Why is Valentines Day busy for Private Investigators?
Valentines Day is fast approaching and is a very busy time for us here at Private Detective Birmingham if you have suspicions regarding your partner cheating 9/10 they will usually meeting their lovers at some point on Valentines Day or the days either side.
Matrimonial Investigations
Are you in a situation where you have been getting a gut feeling that somethings not right in your relationship and things are not adding up all of the time. You have then confronted your partner and they have turned it back on you saying your going crazy.
How do I stay safe online?
Here at Private Detective Birmingham we work on many cases such as identity fraud, or individuals being scammed online. When you have any online presence, this increases your risk of becoming a target as your personal information is held online. Of course, given the nature of the work we do we know how easy it is to gather information upon individuals but there are scammers out there that will use this to their advantage.
Tracking down an ex-partner for child support
Here at Private Detective Birmingham we often get asked to track down individuals that are not paying child maintenance often when couples split and children are involved things can become a nightmare and even after things have been put in place from the court to make regular payments it is not uncommon for people to go to extra lengths to avoid paying this money such as moving house or not providing up up to date contact details.
Investigations
There are a number of reasons as to why you would need to hire a private investigator to conduct an investigation for you. We come across many different situations from our clients daily.
We have clients that require a private investigator to carry out investigations to find their long lost love/friend, missing people right through to potential catfish scammers. We do also conduct investigations into new partners to settle our clients concerns going into a new relationship after meeting their new spouse on dating sites etc:
Costs involved with hiring a Private Investigator
The cost of hiring us at Private Detective Birmingham will depend upon the services you request for us to conduct every case is completely unique and tailor made to meet our clients requirements. However, each client is provided a fixed fee to conduct the service. In relation to surveillance we do have a minimum set of hours this is an industry standard and the only time there would be extra costs incurred would be for things such as travel expenditure or entrance fees etc. if you wish us to enter a venue. For more information upon our surveillance services please look at our Surveillance page.
Why do people hire Private Investigators?
People often ask the reasons for needing to hire a Private Investigator, the reasons for people hiring us is usually to obtain evidence they require for potential legal proceedings or to gather evidence/answers to a situation.
How to spot & avoid online dating scams
At Private Investigators Birmingham we deal with many cases involving scams a large majority of our cases relate to online dating scams.
This is where Scammers often disguise themselves on dating profiles as they know individuals are on there to make connections and relationships from the site and they will often use this to their advantage to scam victims.
Private Investigators Regulation
Currently Private Investigators are not licensed within the UK however there have been many conversations in parliament surrounding the regulation in the industry.
However here at Private Investigators Birmingham, We believe that licensing would be great for the industry and it will ensure everyone operates to a particular standard and ensure all investigators are acting lawfully.
Online Scams – case study
Over the last few years, we have noticed there has been a very large increase in online scams with scammers manipulating the subject into giving them money and gifting them various items.