Tips/Ask an Investigator - November 2011
Posted on Tue, Nov 22, 2011
At a recent business luncheon, I sat next to a gentleman I had never met before and within a few minutes, we exchanged business cards and began discussing our respective experiences with local banks, etc. In this conversation, I used discretion not to disclose (by name) the banks that my family or agency currently conduct business with. I then (with no malicious intent) phrased a couple of questions which prompted this gentleman to tell me the names of the banks he uses for family and for business purposes — the banks were not the same. Remember, I already had this person’s business card which contained all appropriate contact info for him.
One doesn’t have to be a licensed Private Investigator to know that Identify Theft, Internet Fraud and Financial Crimes are rampant in society today. Due to the volume of these types of crimes (many of which are unreported), law enforcement in most jurisdictions simply do not have the man-power and/or resources to investigate the majority of these cases. As a professionally licensed Investigator, I am obligated to advise all of our friends to use extreme caution and sound judgment before providing personal identification, credit and/or financial information to any person or entity who may solicit this type of information from you or from your business.
Please feel free to contact myself or Kyle Pfister (Case Manager) if questions or doubts surface regarding the legitimacy of a person or entity who has initiated or has attempted to arrange a new business “opportunity” with you or with any of your clients. Once we have received a brief explanation of the circumstances and arrangement as it is being considered, we will be happy to conduct our basic level of 3rd party vetting of your Subject/Entity of interest (at no charge) on your behalf.
