I hate to be the one that brings the bad news, but there is no such a thing as a free criminal background check. The real valuable information you are looking for is locked away in secured databases and will only be revealed if you pay a fee. A small fee, but still a fee. Does that mean all sites that claim to provide free criminal background checks lie? Here is a bit of advice. Ignore all websites that claim they provide free criminal background checks. In the end, after hitting numerous buttons and answering lots of questions, you'll end up on a page where you have to pay to get the information you are looking for. And trust me on this one: the companies that work so hard to get you on that particular page aren't the cheapest or most reliable.
If you really want to do a criminal background check on someone without spending money, you need two things: the name of the person you want to do a check on and a good, fast and reliable search engine. Does 'Google' ring a bell? Type the name of the person in quotations (like this: "John Little") in the search box, hit enter and see what Google comes up with. Nothing on the first page? Go to the next one and repeat.You can try to dig a bit deeper by searching for court decisions about our friend John. Your search string would look like ["John Little" court] - without the brackets. Also try searches where you replace the word 'court' by 'sentenced' or 'guilty' or 'prison'. What this will do, is pick up information about John Little in news sources and other public databases, in combination with the words you added.
This is of course not the most perfect or reliable online criminal background check. First of all, you will never be sure that the John Little that Google found is the John Little you want to run a background check on. And even more important: Google is good but it isn't perfect. It only shows what's available in public sources. And even Google only 'spiders' a certain percentage of the world wide web. The information you are really looking for, the dark secrets that John Little keeps, is locked away in several databases. If you are serious about checking your new neighbor, the nanny that offered her service or a business partner that comes out of the blue with a great offer, be prepared to pay a small fee. Free criminal background checks just don't do the job. Most professional agencies that provide the information you are looking for give you a full year of access. Once you paid the fee, you can do as many criminal background checks as you need. It is money well spent protecting your family, kids, house and business.
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