Common Reasons People Need To Know The Real Name And Address Behind A PO Box

There are a great many reasons why a person would hire a private detective to obtain the real name and address behind a post office mail box. This is called a PO Box break in private investigator lingo. Although a PI may run across a thousand different reasons to ID the real name and address for a PO Box owner these are the most common reasons a PI will come across.

1. Fraud:

The main reason without a doubt is some kind of financial transaction gone wrong. A person will make some kind of purchase either an online auction site or a mail order advertisement. Something about the transaction goes wrong but the only contact information for the other party is a post office mailing address. The client needs more identifying information about the person or company to obtain financial restitution.

2. Skip Trace Investigation:

A skip trace is an investigation to locate a person's current location. Usually before a client would need a skip trace they would try a few instant people search locater systems. many times these data base searches will return a PO box as a current address but the client will want a physical address for the subject of the locate.

3. Service of Process:

In litigation a defendant must be served wit a summons to appear in court. There is a legal procedure to follow and the process server must make a legitimate effort to locate a person and make personal service before resorting to mailing and publishing etc.

4. Identity Verification:

There are times when a person will enter into correspondence with another but the only identifying information they have is a name and PO Box address. This information may have to be verified in order to confirm the information the pen pal is providing.

5. Stalking and Harassment:

Sometimes a client will want a persons physical address to stalk, harass or intimidate that other person. In fact sometimes the reason the person has a PO Box to begin with is to hide from their stalker. This is clearly not a lawful or permissible reason to provide this information to a client and it's the responsibility of the private investigator to notify the subject of the investigation and or the police of the clients intent to injure or harass.

There are many reasons a person hires a PI to locate the physical owner and address behind a PMB or PO box. These are just the most common reasons. It's important for a PI to screen his clients to make sure a PO Box search suits their needs and also that the client is acting ethically and lawfully.

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