The Pretext Playbook: Instruction Manual for Intentional Misleading Fabrication
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A pretext? Surely, you jest, but they've been used by the best of the best!
The Pretext Play Book is a comprehensive guide on the investigative skill of pretexting. Not all skip tracing can be successful with traditional methods, so investigators use hacking and scams to get the information that is the target of their investigation.
Discover pretexts used by law enforcement, skip tracers, repossession and private investigators world wide. Idea's and Social Engineering scenario's that get results and have hundreds of possibilities. Advanced techniques and modern formulas to trick even the savviest of today's absconders.
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The Pretext Playbook - James O'Reilly
The Pretext Play Book
Instruction Manuel for
Intentional Misleading Fabrication
by James O’Reilly
Copyright 2014 © James O’Reilly & Hired Gun Publications
SMASHWORDS EDITION
How to use this book as a reference:
The Keyword Chapter has page numbers of those keywords so that you may directly go to the section for that pretext. If you are using the ebook version, the keywords will be linked to the specific location by page number. The page numbers for each keyword may slightly differ between print and ebook editions.
James has put together a thorough compilation of pretext scripts and methods in which to implement them. With perfect instruction, James makes explaining the pretext processes make sense the first time you read it. This is exactly what investigators need. Loaded with advice for investigative newcomers.
--Mark Wall, L. A. Investigations
Undoubtedly, this book is an excellent reference to make one a master of the art of surveillance.
--Tina Sewell, Gray Hawk Agency
Overall good investment for the professional. James O’Reilly presents all-inclusive accounts of an experienced detective.
--Laurie Sanchez, Blue Moon
A personal note from James:
Many of these pretexts have been passed around from one working private eye to another and there are many of them that I used as a detective in law enforcement. Do you have a question? Do you need some help with a sneaky pretext that you’re working on? Just drop me a note in email and I’ll be glad to help you out.
100% of the profit of this book is going to my daughter’s law degree. If you enjoy it and find it an asset to your investigation tool box please let other investigators know about it so that they can have it in their tool box and my daughter can be a great lawyer.
Follow me on Twitter @itsJamesO
Connect with me on LinkedIn James@hiredgunpub.com
What exactly is pretexting anyway?
A pretext is a carefully manipulated act to gain factual evidence that you would not otherwise be able to naturally discover. Some investigative folks call it a gag or a scam. But, for the purpose of staying on track in this book, I will always call it a pretext. The purpose of this book is to bring a wide variety of pretext ideas that work in today’s working class age of internet and smart phones with overall scam awareness in the general public.
A major part of skip tracing includes some type of pretext styled to fit the target’s circumstances. We just simply can’t do now, in detective work, what we could do 20 or even 10 years ago on an investigation. But, there are more things that we can do than ever before. Although some good ole’ standards remain, we have to be resourceful and wise regarding the law.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pretext Tool Box
Cyber Tracking
Using USPS
Social Strategy
Auto Pretexts
Phone Pretexts
In Person Pretexts
Summaries of Law
Expectation of Privacy
Recommended Reading
Links Index
Keyword Index
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer
Copyright
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
Introduction
I promise I won’t hurt your eyes and waste brain power by giving you my history in law enforcement, investigations and skip tracing. Just know that I have been doing it since I got out of high school and I am over sixty years old. You can ascertain my ability by the subject matter covered in this book. I am not one for blabbering, and verbose instruction won’t be found in these pages. I will not quote law. I will provide links to them, and I may summarize laws that are particularly important to pretexting or the