-Guides.org

Thanks to the power of the internet, you can go now online and grab Public Records on just about anyone, including their Criminal Records. If you know where to look, it’s now easy to pull up information on someone such as:

If you do a search on Google for “Criminal Records” you will see that there are literally dozens of sites claiming to offer access to this information, but unfortunately not all of them are created equal. 

There are big differences in the size of their databases, the frequency they update their databases with new and accurate information, and the amount of information their databases contain on each individual person. 

For example, some sites claiming to offer access to a person’s public and criminal records will ask you to pay a fee to get a “full report” on that person, then ask you to submit your credit card number.  

Unfortunately it’s only AFTER you pay that you discover if they really have that person’s criminal records … or even if it is the correct person at all! 

How To Spot A Scam: 

First of all, any site that claims to offer free access to criminal records is flat out lying.  

In order to provide access to the criminal records databases, the sites have to pay a licensing fee – to the tune of thousands of dollars. 

They make their money by then re-selling access to customers for a small fee. 

Here’s a simple chart explaining the process:

The problem comes in when the distributor sites get lazy or cheap. You see, to keep their databases updated with accurate and complete information, they have to pay these large fees yearly… so if they decide to get cheap and skip a payment, they lose access to the databases and are forced to sell you incomplete or out-dated information. 

It’s not uncommon for a site to offer a full collection of public or criminal records on a person, then – after taking your money – only provide you with a birth certificate and some old voter records because they don’t have recent data on criminal charges, jail records, warrants issued, sex offender registrations, or whether or not that person has been recently put on probation or has been paroled.  

Some of the sites out there are selling access to databases that are literally YEARS old! Because they just didn’t want to pay the large fees to update them.  

Here at ConsumersGuides.net, we set out to discover which of these sites really came thru with complete, accurate, and up-to-date criminal records. 

Considering that the good public records sites charge the same fees as those who don’t have the latest data, using any other site is simply a waste of your money! 

In order to put these sites to the test, we signed up for them then began running dozens of names through their systems.  

To verify the information was correct, we used the names of people we knew to have perfectly clean records, and of course criminals we had read about in the news or knew of through friends and relatives.  

After testing over a dozen of these sites, these are the 3 we found to have consistently accurate and complete data that was up-to-date. If you’re going to use an online Criminal Records service, these 3 are the only ones you should use: 

Consumers Guides Top Pick 2008

Consumers-Guide Top Pick 2008 Click Here To Visit Site               Net Detective $35.40 For 1 Years of Unlimited Access 90 Day Money Back Guarantee Net Detective takes pride in their services, spending big bucks to provide access to 3.3 BILLION PUBLIC AND CRIMINAL RECORDS… yet charging LESS to access their databases then even their best competition ($29.00 vs. $29.95). The score extra points for having a system that is incredibly easy to use and a friendly, always-available customer support team to back it up. But the best part about Net Detective is that their database is constantly updated with new, fresh information, ensuring complete sets of accurate criminal records time and time again.  Net Detective also boasts a 90-Day Money Back Guarantee – if you don’t like the service simply let them know and they will return every cent of your money with no hassles and no questions asked.  It’s no surprise that Net Detective is the only Criminal Records service endorsed by the National Association Of Private investigators. It’s the #1 choice of private detectives and law enforcement agencies, and our #1 choice as well.

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Click Here To Visit Site   Government Regisry $29.95 For 1 Year of Unlimited Access 60 Day Money Back Guarantee Government Registry: Although not as thorough as Public Records Pro did provide us with accurate information.  Many of our searches came back with the names of both the bride and groom, as well as location of filing, although we did not find "every" piece of information we were looking for.  Government Registry is a great option if you are looking for something other than Public Records Pro, or if you would just like another option on your partners past – which is never a bad idea.

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Click Here To Visit Site   Gov-Records $29.95 For 1 Year of Unlimited Access 60 Day Money Back Guarantee Gov-Records, though not as complete as the other two services listed above, the records we were able to obtain were accurate. However, Gov-Records was able to provide us with some "other" information that could be useful. Such as, some criminal files, birth records, residential history and genealogy information.  This is a great service if you are looking for more than just marriage records. And, if that’s the case,  go with Gov-Records, although we still recommend you use Public Records Pro for marriage records.

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