You ever get that feeling that you're being watched
maybe someone's following you slightly too closely in the street is that person
taking a photo of a building or of me maybe you thought of these things before
and thought maybe a private investigator is tailing you well today a private
investigator will answer some secrets that you've always wondered about
you'll hear the amazing techniques they used to find out information on anyone
and also how to trail anyone without them knowing I'm Charlie and today we're
going to look at private investigators answer questions you've always wanted to
know but before we get spied on why not subscribe and press the notification
bell to coming up first we have how to trail anyone we've all seen private
detective movies where they have to trail their subject now most of the time
if this is not on foot but instead in a vehicle in the movies the detective
simply drives right behind the person they're following but according to a
real-life PI this is very unrealistic after all don't you think the person
would wonder why is that car following me one investigator said the way they do
it is they actually use two different drivers driving two different cars that
way the person they're following isn't seeing the same car behind them all the
time but P eyes also have some great techniques for training people on firms
they say if you're watching someone somewhere don't just look straight at
them instead face a totally different direction and look using the corner of
your eye many private investigators will also go through many disguises when
they're training someone on firms for example if they're trailing someone on
the subway they may wear a jacket and a hat but as the person gets off and the
detective needs to follow them they'll ditch their jacket and hat they may keep
a baseball cap in their sleeve for a different item of clothing to make it
seem like they're a new person another tip they say is to dress very boring if
you stand out then you have no chances so make sure you wear a
neutral color like black gray or dark brown next up is dumpster diving you may
think of Private Investigators being in sleek offices and cruising around in
dark vehicles but if the job really ain't all that glamorous in fact one of
the favorite habitats of P I is in a dumpster a wealth of information about
people can actually be found in the trash if the PI is investigating you
they may go through your trash maybe you bend a very important letter or a
receipt from Asher maybe it was a bank statement or a letter from a secret
lover all of this stuff can be very useful to a PI and sometimes they won't
even go to your trash instead they may go to the trash of your friend your
lawyer your neighbor or your doctor sometimes going through trash can even
uncover secrets about people for example maybe they see some illegal
paraphernalia in the trash and know that you're a bad guy doing illegal things
next up is location location a lot of the time private detectives are hired to
locate people burden have to do this with barely any information but using a
few handy tips private investigators can locate absolutely anyone they only need
to know two things a name and a date of birth and if possible a social security
number using this stuff they'll be able to use private databases of official
addresses where people live you actually have to be a licensed p.i to get these
databases and not any old random Joe of the street can access them you also have
to pass many tests and no relevant privacy laws but some pies apparently
use these databases for less than legal reasons after all sometimes pis have to
break some laws to make some money next up is fake book Hey look a new friend
request Owen it's from a pretty girl that's
probably been the thought process of many people who have been spied on by a
that's because one of the first things that people do when investigating us
make a Facebook account they will usually create a fake facebook account
and then add you to check you out after all nothing beats in tilt and getting it
straight from the source people put everything about themselves on Facebook
pictures of their family their friends their home their hometown the school
they go to the job they work at their likes their interests pretty much
everything you could need to know about someone is on their Facebook page and
one P I named Skyler Crowley said many pies have up to a hundred different fake
accounts if they're investigating a man they may choose a very pretty woman as
the pitcher and if they're investigating a woman they may choose a hunky man
whatever gets them in they'll do it and they say that their fake accounts are
usually much more popular than them after all being a private investigator
is a very lonely business next up is bottle peeing yeah this is another one
of those less glamorous parts of the job a big part of a pice job is waiting
whenever you're doing surveillance work you need to learn how to play the
waiting game often times you'll need to be staring right at one thing you can't
be texting eating or relaxing you need to be focused 24/7 and sometimes this
means bathroom breaks are not possible that's why in every pie scar you'll find
a stash of plastic bottles and if you see any yellow liquid inside them do not
drink them as they have to sometimes pee in bottles sometimes available to a 12
hour surveillance shift meaning they can't move at all one pee I says if they
really have to go number one then they use a plastic water bottle but when it
comes to number two's he says he always holds it thank goodness for that next up
is informants who can you really trust in your life can you honestly say you
trust every one of your family members friends coworkers
most people can't and that's because some people are not very trustworthy at
all TI's know this and that's why if they investigate you
instantly looked for an informant 1p I even admitted that once he got a
landlord as an informant he was able to convince the landlord to open up the
apartment of the person he was spying up but informants can be anyone connected
to the person they're spying on this may be someone they actually don't like like
a co-worker who really annoys them sometimes it's even a close family
member or friend and sometimes pee ice will pay for informants information so
if you think you may be being spied on by a P I then be sure to keep your
circle small and trustworthy next up is catfished well in the days of Sherlock
Holmes P ice would be investigating massive crimes sometimes it's small
things P ice look into we've all seen the TV show catfish it's where people
meet someone they like online who turns out to be someone totally different well
apparently the boom in online dating has been a big boost for private
investigators a lot of the time people have suspicions about the people they're
talking to online they wonder if that special someone on match.com
is the real deal so that's why they'll often contact private investigators to
check if they're the real person or not 1p I said they found out that someone
was claiming they owned businesses and properties they really didn't own and
actually they lived at home with their mom nothing wrong with that but he
really shouldn't lie about it on a dating profile and one time P I found
out that someone who said they were 20 on their profile page was actually a 67
year old woman okay I understand saying you're a couple years younger but come
on that is ridiculous so if you think you're getting scammed by your online
love then maybe hire a PI next up is social media in the olden days P ice had
to be out and about spying at 24/7 but nowadays a lot of private investigator
work can be done from behind a computer screen as I mentioned before PI's have a
very specific database that only licensed investigators have access to
but ask any private investigator and they'll tell you their favorite
database is social media it's a goldmine of info as people document their entire
lives online once a P I was hired by an insurance company to investigate an
injured woman but the injured woman who claimed lots of money was actually
posting photos of herself dancing and exercising also one person who said they
couldn't pay their child support because they were broke were seen online with a
very flashy vehicle it turns out they'd been lying so they didn't have to pay up
and instead they were splurging on themselves so guys if you have something
to hide then be very careful about posting it on Instagram you never know
who could be snooping and finally on the list we have don't call us that you may
think that being a private investigator sounds like a cool job title to have but
did you know that most P is don't like to be called private investigators
instead they prefer to be called a legal investigator
this helps them ward off any corny stereotypes from movies and TV shows if
they don't like to be seen as shady characters or people snooping around in
dark overcoats and sunglasses with a fake nose 1p I said people to find that
tag very interesting but he shied away from it he says that the team and most
other private investigators operate legally and ethically and are very proud
of the work they do so a few encounter a private investigator do not call them a
private investigator otherwise you never know you may look out of your window and
see them digging through your trash at 3 a.m. but now it's time to make your
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