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THE PURPOSE OF THE BACKGROUND SEARCHA background search serves the purpose of reducing your vulnerability to people who can hurt you, your family, or your business.  People can only cause you harm when they are granted permission, which sometimes comes in the form of those who are willfully blind, lazy, or just not exercising common sense.  Trust your instincts!!  A healthy dose of paranoia helps you think twice before leaving your guard down.  Don't trust anyone unless you have a reason to trust, and even then, still don't trust anyone!  Sometimes, don't even trust yourself.

That person your mother warned you about?  You doubted her judgment then, but that was because you weren't looking hard enough. Well, she was right! That person is still out there and ready to take advantage of anyone who leaves themselves vulnerable--again and again. Have you learned what she already knew yet? Or are you waiting to become a victim?  It's better to make a realistic assessment of a person with the reliable information obtained from a competent private investigator.

Truth hurts and many people don't want to face it!  But not knowing the truth hurts more emotionally, financially and socially. It's best to minimize the pain by knowing now instead of later.  Because later can cost more than what you're willing to bear.  You will have to face the truth no matter what you do in order to avoid it...

Do a background search before you have sex, before you hire that employee and before your daughter goes away for the weekend with what's-his-name.  Check'em out--now.!!

Whether it's a date, a potential employee, or a live-in nanny, we want to be sure they're telling the truth.

 Beware of Online Background Check Scams

A quick search on Google reveals hundreds of "background check" services. But how does one know which service to use? Our private investigators spent a full month testing and reviewing dozens of services to find out.

To test each service, we ran background checks on people with known criminal and civil records, including bankruptcies. This allowed us to easily verify the accuracy of all results. We checked on people of different ages with diverse backgrounds, residing in all 50 states. We were surprised at what we found.

It seems that the vast majority of "background check" services simply don't deliver the information they promise. In almost all cases, the results sold to us were outdated, incorrect, or nothing more than data from local phone books! All of this despite widely advertised claims of current criminal and civil records.

Private detectives and investigators use many methods to determine the facts in a variety of matters. To carry out investigations, they may use various types of surveillance or searches. To verify facts, such as an individual 's place of employment or income, they may make phone calls or visit a subject's workplace. In other cases, especially those involving missing persons and background checks, investigators often interview people to gather as much information as possible about an individual. In all cases, private detectives and investigators assist attorneys, businesses, and the public with legal, financial, and personal problems.
 

Pre-employment screening is one of the most effective tools that are being used by companies nowadays to ensure that they get the right kind of employees. However, one needs to consider the repercussions this kind of screening has on the employee and see whether it raises any stress levels in them.

What is Pre-Employment Screening?
A Pre-Employment Screening, also known as a background check is a term that implies to any process carried out by a potential employer for acquiring details about a prospective employee.

Simply put, the background checks are a way of determining the future actions of an individual depending on his or her past records. Background checks enable the employers to make informed hiring decisions in a timely, systematic and foolproof manner.

Need of a Background Check
The recent IT boom at a global level has made pre-employment screenings necessary. Many companies have come across falsified information on resumes. These botched-up resumes may pass in the initial stages and may also provide the individual with a job, but it may create problems for the company in the future.

Further, the number and payments of employees outside the state as well as outside the country has increased. Therefore, companies may well invest in an international pre-employment screening rather than face the trouble afterwards.

Employment screenings are used by companies to know the professional background of the potential employee. Some of the factors taken into consideration are the employee's employment history, academic history and other credentials.

The pre-employment screenings are said to increase safety for the company, as well as increase the employee's productivity. Pre-employment background checks ensure that the company has hired a person with the necessary skill-sets, qualifications and experience.

Employment Background Checks also minimize chances of negligent lawsuits. Pre-employment screenings ensure that the potential employee has a clean criminal record and that he or she have a conviction free record.

If a background check is not initiated, the company may be blamed for any illegal actions done by the individual after he or she is employed with the company.

Also, an employee background check decreases the attrition rates of the company, since the company knows the background of the employee, and therefore can create the atmosphere catering to the employees.

Confidential Verticals
An employment screening is of utmost importance in some verticals that require complete confidentiality and an increased level of assurance for both the company and the employee. Some industries like banking, finance, childcare, health care, law enforcement and various military positions do have compulsory background checks for the would-be employee.

How it is done
There are many ways for a company to do a thorough pre-employment background check of a prospective employee. Many companies have their own background-check departments, however most companies would rather hire an external entity who is experienced in pre-employment screening and other background checks.

These companies do a check through various public and personal domain facts to decide whether an individual is employable with the company. Some of the records these companies check are:

• Criminal records
• Driving records
• Educational verification
• Sex offender lists
• Patriot Act
• References

• Litigation Records
• Drug Tests
• Financial Information
• Social Security Number
• Military Records

By Roy D'Silva Published: 3/19/2007

1. Introduction
2. Background Check Primer: Know the Terminology
3. Employment Background Checks and Federal Law, the FCRA
4. What Can an Employer Find Out? What Is Off Limits?
5. Should I Hire an Outside Screening Company?
6. Background Checks: Not Just for Applicants
7. The Employer’s Obligations under the FCRA
8. Proper Disposal of Employment Reports
9. Workplace Investigations: New Rules for Employers
10. Special Rules for California Employers
11. Employer Checklist and Tips
12. Resources

1. Introduction

Small business owners and large corporations alike know the value of good employees. But unlike large corporations, small business owners are often unable to absorb the risks and liability that may come from bad hiring decisions.

