Monday, September 1, 2008

Who Can You Really Trust?

By Dan Sewinski


Sooner or later, every one of us will be faced with purchasing a big ticket item from someone with whom we aren't on anything but the most casual of terms. Sometimes the seller will be a large business, and if so, there are places like the Better Business Bureau, to check their customer service record without much trouble. But what if the seller is an individual?

Is there a way to determine the trustworthiness of an individual before you hand over your hard-earned cash? The world is full of fraudsters, who will take your money in return for junk without a second thought. So wouldn't you feel much better, before agreeing to a deal, if you could establish the honesty of the person with whom you are dealing?

Thanks to the Internet, doing that is easier than ever. By spending some time at an online investigation site which allows you to view an individual's criminal history, you will get a very good idea of his or her trustworthiness. All you have to do is enter the person's name into the search box.

In a matter of seconds you'll have a summary of the individual's arrest and conviction records, and will know immediately whether it's safe to make your purchase. If not, you can simply start looking for another place to spend your money.

Having access to one of these websites will protect you from falling victim, like millions of others already have, to unscrupulous vendors and service providers. If, for example, you are considering some home repairs, you can use such a website to help you weed out the dishonest contractors so that they don't have access to your personal belongings.

This gives them immediate access to everything we own, and it can be very easy for someone to steal from you. They may even come into your home with darker intentions than that. While it's not a good idea to walk around paranoid, in this day and age it is necessary to be more cautious than in the past.

It only makes sense to protect yourself against someone who might do you harm, especially when doing so is now easier than it has ever been. As long as you have someone's name, you can access his or her arrest and conviction history, marital status, bankruptcy filings, and even death records. Having such information is a simple and effective way to ensure that you and those you hold dear, as well as your possessions, are not at risk.

You no longer need to rely on an expensive private investigator to get the information which will guarantee your safety.

This information is now available to the public simply by getting online and typing in a name or other information you have about someone. It's nice to know that there are steps we can take to protect ourselves and our family members.

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