How to Tell if You are Being Followed By a Private Investigator
From insurance companies that suspect a fraud to doubtful spouses who suspect an affair, private investigators are hired for numerous reasons. If you have a hunch that you are being followed by a private investigator, then one of the first things that you want to do is to evaluate what may have prompted someone to have you tailed. Is there a court litigation that you are involved in? Could someone be conducting a check on the insurance claims that you filed? If it rings a bell, then chances are that you are being followed.
Signs that you should watch out for
One of the main principles that private investigators use, is to carry out a physical surveillance of the subject, and this is where your alertness and observational skills can come in handy. As a part of the surveillance, private eyes will usually hover around in areas that you frequent, typically the workplace or home. So you want to look out for any vehicles or people whom you seem to find in these places often, by either noting down the license plate number or registering their face to see if it occurs again. Sometimes private eyes may follow you while you’re walking or taking a ride on the subway. If you have a hunch that you’re being followed, keep an eye out behind you, if you think someone may be following you then take a detour, if the person continues to follow you, then you may have a private eye on your back. Private investigators may also tag your vehicle with surveillance devices, so it’s good to look for one of those tracking devices on/in your vehicle. Also, if your friends, family and acquaintances have been receiving calls from people asking about you, then yes, it may be possible that you are being tailed by a private eye.
What to do if you are being followed?
So it’s great that you have figured out that a private investigator was tailing you, but what now? There are many ways you can react to the situation. Some choose to confront the P.I while others choose to covertly avoid them. Some others even choose to follow the P.I to let them know that they know that they are being watched. Of course, most trained private investigators will discontinue surveillance when they realise that the subject may be aware of what they are doing. It is entirely left up to you as to how you take this situation forward and take a safe decision. It’s crucial to understand that a P.I is just doing what he/she is asked to do by a client. However, if you feel that person who is following you around is not a P.I or is an inexperienced P.I who is following you around even after you let them know that you’re aware of it and causing an inconvenience, then you may decide to get in touch with the Police.
If you need to be 100% then let the experts decide for you, here at X Three Surveillance our surveillance skills are second to none and we will be able to see if there is a team following you even if you might not. If the team on you is a professional one then they may be able to follow you for months without you noticing however with our background, training and knowledge of how we work then we will easily find a surveillance team.