{"id":85,"date":"2017-10-24T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bestcheck.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:00:57","slug":"freebackgoundscreening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.bestcheck.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/24\/freebackgoundscreening\/","title":{"rendered":"So-Called \u201cFree\u201d Background Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcheck.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.bestcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/freenotfree.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"background checks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.bestcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/freenotfree.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.bestcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/freenotfree.png?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free Background Checks Are Not Free<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When looking for a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcheck.com\"> background check<\/a> service on any given search engine, what comes up time and time again in your search are the advertisements for so-called \u201cfree\u201d background checks. This begs the question: why pay a background screening company, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcheck.com\">AAA Credit Screening<\/a>, for their services, when you could simply pull a free report off of one of these websites? Listing their services as free and easy to use, wherein you can initiate a full search right off the homepage, these websites make it seem like a background check is just a simple click away!<\/p>\n<p>Things that aren\u2019t specified on the \u201cfree\u201d background screening websites? What is actually included their \u201cbackground checks.\u201d Often, \u201cbackground check\u201d is a vague, catch-all term used by these companies; it is a term that often doesn\u2019t even specify what the scope or purpose of a search is before you conduct it. It could be anything, from a public records search to a motor vehicle report, a county criminal report to a bankruptcy search. This can be confusing to anyone who needs a report for a specific purpose, such as to verify that an applicant does not have a criminal record, nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>A second troubling aspect of these \u201cfree\u201d services is their dishonest nature. The majority of these websites will allow a search to be initiated for free, show that there are records associated with an individual\u2019s name, and then, upon trying to obtain more information, will prompt the user to pay money for the full report, which would show any actually relevant or necessary details. These details can be especially important to criminal reporting, such as whether the crime committed was driving 5 MPH over the speed limit or if it was armed robbery, whether the offender\u2019s name was Jon J. Smith or John P. 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