51, Report:
#430564
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2009
PrivacyMatters - PMIDENTITY.CO - Intelius.com is a scam Des Plaines Illinois
On 2-27-08 I used www.intelius.com to look up a phone number with the understanding the fee was $2.95. I used my credit card. I thought that was the end of the transaction. Today on 3-3-09 (over a year later) I noticed a charge for $19.95 on my credit card statement every month s...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
52, Report:
#424657
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2009
Intelius ,Intelius Sold Debit Card Number to ValueMax WITHOUT Consent Internet
Intelius.com Sells Debit/Credit Card Numbers Without Permission!!
Beware!!!!
Signed up for a service with Intelius.com and within 30 days they had sold my card number to another service for a Free 7 day trial for discount club that we never ordered. The problem is that you do...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
53, Report:
#420074
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2009
InteliusIntelius.com They got me too ! Look out, never give Intellius your CC number Internet
My story is same as all the others. They pass your charge card number to a company called Adaptive Marketing (search this sight for details on that one !)
Within months charges will start on your card for services, everything from drug prescription plans, to credit reports, etc,...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
54, Report:
#420064
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2009
Adaptive Marketing Rolling Frauds Connected with major web sites such as Intelius.Com Omaha Nebraska
This company operates under hundreds of DBAs and programs partnerships with major web sites (some of which you might actually trust !) and your charge card numbers and information is passed to Adaptive Marketing without your permission or knowledge when you do business with the prim...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
55, Report:
#419266
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2009
Intelius - 24 Protect Plus Unauthorized Credit Card Charges Belleview Washington
After using Intelius.com for a phone number lookup, because a contractor had ripped off my elderly, disabled father. I noticed a strange charge on my credit card statement. $19.95 listed as AP9*24PROTECTPLUS-V 800-211-9749 CT. Unfortunately, as a caretaker, I hadn't taken much t...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
56, Report:
#416031
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2009
Valuemax.com - AP9*VALUEMAX-V (888)205-2257 CT After felony report was purchased, valuemax signed me up to a service w/o my permission Possibly CT It Appears On Credit Card Statement possibly CT it appears on credit card statement Nationwide
I have unauthorized charges on my Visa Orlando Federal Credit Union credit card.
The unauthorized charges are from April 2008 to December 2008.
I purchased a felony report from Intelius then the $19.95 per month charges from valuemax.com began.
My credit card was notified a...
Entity
Categories: Questionable Activities
57, Report:
#409100
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2009
Intelius.com Unauthorized Subscription Internet
I noticed a reoccurring subscription from this company that I did not knowingly sign up for. From research I have done this is easy to do if you have used their website for any services. Don't feel to dumb if you've been caught up in this too. I managed to get all charges refunde...
Entity
Categories: Websites
58, Report:
#403211
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2008
intelius.com Intelius's deceptive monthly charging scheme. Bellevue Washington
I am angry and want to do something about it.
I ran a criminal background report on myself for my job via Intelius's website. Simple, run the report for a one time fee. That was it, I thought.
It has been almost a year since I did that report, come to find out that I was gett...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
59, Report:
#403198
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2008
intelius.com Intelius's deceptive monthly charging scheme. Bellevue Washington
I am angry and want to do something about it.
I ran a criminal background report on myself for my job via Intelius's website. Simple, run the report for a one time fee. That was it, I thought.
It has been almost a year since I did that report, come to find out that I was gett...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
60, Report:
#399088
Posted Date:
Dec 08 2008
Ap9, Intelius, Classmates.com Ap9companies-program.com, Intelius.com, Classmates.com Nationwide, U.S.A. Deceptive business practices Internet
Three years ago I joined Classmates.com on a 1 year manually renewed membership.
I was dissatisfied with their service and did not plan to renew. I went to their website to make sure my membership was canceled whereupon they pulled their deception, they offered me a two year GOL...
Entity
Categories: Websites
61, Report:
#382481
Posted Date:
Oct 18 2008
Intelius is wrongfully debited my checking account without my consent. Des Plaines Illinois
Me and my mom went on intelius.com to investigate someone who was getting close to my dad. We were under the impression it was a one time fee, in order to view the information online,but boy we were wrong.
They automatically sign you up for At Home Rewards+ so they can debit your c...
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
62, Report:
#380521
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2008
Vertrue - Pmidentity.com - AP*9PMIDENTITY.COM-V - IK*9 PRIVACY MATTERS - Intelius.com Unauthorized charges to greendot card- time after time for at least 4 months- Omaha Nebraska
-even when declined several times, they kept trying. They made 4 purchases of $19.95 each. All started the day after I used Intelius ONE time!!!
