51, Report:
#1055366
Posted Date:
May 31 2013
Intelius Unauthorized charge to credit card, which I had removed by my credit card company. Now they are taking money from my bank account. Bellevue Washington
i have no idea how intellus obtainbed my name and financial data. first, they began charging my Amex credit card without my knowlege. I disputed the charge and Amex removed it. Then, recently, I saw that intellus was charging my corporate checking account. The bank says they can't h...
Entity
Categories: Online banking
52, Report:
#1047813
Posted Date:
May 02 2013
Intelius Charged my account 19.95 for 25 months Bothel Washington
I noticed monthly charges from intelius going back to 2011 in the amount of $19.95. I thought it was for my daughter's education as she was attending school in WA state. She is out of school and the charges continued so I called. They said I did a search for a person I have never he...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
53, Report:
#1037011
Posted Date:
Mar 26 2013
Intelius Charged me double what I ordered Internet
I was charged $49.95 and $19.95 extra for services that I signed up for.
Entity
Categories: Security Services
54, Report:
#1024218
Posted Date:
Mar 08 2013
Intelius Bait and Switch, Internet
You look up phone numbers and names on this site and any number you search for they find. They promise to find unpublished numbers and cell phones. Once you sign up and pay the fee the only numbers or names that work are published but all the info is wrong. Like it got my name from ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
55, Report:
#1024664
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2013
Intelius.com I paid Intelius abou $6.00 for and address based on known phone number. This was one time deal in Dec 2012. Three months later on March 6 2013, I noticed a charge of $19.95 in my debit card account. I Bellevue, Washington
I paid about $6 for address information, on the base of known phone number. This is the all information that I needed in December 2012. On March 6, 2013, I noticed a bill in the amount of $ 29.95 on my debit card. Called them and they promised to reimbursed me for this amount. ...
Entity
Categories: Customer
56, Report:
#1020149
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2013
Intelius 20032013 inome, Inc. Unauthorized Continued Debiting of my Checking Account for $19.95 Since Being Warned in February 2012. Internet
After breaking off my membership with Intelius.com, because of unauthorized debiting of my checking account, I discovered continued debiting of $19.95 without my approval.
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
57, Report:
#1014681
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2013
Intelius INO Intelius After closing my account and cancelling my subscription, they continued SEVERAL times to debit my bank account. Internet
After cancelling my subscription with Intelius, they continued after calling them four different times to debit from my bank account. My bank has been notified and they are pending an investigation of the charges.
When I called the 1-888 number, I was directed to someone in I...
Entity
Categories: Internet
58, Report:
#998098
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2013
Naveen Jain - InfoSpace NAVEEN JAIN SCAMMED HIS INVESTORS INCLUDING ME!!!! Bellevue, Washington
At its peak, Naveen Jain's InfoSpace was one of the most successful and profitable web-based businesses in the nationor so it would appear. But the rise and fall of InfoSpace represents an archetypal picture of the late 90s dot-com pandemonium, which saw record-setting profits follo...
Entity
Categories: Investment Brokers
59, Report:
#988356
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2013
PublicRecords.com Inome, Inc. Second Front For Intelius Scam Bellevue,Washington
PublicRecords.com is the newest sub-company in the Intelius scam, run by the same company in Bellevue, WA. Business records search identify the company as Inome, Inc. Once these people get your credit card, like if you contract with them for a $3 lookup of a friend's hom...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
60, Report:
#973504
Posted Date:
Nov 26 2012
instantcheckmate Instant Checkmate Inc. Racially Profiles Black Sounding Names For It's Arrest Record Advertising; InstantCheckMate Discriminates Against Blacks Las Vegas, Nevada
I have often googled my name and was suprised to find an instantcheckmate ad pop up suggesting that I had been arrested. However, today a new report on MSNBC shows that this company intentionally places black sounding names in its ads for arrest records. The study states that when w...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
61, Report:
#961781
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2012
Intelius, Inc. Ripoff, false charges , Internet
I requested a background check from Intelius in February 2012. I just noticed today they've been charging a recurring charge on my account of $21.85 for the past five months. I called them today and they said I'd signed up for a recurring service. My understanding is this was ...
Entity
Categories: Personal Services
62, Report:
#960813
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2012
Intelius Intelius is charging my checking account 19.95 per month for services I have not ordered. Internet
Intelius is charging my bank account 19.95 per month for background checks that I have not ordered.
