Skip Trace Before the Loss by Frank Ahearn

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Skip Trace Before the Loss
by Frank Ahearn

The name Ahearn Search is synonymous with the words skip tracing, whether it be London, New York, Toronto or the lower reaches of Belize. In today’s world of technology, we are finding that fraud or simply not choosing to pay a creditor is becoming easier than it used to be. Unfortunately, most corporations are under the misconception that technology and the internet have greatly reduced fraud. In fact, the internet has given birth to what skip tracers call easy access.

Your company has one of those great web pages where an applicant can apply for a credit card or a loan. What do you do? Process a credit report and base it on a scoring system. If it is a business, you run a Dun & Bradstreet. The problem here is that neither of those tools actually confirms the information they provide. Sure, they report public record filings, late payments etc. Your company will then decide whom they want to do business with and I am sure it is safe to say your company will not choose the one with the low score.

In reality, your best scorers can have a bad year or two and stop paying. You call them and the number is disconnected. You write and as Elvis said,

Author's Biography:

Frank M. Ahearn and Eileen Horan are owners of Ahearn Search an international skip tracing company that works with Fortune 500 companies like Harley Davidson, Hormel and Roadway/Yellow and assist in locating debtors.

Posted on: October 9,2007

Email: frankmahearn@aol.com
Website: http://www.ahearnsearch.com