We take the claims a company makes publicly, check each one against independent sources and public registers, and publish the result — including everything we could not confirm.
| Page | What it shows |
|---|---|
| How to check if a seller's numbers are real | A real business listed at $433,000 made 18 factual claims. Not one could be confirmed independently — and what that does and does not mean. |
| Is Cortex AIF legit? | We ran our own method on ourselves. 1 verified by an independent register, 3 only our own word, 1 we could not confirm. |
Eleven companies in the employment-screening market, each checked the same way.
| Company | Receipt |
|---|---|
| Sterling | 12 verified |
| First Advantage | 10 verified · 1 self-reported · 1 could not confirm |
| HireRight | 9 verified · 3 could not confirm |
| Verified First | 9 verified · 3 could not confirm |
| ClarityCheck | 6 verified · 2 self-reported · 2 could not confirm |
| GoodHire | 4 verified · 5 could not confirm |
| Instant Checkmate | 4 verified · 2 could not confirm |
| Accurate Background | 3 verified · 5 could not confirm |
| BeenVerified | 2 verified · 4 could not confirm |
| TruthFinder | 2 verified · 3 could not confirm |
| Checkr | 1 verified · 4 self-reported · 7 could not confirm |
The status is assigned by code — not by a person, and not by a language model deciding how it feels. A claim is marked verified only when an independent record supports it. “Could not confirm” is not the same as false: it means no independent source addresses the claim, which is itself worth knowing before you pay for something.