Background Check Websites - How do they work ? Where do thet get all that information from

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Hello guys

I had a question maybe somebody might know the answer of. These sites like Intellius and InstantCheckmate, or others how do they look up all this information from simple things like somebody's name.

Now the real part of the question is, has anybody seen somebody selling a script (PHP) of a background check website. I would like to possibly purchase if it has been done and is up for sale.

Will really appreceite some possible answers
 
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I'm sure CodeCanyon or another one of those PHP script sites would have something like this.
 
Its not actually the script that matters, but the huge database they have built somehow. I dont know the sources, but they might be scrapping stuffs off for years to build something like this.
 
Repulsor said:
Its not actually the script that matters, but the huge database they have built somehow. I dont know the sources, but they might be scrapping stuffs off for years to build something like this.
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These companies typically aggregate their data from a mix of credit reporting agencies and publicly available sources (e.g. property records, court records or even the whitepages). Lots of it is scrapped electronically, but some of it is manually inputted. It's possible to write a script that will allow you to pull data from their databases automatically, but you'll still need an account with them and probably some sort of business or reseller account if you're pulling data in bulk.
 
concourse said:
These companies typically aggregate their data from a mix of credit reporting agencies and publicly available sources (e.g. property records, court records or even the whitepages). Lots of it is scrapped electronically, but some of it is manually inputted. It's possible to write a script that will allow you to pull data from their databases automatically, but you'll still need an account with them and probably some sort of business or reseller account if you're pulling data in bulk.
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Yes this is also the same conclusion i have reached. Its more scraping then anything else. However they do have access to classified databases and they're definitely paying for that access. Will definitely dig further into this and try to create such a network
 
Couldn't they also have apps that they created under a shell company to collect data on ios,android and facebook users?
 
concourse said:
These companies typically aggregate their data from a mix of credit reporting agencies and publicly available sources (e.g. property records, court records or even the whitepages). Lots of it is scrapped electronically, but some of it is manually inputted. It's possible to write a script that will allow you to pull data from their databases automatically, but you'll still need an account with them and probably some sort of business or reseller account if you're pulling data in bulk.
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Yes, this is the answer. A long time ago, I integrated Securint API (not sure if they are even in business anymore) into a company system (none of that WP bullshit junk). They would even give you info on your neighbors if you did a lookup. It's mostly aggregated data from public records.
 
salaffiiliate said:
Yes this is also the same conclusion i have reached. Its more scraping then anything else. However they do have access to classified databases and they're definitely paying for that access. Will definitely dig further into this and try to create such a network
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If you haven't already, you should probably take a look at business services offered by companies like Equifax and TransUnion which started collecting these datasets decades ago for credit reporting purposes. They've since moved into providing data for background investigations, as well as customer acquisition.

If may I ask, what are you looking to accomplish? Are you looking to aggregate data to generate your own database, or are you looking to access data in a scalable fashion from existing databases, or maybe something else?
 
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Couldn't they also have apps that they created under a shell company to collect data on ios,android and facebook users?
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That's overkill unless you're the NSA and want to see what users are doing on their phones or social media accounts. For the purposes of aggregating names and associates phone numbers, addresses and what not, you're better off just purchasing existing datasets from app developers or retailers with significant user/customer databases.
 
Have you done a google search looking for this information? I'm sure theres good info out there on exactly how they do this.
 
concourse said:
That's overkill unless you're the NSA and want to see what users are doing on their phones or social media accounts. For the purposes of aggregating names and associates phone numbers, addresses and what not, you're better off just purchasing existing datasets from app developers or retailers with significant user/customer databases.
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But it costs money to buy data from existing app developers, when one can have them made and make money off the apps to fund a private database on people.
 
STKMKTFTGRU said:
But it costs money to buy data from existing app developers, when one can have them made and make money off the apps to fund a private database on people.
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But it also costs money to develop and market your app. Moreover, while it's possible to acquire an existing dataset within weeks or even days, generating a dataset large enough to be useful from a proprietary app can take months, if not years. What we really have to ask is: are you looking to source data or new installations for your app?
 
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