Private Investigator Blog

www.earthlink.net is rolling out a new VOiP service that allows DSL subscribers a portable area code, with their telephone number. Another technology that may shift the landscape of linking people with a geographic region. This is how Earthlink describes their...
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find.com business search engine clusters search results into folders, optionally organized by topic, format, web site address or internet source/search engine. This is in beta form but seems to have full functionality. It’s free now…and has the characteristics of the...
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A survey of U.S. businesses by find.com reveals that 84 percent of respondents feel that Web searches take longer than they should due to poor results, resulting in an estimated $31 billion in wasted time. According to the study, 71...
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Mr Shimura’s job as a private investigator for one of Japan’s fastest- growing detective agencies is straightforward: catch his targets on video walking through the doors of one of these hotels with someone on their arm, and present the results...
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For 1978 onward, copyrights are online, and you can search the online records. Prior to 1978, though, the records are available in print and microform, both at the Library of Congress, and at other major libraries around the country, including...
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The best policy for not producing or inadvertently sending privileged information is not to have privileged information in writing, when possible. Face-to-face or land-line telephonecommunications are the best methods to ensure that privileged information will not be compromised. But there...
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Insurance fraud in the State of California is extensive; it is estimated that the cost of insurance fraud committed annually in the area of worker’s compensation insurance is between $1-3 billion dollars. Automobile insurance fraud costs each consumer an additional...
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OSP owners must deal with requests from law enforcement and lawyers to hand over private user information and logs. Yet, compliance with these demands takes away from an OSP’s goal of providing users with reliable, secure network services. In this...
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Technology consultant Scott Granneman explains how even savvy Internet users can fall for phishing scams. Those that combine clever subterfuge with technical trickery are particularly dangerous. He describes two techniques demonstrated by security company Secunia. He also provides useful statistics...
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Increasingly, private and corporate philanthropic foundations are checking charities and the people who run them against government watch lists before handing out a...
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