More and more, employers big and small feel the need to know about the background of prospective, even current, employees. For small business owners the question of how to find the best employees without violating privacy rights and other laws can be confusing.

This guide is intended to acquaint small business owners with basic information about screening applicants and current employees.

New Hiring Law Spurs Identity Theft Fears

Background Check
Our criminal background check is the most comprehensive in the industry. It is compiled from billions of records and dozens of databases. Useful to screen a nanny, babysitter, a neighbor, renter, doctor, a potential date, a contractor, and more. It's the best report you can get unless you work for the FBI. Online results are instant.

Includes:

States across the country are trying to deal with the problem of illegal immigration.  According to a recent report by the National Council of State Legislatures, "as of July 2, 2007, no fewer than 1404 pieces of legislation related to immigrants and immigration had been introduced among the 50 state legislatures."

Find out what a potential employer will see on your background check! Increase your chances by being a one step ahead of the game!
 

Secrets a background check will uncover.... 

The Unclaimed Property Page

 How Property Becomes Lost

For example, here are a few of the most common scenarios in which you could "misplace" your money and not even know about it:

• Perhaps you moved and forgot to claim your security deposit.
• Perhaps the utility company owed you a refund check or a refund of your deposit, and you forgot to inform them of your new address.
• Perhaps the dividend checks from your stock or mutual fund have been going to the wrong address.
• Perhaps you moved your money to a new bank, but forgot about an account or safe deposit box you left with the old bank. Or maybe you left a little money in the checking account to be safe, and forgot about it.
• Perhaps you have a certificate of deposit with a bank that has seen no activity for five years. If you let it roll over and ignore the bank's mail, it could be declared abandoned.
• Perhaps a long lost relative died without a will, and its taken years for the courts to settle the estate.
• Perhaps a relative died and the insurance company took a while to send the check for the proceeds of the life insurance policy. Or the life insurance company may have undergone demutualization and was unable to find a current address for the policyholder.
• Perhaps you simply forgot about some money owed you.

To prevent your property from getting lost, you should keep an up-to-date list of all your family's assets, including bank accounts, certificates of deposit, mortgage escrow accounts, retirement accounts (IRA, Keogh, and 401(k)), layaways, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, life insurance policies, security deposits, and safe deposit boxes. If you change your name or address, write to the address associated with each asset to notify them of the change. Likewise, if you regularly receive insurance benefits or dividends, and the checks stop coming, promptly notify the company of the problem.

What is Unclaimed Property?

• Dormant Savings and Checking Accounts and Certificates of Deposit
• Safe Deposit Box Contents
• Uncashed Money Orders, Cashiers Checks, and Travelers Checks
• Uncashed Payroll Checks
• Unused Gift Certificates
• Oil and Gas Royalty Payments
• Uncashed Stock and Mutual Fund Dividends
• Stock Certificates
• Mineral Royalty Payments
• Unclaimed Security Deposits
• Utility Deposits
• Customer Deposits, Overpayments, Credit Balances, and Refunds
• Court Deposits
• Insurance Payments
• Probate Court Judgments
• Property Overlooked in the Probate of an Estate
• Paid Up Life Insurance Policies
• Uncashed Death Benefit Checks and Life Insurance Proceeds
• Health and Accident Insurance Payments
• HUD/FHA Refunds

What Happens To Unclaimed Property?

Every state has unclaimed property laws which declare money, property, and other assets to be abandoned after a period of inactivity of three to five years. During this abandonment period landlords, banks, utilities, hospitals, brokerage firms, mutual funds, insurance companies, and other organizations are required to try to return the valuables to their rightful owners. If they are unsuccessful, they then turn the property over to the state's abandoned-property division or unclaimed property office.

According to a US Supreme Court decision (Texas vs. New Jersey, 379 US 674, 1965), the unclaimed property is returned to the state of the property owner's last known address. If no address is known, it is returned to the state in which the business holding the funds is incorporated.

The unclaimed property office then tries to find the rightful owners, by placing advertisements in newspapers and trying to trace the owners. Unfortunately, many states only advertise the new additions to their files.

There is no time limit on claiming your property. Abandoned property has been reunited with its rightful owners 30, 40, and even 50 years after it was turned over to the state. Some states have unclaimed property dating to the late 1800s. (A few states have started setting time limits, but in most cases a tracer that talks about statute of limitations is trying to create a false sense of urgency.)

If the owner of the property is deceased, the relatives can file for the unclaimed property.

Finding Out About Your Lost Money

So how can you find out if there's money waiting for you? Very simply. If you think there might be unclaimed property that belongs to you, call Us at 1-877-999-7715 or email at

It is a good idea to check every five years, even if you are certain that you haven't lost any property!

A comprehensive Background check can reveal unclaimed property and will state any names assoiated with your name (including your maiden or former names), Social Security number, current address, and all previous addresses where you lived while in the state. The Goverment will want the same information about any other individual for whom you're the legal beneficiary.

The omprehensive Background check will use your information to check the database. If there's a match, Advaned Investigations will send you a form to fill out. You'll have to provide proof

• that you are who you say you are (a photocopy of your driver's license will do),
• that you resided at the address you provided (a bill showing your name at the address or a copy of your tax return showing the address), and
• that the money is yours (a pay stub, bank book, utility bill, or similar documentation of a connection between you and the money).

Once you submit the claim form, it should take about two months for you to get the check.

Even if you don't find any money, you should continue to check yourself with a comprehensive Background check which will reveal unclaimed property every few years. Sometimes the money takes a while before it is turned over to the unclaimed property office.