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New Website Reveals Personal Information Even Google
Can't Find
9:06am Friday, July 24, 2015
as told to Heidi R. from instantcheckmate.com
Ever try Googling someone only to come up with basic
information and maybe a link or two to an outdated social media profile?
There's a new website going around that promises to reveal much more then just
a simple google search can show you.
Been issued a speeding ticket? Failed to stop at a stop
sign? What about your family members? And friends? If you are like most of us,
the answer to at least one of those questions is “yes”—the vast majority of us
have slipped up at least once or twice.
An innovative
new website—Instant
Checkmate is now revealing the full “scoop” on millions of
Americans.
Instant Checkmate aggregates hundreds of millions of
publicly available criminal, traffic, and arrest records and posts them online
so they can easily be searched by anyone. Members of the site can literally
begin searching within seconds, and are able to check as many records as they
like (think: friends, family, neighbors, etc. etc.).
Previously, if you wanted to research someone’s arrest
records, you might have had to actually go in to a county court office—in the
appropriate county—and formally request information on an individual. This
process may have taken days or weeks, or the information might not have been
available at all. With websites like Instant Checkmate,
however, a background check takes just a few clicks of the mouse, and no more
than a minute or two.
While preparing this article I decided to run a quick search
on myself to give the service a real-world test. To my dismay, the search
revealed several items I’d long forgotten—one of them being for the possession
of a fake ID I was (embarrassingly) issued back in college when I was just 18
years old.
"possession
of a fake ID I was (embarrassingly) issued back in college when I was just 18
years old"
After searching myself and finding those records, my
curiosity was piqued, and I began researching family members—apparently my aunt
Susanne isn’t a very good driver, judging by the numerous traffic citations
that showed on her record.
One of the most interesting aspects of Instant Checkmate is
that it shows not only criminal records, but also more general background
information like court records, various types of licenses (medical, firearm,
aviation, etc.), previous addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, estimated
income levels and even satellite imagery of known addresses—it’s really pretty
scary just how much information is in these reports.
In addition to giving information on the specific person you
search for, the report also includes a scrolling list of “local sex offenders”
for whatever region you’ve searched—along with a map plotting out the locations
of those offenders. I started perusing the ones that showed up in my report,
and I was absolutely blown away when I stumbled upon my junior
high school wrestling coach’s mug shot.
"I
was absolutely blown away when I stumbled upon my junior high school wrestling
coach’s mug shot."
His crime was listed as "Out of state
offense,"" so I wasn’t able to get the specifics (you usually
can—this was an unusual case), but he was definitely a registered sex offender.
Scary stuff.
I would definitely recommend this tool to
friends and family. Anyone can start running background checks on Instant
Checkmate within a few seconds—just click this link to get started.
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