Entity
Categories: Personal Services
63, Report:
#961408
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2012
intelius Unauthorized billing, don't use their service. Internet
Unauthorized billing--don't use them
Entity
Categories: Business Consulting
64, Report:
#952016
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2012
Intelius Inc Un-authorized funds transfer from credit card Internet
I was directed to their website by Yellow Book to find a phone number of an old friend on Sept. 27, 2012. The website ask for a credit card number and the charge was suppose to be for $0.99. Today I went to check my credit card balance on-line and noticed a charge from I...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
65, Report:
#946102
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2012
Intelius is a complete scam, Internet
Back on April 2, 2012, I signed up for a .99 trial for using Intelius to do a reverse lookup to find a phone number. Since then, they have charged my credit card every 2 weeks $19.95 which I am just discovering tonight. I am sick with myself for not looking at my credit card reports...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
66, Report:
#866714
Posted Date:
Sep 23 2012
Intelius.com peoplesearch A TOTAL RIP OFF! PAID 43.00 FOR ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION. CONTACTED THEM FOR REFUND AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T REFUND ME MY MONEY BUT WOULD LET ME DO ANOTHER SEARCH FOR FREE!! Internet
Intelius.com is a MAJOR ripoff!! After paying 43 bucks to do a background search on someone I did not know and getting absolutely no helpful information on this person, I sent Intelius an email for a refund and they told me they could not do that but they could let me do another bac...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
67, Report:
#931210
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2012
Intelius.com Intelius WARNING: Never give your information to Intelius.com Bellevue, Washington
It's not often you come across a scam quite as simple and arrogant as Intelius. I was interested in checking their background information services out, looked around on their site for a subscription to order, then signed up for free.
It wasn't a trial, they offered a...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
68, Report:
#894275
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2012
Intelius SB To be plain and to the point took 19.95 dollars off of my card. I dont know anything about this company and have no use for it. I am not alone I have read tons of complaints and something should be Internet
This company stole 19.95 dollars from my credit card. I had no idea this site exitsted and now that I know what it is I still dont have any use for it. I am not the only one I have read tons of emails and they all say the same thing. This place bost about their pri...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
69, Report:
#932422
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2012
Intelius Stealing, Theft, Crap, Untruthful, Alien, Terrorists, Fake, Fraud, Lied, Sick, Horrible, Cheats, Internet
This company is the worse I have come across on the in a long time and I do a lot of work on the Internet. I can avoid most scams, and those places that give you far less than you expect. But this company is very, very, very bad.
I had to spend the 95 cents to see wh...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
70, Report:
#917140
Posted Date:
Jul 30 2012
Intelius People Finder I have been charged $39.95 on July 9 and July 16, 2012 by these people without getting their services or accepting their fees. Internet
Today, july 25, 2012, I was very surprised to see that my Master Card account is charged with two counts of $39.95 for July 9 and July 16, 12 as services rendered by the company Intelius or people finder. They have dared to charge me for services that they have not rendered an...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
71, Report:
#912314
Posted Date:
Jul 27 2012
Intelius After a government action on August 10th, 2010, they are still operating dishonestly. Internet
After a decision by the government courts, this company continues to unlawfully charge accounts a monthly fee, without providing the proper information to users. My wife caught it on our bank statement and I will call their customer service line tomorrow demanding a full refun...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
72, Report:
#907680
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2012
Intelius Inc. Intelius Membership Scam Bellevue, Washington
I have now read numerous Ripoff Reports regarding Intelius and am adding mine. I am appalled that this company has not been shut down for their unethical, fraudulent and deceptive business practices.
Like others, I made an inquiry to locate two individ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
73, Report:
#912439
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2012
Intelius SB 877-974-1563 Fraud by Intelius, Internet
In April I did a background check on an individual with this Intelius company. That was all I asked for - one background check. They have been charging my credit card for May, June and July 19.95. When I called and asked what that was for, the foreign speaking pers...
Entity
Categories: Computer Fraud
74, Report:
#218311
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2012
Granton Marketing, Now Smart Circle, Aka DS-Max, Cydcor, Innovage Illegal solicitation, MLM, Pyramid Scheme, deceptive sales tactics, FIGHT Back! Willowdale Ontario Canada
I have first hand, detailed experience with Granton Marketing/Smart Circle/Cydcor/DS-Max. My 1st job out of college was with a satellite office. Since then I have moved on in the real corporate world. I learned all the ins and outs of business. I never forgot this corrupt compan...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
75, Report:
#903993
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2012
PHONESBOOK.COM INTELIUS THEFT AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PERSONAL AND PRIVATE DATA Internet
My full name, street address and post office box address are listed on PHONESBOOK (sounds like a shady website name) without my consent. I had multiple cases of identity theft by crimnals in RUSSIA, CHINA, USA and similar Third World countries and I am fighting to remove all those s...
Entity
Categories: Internet