| Getting a criminal background check on someone | | | | from finding it to finding that you need to pay a |
| is a fabulous tool for you to have access to. It | | | | fee to move forward. You've just used around an |
| gives you the ability to check out your neighbors | | | | hour of your time. How much is an hour of your |
| for possible threats to your family, and to | | | | time worth? I'm guessing in most cases it will be |
| pre-screen employees and see if there is anything | | | | at least as much as 'unlimited access' to these |
| they are not telling you. But for a lot of people | | | | sites would set you back. |
| free online criminal checks are a source of much | | | | Let's do another exercise. Suppose you hire |
| frustration. | | | | someone with a string of petty burglary and theft |
| The pattern goes like this - you go to a website | | | | from employer charges. They take just $5 from |
| which offers free online criminal background | | | | your till per day. If they get away with it for a |
| checks, and you enter a name just like it asks | | | | week you have lost $35. A month you have lost |
| you. The site spits out a list of people that name | | | | $155, a year $365. Now what if they take more? |
| could refer to, but to get any more information | | | | You could be losing thousands a year across |
| you need to register. You can try site after site | | | | several dishonest employees picking at the till and |
| after site but the reality is that every one of | | | | have no idea. |
| them will follow the same pattern. So why are | | | | So is it a scam? Are free online background |
| you wasting your time trying to find for free | | | | checks a lie? Quite simply no they are not. You |
| what you know you can get for an incredibly | | | | can get free checks, that is exactly what |
| nominal amount. | | | | membership to these sites offers you - FREE |
| Let's do a little exercise. Suppose you try this at | | | | UNLIMITED criminal background checks. You just |
| 10 different sites. Each one takes five minutes | | | | have to pay a site membership fee to get it. |