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Our Company & Contacting Us

Are you a US based company? Where is your office located? Can I check that you are a real company?

How long have you been operating?

How do you operate? Do you have a regular staff of detectives who travel to Russia or do you employ local detectives in Russia?

How many clients have you had so far?  Will it be possible to ask you to provide some references?

I would like to call and discuss my situation in person. Does anyone in your office speaks English well enough to be able to do that? 

What is the best time to call and whom should I speak to to discuss my case?

I submitted a quote request form 2 days ago and I have not received a reply. What should I do?

 

 

Our Services

The city where my girlfriend lives is not on your list of cities. Can you still do the investigation there?

What is "Basic Check" and why is it required for all investigations?

What if you performed Basic Check and did not find my girlfriend in the databases? Does this mean she is a scam?

What is the difference between "Actual Address" and "Registered Address"?

How are you going to check my girlfriend's Actual Address?

How do you check my girlfriend's employment?

How do you check my girlfriend's education?

How are you going to check information about her marriages?

How are you going to check information about her children?

How do you check "Criminal records"?

How do you check "Trips made outside the country of living for the last 3 years"?

What is the difference between "Part-Time Surveillance" and "Full-Time Surveillance"?

I would like to request a surveillance to check what my girlfriend is doing on Friday and Saturday nights. What would that cost and how will the investigators follow her?

Is there any chance that my girlfriend can find out that I hired your company to investigate her?

 

 

Investigation Procedures

How do I start the investigation?

How long will the investigation take?

How can I check on the status of my case?

What copies of researched documents can I receive to make sure that your investigators are actually doing their job and not making up the results?

Will you send me a report at the end of the investigation?

 

 

Fees & Payments

What does the price $80 - $200 mean? How much will I have to pay?

What is included in each fee?

What if the investigation will require more funds than originally estimated?

How much will I have to pay up front?

Can I pay in installments?
What if I decide to withdraw the investigation?

What are your refund policies?

What forms of payment do you accept?

I do not have an account with PayPal. Can I just give you my credit card information by phone?

 

 

 

 

 

Fees & Payments

 

What does the price $80 - $200 mean? How much will I have to pay?

 

It means that depending on the circumstances of your case, the cost for this service is most likely to be somewhere between $80 and $200. Each region of Russia and Ukraine has its own pricing policies. We will provide you with a more accurate estimate once we receive your quote request.

 


 

 

  What is included in each fee?

Each agreed upon fee includes:

  • Private investigators service fees
  • Russian Detective service fees
  • Scanning and email forwarding of case-related documents, pictures, letters and statements
  • Translation of any case-related documents, letters and statements from Russian to English and vise versa
  • Phone or in-person consultations with Russian Detective manager, Elena Garrett, for up to 30 minutes per day.
  • Unlimited email consultations on the matters, directly related to the case.

Any additional case related expenses will be discussed and applied separately.

 


What if the investigation will require more funds than originally estimated?

If the investigators encounter some unforeseen difficulties or expenses, you will be immediately informed. At that time Russian Detective will provide you with a new estimate.

If at that point you if decide to withdraw the investigation (partially or completely), you will be able to do so. Any unused funds will be returned to you.

In the case you decide to continue the investigation into that matter we will agree upon new price and the investigators will continue their work.

If the investigators encounter some unforeseen difficulties or expenses but fail to inform you about them in timely manner, you will not be ask to pay anything above the original estimate.

 


 

How much will I have to pay up front?

 

You will have to pay 50% of the estimated cost of the investigation up front.

 

 


 

Can I pay in installments?

 

If the cost of the investigation is considerable, we can work with you on the payment plan. Please contact us to discuss your situation.

 

 


 

What if I decide to withdraw the investigation?

If you decide to withdraw the ongoing investigation, we will summarize for you all case-related expenses that had occurred during the course of investigation. Those expenses will have to be paid to us in full.

Any remaining funds that may remain in your account at that time will be returned to you.


 

Refunds

You can request a refund if:

  • You decided to withdraw the investigation partially or completely and no services have been performed
  • The investigators could not perform the agreed services due to their own schedule or personnel limitations, excessive inactivity or delays

You can request a partial refund if:

  • The investigators were able to complete their assignment only partially
  • There is unspent money in your account and our services are no longer necessary
  • You discover significant verifiable errors in the investigator’s reported findings. You can request a refund of your payment for that particular service.

You cannot request a refund if:

  • You decided to withdraw an ongoing investigation partially or completely but the investigators had used the funds to perform their services
  • The investigator’s findings did not correspond with what you expected they would find.
  • The investigators performed the search but there was no data to be found.

 


 

 Payment Options

At the beginning of the investigation you will be sent an invoice stating the minimum payment necessary to start the investigation (Pre-Payment).

We accept payments by credit card (Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover), E-Checks, Western Union, MoneyGram, direct deposit, money order, as well as personal and business checks.


 

I do not have a PayPal account. Can I give you my credit card information by phone?

 

No. We accept credit cards ONLY via PayPal web site. If you do not want to pay online, please use other methods of payment (check, direct deposit, WU, etc). 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Status Reports

You can request a case status report at any time. Such reports can be available to you by phone or by email. The case status reports will not include any actual information found during the process of the investigation unless the entire amount from the current estimate had been paid in full. The case status reports will provide information on the progress if the investigation or any issues that are impeding the investigations.

 


Final Report

Once the investigation is completed we will forward you a summary of charges to include the original estimate, all amounts paid, all charged incurred, and any outstanding balance. The final report for each investigation will be forwarded within 24 hours of the receipt of any outstanding balance for the current estimate.

The report will include the itemized summary of your requested information, and when appropriate our analysis or other comments concerning the investigation.