Comments on: Impersonation to obtain personal information snares researchers and private investigators http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/ Private Investigator | Public Records | Internet Search | Privacy | Reporting | Personal Information | Adoption | Genealogy | Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:32:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: John http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/comment-page-1/#comment-302431 John Thu, 29 May 2008 18:02:09 +0000 http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/#comment-302431 Half the game is playing by the rules. Any idiot (these goofballs, Pelicano, etc.) could break the law to quickly solve an investigation, absent any other solid leads. But, the information gathered would be useless in court, so why bother? Impersonating a federal agent? That's just stupid. Really. What do you expect from a firm without a license? They had nothing to lose!! This story is good knowledge - better amend our work agreement to specifically state we will not knowingly accept unauthorized government data from any source. Half the game is playing by the rules.

Any idiot (these goofballs, Pelicano, etc.) could break the law to quickly solve an investigation, absent any other solid leads. But, the information gathered would be useless in court, so why bother?

Impersonating a federal agent? That’s just stupid. Really. What do you expect from a firm without a license? They had nothing to lose!!

This story is good knowledge - better amend our work agreement to specifically state we will not knowingly accept unauthorized government data from any source.

]]> By: Mike Spencer http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/comment-page-1/#comment-301413 Mike Spencer Mon, 26 May 2008 22:01:27 +0000 http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/#comment-301413 The utter recklessness of some in my/our profession continues to astound me. Risk v. reward. So you get the information and make a few thousand, big deal. Risk? Lose your license, professional standing and jail time. Live to play another day....... The utter recklessness of some in my/our profession continues to astound me. Risk v. reward. So you get the information and make a few thousand, big deal. Risk? Lose your license, professional standing and jail time. Live to play another day…….

]]> By: PublicRecordsGuy http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/comment-page-1/#comment-301398 PublicRecordsGuy Mon, 26 May 2008 20:26:02 +0000 http://pibuzz.com/2008/05/25/impersonation-to-obtain-personal-information-snares-researchers-and-private-investigators/#comment-301398 This is exactly the difference between "Pretexting" and "Impersonating". I wish we could educate others about it, so that everything doesn't think <strong>"pretexting"</strong> is <em>"impersonating"</em>. I know they are similar and dangerously so sometimes, but is "manslaughter" the same as "murder"? This is exactly the difference between “Pretexting” and “Impersonating”. I wish we could educate others about it, so that everything doesn’t think “pretexting” is “impersonating”. I know they are similar and dangerously so sometimes, but is “manslaughter” the same as “murder”?

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