{"id":18606,"date":"2018-12-20T14:44:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=18606"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:27:03","slug":"are-there-criminals-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/are-there-criminals-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Are There Criminals in Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the FBI, about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/new-york\/statements\/2017\/aug\/18\/andrew-cuomo\/yes-one-three-us-adults-have-criminal-record\/\">30% of Americans have a criminal record.<\/a> This includes people who were arrested on a felony charge but not convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With recent statistics indicating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/culture\/these-alarming-crimes-are-actually-on-the-rise-in-america.html\/\">sex crimes are on the rise in the U.S<\/a>, more and more people are doing their homework to protect themselves and their loved ones from possible criminals hiding in plain sight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you be worried that there may be sex offenders in your neighborhood? Are you unknowingly chatting with criminals via dating apps?&nbsp;Based on the above statistics, it&#8217;s more likely than you may have thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how to quickly and confidentially run a background check on anyone in your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Spokeo Can Show You Criminal Records<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/background-check\">Spokeo<\/a> is a people search engine that gathers billions\nof public records, criminal reports, arrest records, state and federal\ndatabases and social media to connect the dots for you about people in the U.S..\nJust by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/background-check\">entering\na name<\/a>, phone number or home\naddress, you can get a report and profile in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokeo searches and aggregates public records.\nYou could theoretically do this yourself, but how fast can you search billions\nof records, 95 social media profiles, the White Pages and every state sex\noffender registry? Spokeo does it in the time it takes you to open a new tab in\nyour browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What a Background Check Can Reveal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what you find when searching Spokeo for criminal records\n(additional fees may apply to search criminal records):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Public criminal records, with details about sentencing and conviction<\/li><li>Arrest records<\/li><li>Known aliases<\/li><li>Possible friends and associates<\/li><li>Online profiles \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/is-he-cheating\">even ones they might<\/a> not want you to know about<\/li><li>Email addresses, phone numbers, and past addresses<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Data is regularly refreshed so users can be\nconfident they are getting the most updated info, and can regularly check back\nfor changes to profiles and reports. All searches are confidential, and whoever\nyou search will not be notified that you looked them up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have their full name you can also\nsearch them by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/reverse-phone-lookup\">phone\nnumber<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/email-search\">email address<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/reverse-address-search\">home address<\/a>, and get much of the same info (if available). It\u2019s a great tool\nto have for getting info fast, and far more effective than going to Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Powerful Investigative Tools at Your Fingertips<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophisticated and powerful tools are no longer just in the hands of investigative professionals. 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