Complaint Review: INTELIUS 24PROTECTP PMIDENTITY ADAPTIVE MARKETING - Internet

To answer your question: "It would be interesting to know just how much money Intelius and Adaptive Marketing have profitted from this scam." "And it also appears that the scam is what's driving most or all of Intelius' revenue growth. It's not clear what percentage of the $20/month is given back to Intelius (it's been redacted from the agreement they filed with the SEC). However, the company had $17.2 million in revenue in Q1 2007, and Adaptive Marketing accounted for just 1.5% of that. In the most recent quarter they had $31.8 million in revenue, and Adaptive Marketing contributed a whopping 38.9% of that total. Revenue grew by $14.6 million/quarter in the last year. The Adaptive Marketing scam contributed $12.4 million of that gain, nearly all of it." Full Story: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/29/naveen-jains-intelius-prepares-to-go-public-how-much-of-their-revenue-is-a-scam/

To answer your question: "It would be interesting to know just how much money Intelius and Adaptive Marketing have profitted from this scam." "And it also appears that the scam is what's driving most or all of Intelius' revenue growth. It's not clear what percentage of the $20/month is given back to Intelius (it's been redacted from the agreement they filed with the SEC). However, the company had $17.2 million in revenue in Q1 2007, and Adaptive Marketing accounted for just 1.5% of that. In the most recent quarter they had $31.8 million in revenue, and Adaptive Marketing contributed a whopping 38.9% of that total. Revenue grew by $14.6 million/quarter in the last year. The Adaptive Marketing scam contributed $12.4 million of that gain, nearly all of it." Full Story: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/29/naveen-jains-intelius-prepares-to-go-public-how-much-of-their-revenue-is-a-scam/

On July 29th, Adaptive Marketing returned, 2 of the 8, $19.95 illegal withdrawals, they made from my account. These slime balls were holding on to the end to attempt to keep the other 6 illegal withdrawals they made from my accont. I then called Intelius and unfortunately had a long long discussion with them about their activities. Germany Ford, Intelius, argued that Intelius was not responsible for the withdrawals. What do you mean you aren't responsible ? You gave adaptive marketing my personal information, credit card number, etc. etc. didn't you? Its ironic, isn't it, that you profess to be an identity theft company but you yourself have violated the trust you represent !!! Like Adaptive Marketing, Intelius held on to the end saying they weren't responsible. Finally after being fed up with the nonsense from Germany, I told him, ok, fine. I live just a few miles from you in the state of Washington, I'll be filing a lawsuit against you tomorrow. He says fine, I"ll show the judge the contract you signed on the internet. I said ok, and I'll print out the 200 complaints I easily found on the internet of others you have taken with this scam. Uh, uh, uh, let me talk to my supervisor. He returns and says we decided we are going to write Adaptive Marketing, in your behalf and try to obtain your money back for you. I said, NO, you need to write them in YOUR behalf. The remainder of my money was returned on July 30th. I am in the process of writing the Washington State Attorney General about this SCAM that is stealing money from hundreds of Americans. Just imagine the people that just cancel and forget about their losses. It would be interesting to know just how much money Intelius and Adaptive Marketing have profitted from this scam.

They offer TWO prices for their services, the *full price*, and the delux discounted price which, when you select it, you ALSO get ''signed up'' for the services you were charged for. PS- Loose the debit card. Use a (no revolving balance) charge card, so that you are legally entitled to file a written chargeback request when things go sour.