If it will help anybody out, I visited the bbb website and searched Privacy Matters and came up with this:
(((Redacted)))
I clicke...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
63, Report:
#370429
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2008
24 Protect Plus (Intelius) Fraudulent charges on card Omaha Nebraska
Back in January 2008 I had done a search to locate a family member. I used a search program through Intelius.com. Starting in February, 24 Protect Plus started charging $ 19.95 a month to our account. We didn't notice these charges at first because we didn't go over our statement wi...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
64, Report:
#367448
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2008
24PROTECTPLUS-V Unauthorized credit card charges after using Intelius.com PeopleLook Internet
In April 2008, I was looking up an old friend's address and used PeopleLook and paid $2.95 for the information. Three days later, I began to be charged $19.95 a month from 24ProtectPlus.
To my knowledge, this was never authorized by me. I called my credit card company and exp...
Entity
Categories: Credit Services
65, Report:
#366732
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2008
IntelusPMIdentity Took my money too - but I GOT IT BACK Bellevue Washington
I too had the same experience. After feeling hopeless i decided to do what ever I could - may sound silly but I emailed all of the email addresses found under contact us on www.intelus.com:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], mediainqui...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
66, Report:
#364561
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2008
Intelius.com Forty-two-dollar overcharge Internet
In the summer of 2007, went onto Intelius.com and entered a person's name and city, and clicked on People Search ($7.95). My credit card was then charged $7.95. After the site responded, I then changed the city (same person), and again clicked on People Search. A message came bac...
Entity
Categories: Computer Fraud
67, Report:
#353126
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2008
Intelius And Privacy Matters Unauthorized Debit Card Charge Online for 19.95 Online Internet
I used Intelius to locate someone's phone number, and I was charged 7.95. I expected this charge.
However, a day later, I noticed a charge for 19.95 on my checking account. The debit was from Privacy Matters, an online identity protection website.
I thought this was strange be...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
68, Report:
#350344
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2008
Intelius.com Free peoplesearch, peoplelookup, Intelius, etc.-(due to hidden links) are Frauds! California
I am new to online people searches. Naively I went to alot of websites. Intelius was one of them. They somehow own or work with other websites, including Reunion.com.
I paid for what I thought was a couple of free searches, even after giving out personal info. to supposedly u...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
69, Report:
#342134
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2008
Privacy Matters Identity Signs you up without you knowing it Internet
I ordered a report from Intelius.com and at the end of the purchase process, there was a short survey. Apparently, filling in the survey signs you up for the Privacy Matters Identity service, although this wasn't obvious in the flow of the original order. I only saw that I had bee...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
70, Report:
#339920
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2008
24 Protect Plus Ripped off by 24 Protect Plus Internet
Boy, this is the 3rd company that has made unauthorized charges to the same credit card. Eventhough, the credit card company has been extremely cooperative, I definitely am going to cancel this card. It's amazing that I have shopped on the Internet for years and sold/purchased item...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
71, Report:
#334433
Posted Date:
May 23 2008
Privacy Matters Identity This company withdrew funds out of my checking account without my authorization. Internet
This company withdrew funds out of my checking account without my authorization. When I called them, they said I had clicked on a box at a website called Intelius.com which gave them my authorization to deduct the funds. I didn't authorize the transaction, and informed them via te...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
72, Report:
#331854
Posted Date:
May 10 2008
Intelius Unauthorized CreditDebit Card Charges Internet
Avoid Intelius.com at all cost. This company will steal your banking info and charge your account. I had to cancel my card in order to stop charges.
Truth reporter
St. Petersburg, FloridaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
73, Report:
#329269
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2008
PrivacyMatters.com - PrivacyMattersIdentity.com - Intelius.com Privacy Matters Identity doesn't protect you from themselves Norwalk Connecticut
I was looking up a person's email address on Intelius.com and paid Intelius.com $2.95 for the address information. Apparently, they sent my credit card and other personal information on to PrivacyMatters.com who enrolled me in their monthly service (Privacy Matters Identity, which a...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
74, Report:
#324962
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2008
PMIdentity.com - Intelius Unauthorized use of credit card Bellevue Washington *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
Last month I noticed, my credit card was charged 49.95$ from company called pmidentity.com transaction location was in state CT I had no idea who those people were, so I called that number that showed up with that transaction and couldn't get anyone on the phone, I immediately call...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
75, Report:
#322216
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2008
Intelius RIPPED OFF LOOKING FOR INFO ON MY DECEASED FATHER Online
I wanted to look up info on the death of my dad. I got charged $6.95 for nothing. Now I find additional charges for 19.95 for 2 months. This is b@#$@#$t!!!!!! I am so angry!!!!!! I can't take my information off their website.
A mad person
Baton Rouge, LouisianaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud