Fastbackgroundcheck. com says there’s info on me on truthfinder, spokeo, peoplefinders and instantcheckmate. When I try going through all four of those sites takes a super long time, including a few times in the past when I tried getting reports on myself.
The progress bars reach 100% and reset continously. If these sites are legimate like some reddit users claim, then why or be upfront about wanting me to pay? Right now I’m convinced that these sites are snake oil, maybe they work if you pay but the behavior of the free options turn me off. They act 100% like typical scam websites, the kind that asks you to complete three surveys on external sites with fake progress bars.
Basic info like my full name, address, age, and siblings can be found with search engines easily but I feel like there’s no point in trying to wipe it if there aren’t methods that could definitely work.
Many of these sites just scrape publicly available data from court records and then con people into paying for a background check. I know that most, if not all, states in the US have court records openly available online. However, by paying a company to run a background check (perhaps from one of the more “reputable” ones like LexusNexus or Sterling), you are absolved of a lot of liability as a business owner because you can place blame elsewhere. Also, many of those free sites like FreeBackgroundCheck are pretty much a scam. Private investigators and corporations aren’t using those free sites to run checks, they’re using the organizations I mentioned above like LexusNexus, Sterling, HireRight, etc.