Gold-Bikin says if cheaters leave behind text messages, voice mails or e-mails they could all be fair game in divorce court, depending on how those messages were obtained.
But what about the more advanced technology people are using to spy on their significant others?
"It's very simple now to become your own private investigator," said Spy Shop owner Scott Black.
Spy Shop is a store specializing in equipment only professionals used to have access to. For a few hundred dollars the store has a slew of hidden cameras that are disguised as everyday household items like alarm clocks or pens.
For about $120, you can buy a GPS tracker from Zoombak. The device can be programmed to track your spouse's travels and even send you a text alert if they drive out of a zone determined by you!
Then there's software called Spector Pro. Once it's installed and turned on, you hit four hot keys and a window pops up and reveals a slideshow of everything the previous users did. The package runs about $130 and is advertised as undetectable.
Cheaters who think they're smart delete those incriminating text messages from cell phones. But, Pamela King of BK Forensics says deleting just doesn't do the trick anymore. The Bucks County based company uses software to retrieve deleted messages from cell phones.
"Any of the data that the cell phone can hold you can recover," King said.
King showed Action News how it worked, which you can view in the video above. She deleted a text message, then removed the sim card which is in the back of the phone, placed it in an adapter and then connected the adapter to a sim card reader. Then she connected the reader to the computer, after a few minutes, the entire log of the phones messages, both deleted and saved, were listed on the computer screen.
"It says that it's a deleted message. The date and time the sender and the incriminating message," she explained.
You can purchase that software and the hardware needed for just under $150.
There is even the Cell Spy Pro, which is software you download to your phone that allows you to listen to live calls from your spouse's phone, retrieve text messages and view photos all for under $100.
But Gold-Bikin warns in a quest to uncover incriminating evidence you may be incriminating yourself. She says to make sure you are familiar with the state's laws regarding wiretapping and voice recording.
"Don't break the law, what's the point because you could get in equally as much trouble and so could your lawyer," Gold-Bikin said.
For more information:
Spy Shops
Zoombak Universal GPS Locator
Spector Pro Software
BK Forensics
Cell Spy Pro
