The main strap-line on the Web Investigator website suggests that you can find out the truth about people in minutes. This is one of a number of sites that enable you to search through very large databases and retrieve information about yourself and others. It is certainly useful to know the extent of information that is publicly available about yourself, even if only to correct the data that is held. Finding peopel online has never been easier.
It appears that in this day and age with the power of the internet at your finger tips you can access this data within a few minutes. This data previoiusly only avaialbe to law enforcement agencies has now been collated by large investigative organisations to help the public effectively become detectives. The Web Investigator website suggests that by searching on their website you will be able to save on all the costs of hiring a private investigator.
So why would you want to search through this database or do a background check on someone:
neighbor or workplace check
check up on your nanny or day care helper
find missing friends and relatives
genealogy- search on your ancestors
property records
business records
worried about the new guy your daughter is dating
Web Investigator professes to:
Search over 225,000,000 U.S. residents Access over 1 billion records Get Data from Public and Private Sources Information on 90% of US residents Investigate potential Dates or your Neighbors Perform Unlimited Phone Searches Perform Unlimited People Searches Find Relatives and Associates Find Age/Date of Birth Find Property Records Perform Unlimited Business Searches Check Your Neighborhood Search Address History Find out Possible Nicknames Find out the Marital Status