| Philippines Private Investigators have seen sharp | | | | bogus claims and trademarks, or flashy websites, |
| increases in business from foreign customers. | | | | make sure you can speak to someone that is |
| Investigations often focus on brides, girlfriends, | | | | actually located in the Philippines and can give you |
| and internet dating relationships, as well as foreign | | | | customer references and samples of their work |
| business partners and investors. With the high | | | | before you start. We recommend the following: |
| degree of fraud in the Philippines, getting a | | | | 1. Only deal with companies that are actually |
| background check or due diligence investigation is | | | | located in the Philippines. Don't hire someone |
| an important security decision. Proceeding in a | | | | whose office is in the US, you'll only be paying |
| personal or business relationship without one can | | | | extra for a middleman that cannot control the |
| be very costly. | | | | quality of their subcontractor's work. |
| Despite the fraud, there are opportunities in the | | | | 2. Be especially wary of any companies from |
| Philippines, both for personal and business | | | | Florida. According to Consumer Fraud Reporting ( |
| relationships. Beautiful brides and profitable | | | | Florida has one of the highest fraud rates in the |
| business ventures do exist, but hiring a Philippines | | | | US! |
| private investigator to do a professional | | | | 3. Make sure they can communicate properly in |
| background check is an effective way to protect | | | | English, Filipino and other native dialects such as |
| yourself. | | | | Tagalog. |
| When considering hiring a Philippines detective, it is | | | | 4. Check if they can provide redacted samples of |
| a good idea to check their location first. Many are | | | | their work. |
| based in the United States or Europe, not in the | | | | 5. Don't deal with companies that only accept |
| Philippines or even Southeast Asia, so the first | | | | bank transfers or money transfers. Make sure |
| step is to make sure it's possible to speak with | | | | they provide standard universally accepted |
| someone that is actually in the Philippines! | | | | payment methods that provide consumer |
| While these foreign private investigators may | | | | protection such as PayPal, Xoom, MoneyGram or |
| provide excellent service in their home countries, | | | | with most credit cards. |
| there is a major disadvantage to doing | | | | 6. Make sure your information is confidential and |
| "long-distance" or "internet" investigations in the | | | | secure. Check to see that their websites have |
| Philippines. These companies must normally | | | | proper security and privacy technology. |
| subcontract their services, furthermore without | | | | Philippines Private Investigators offer discreet |
| local agents or staff, it is difficult to control the | | | | private investigative and detective services at |
| quality and timeliness of their work. In addition, | | | | affordable local rates. Our team of highly |
| Philippines culture, customs, and laws are very | | | | experienced and trained local and expat agents |
| different from other countries, and of course the | | | | cover all of the Philippines and work with local |
| service costs outside the Philippines are also much | | | | police, NSO, embassies, as well as other |
| higher. | | | | government agencies. |
| Don't be misled by big companies, fancy names, | | | | |