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About Intelius

Intelius is an online people search tool that provides background checks and access to public records. Intelius provides information about individuals, and their connections to others, by searching through public records from government and other public sources to create a detailed background report that compiles information for you. With a monthly subscription, users can access unlimited records and instant search results.

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  • Mobile app for Apple and Android
  • Unlimited reports
  • Can pay monthly or per search
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  • Cannot buy one-time service
  • Auto-bills after 30 days

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2023

    I think this is a pretty good tool to try & find people that you have lost touch with. Their databases are pretty darn accurate. My only complaint is a possible programming problem on their website. Sometimes as I'm entering the information, the cursor will jump to a completely different area.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2023

    I paid to have a phone number investigated as to whom it belonged to for they were harassing me and I paid for the test run of 5 days then they would bill me for a monthly fee. The trial was only $1. And I was supposed to get a report on that number. I NEVER received ANYTHING from them except being billed the trial AND the Monthly fee. As of this writing I have NOT received my money back for a months of service which I only wanted the 5 day trial. Never received ANY REPORT from them either. I called their number and complained at 888 245 1655 and although the person was polite I still have not received my refund for anything.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. If you feel that you have been charged in error, please call us at 1 (888) 445-2727, or email us at support@mailer.intelius.com, so we can make this right.

    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2023

    They tout this free phone search. While in the lengthy process they’re actually compiling your cookies and history. Only to give you results if you paid them $.95 then when you agree they try and debit your card for $34.95. Isn’t false advertising illegal? If so why are you doing it, fraud charges isn’t that illegal too, then also how are you doing it. And lastly no one likes clickbait. It's pathetic form of marketing that should be outlawed.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. If you feel that you have been charged in error, please call us at 1 (888) 445-2727, or email us at support@mailer.intelius.com, so we can make this right.

    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2023

    I love that you get your checks right away, a full background check with correct information. So nice and easy. Love this site!!! I got my checks done quickly with phone number. No affiliates, addresses, known relatives. Very informative.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2023

    I do like the website but sometimes I notice it is not up-to-date... It is hard to figure out the phone numbers, and the same email shows up multiple times for 4 different people. It would be nice to have all the information in order, some of the addresses do not have dates. It is very basic, but has helped.

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    Response from Intelius

    Hello, we apologize you were unhappy with some of the information in our reports. Since we rely on third-party data sources, we can only display the information that we were provided, which could potentially include incomplete or inaccurate data. We hope to continue to improve our services to make them better for you and future customers. Thank you

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2023

    I have used this site for information for over 5 years. It all started those years ago when a younger sibling of mine started misbehaving and inevitably started refusing to abide by a curfew. All I had to go off was a phone number she had called from days before. It took a little searching and a little help from Google Maps and my mom and I were at the house she was hanging at within an hour of my initial search. I'm not an intrusive older sister there's so much more to the story than that but as far as Intelius goes, I was able to find accurate information in a timely manner and it didn't cost much. Since then, I have used their services time and time again for less serious matters and I still am surprised at the amount of information that I'm able to find. I've used other sites and sometimes I'll compare results. Intelius always comes out on top.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2023

    I cancelled my membership by phone in May and it is now October and I have been billed 5 extra months. This is ridiculous. Not to mention, while using the service, many inquiries came up blank with no information.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you so much for your feedback. We’re sorry that you were not satisfied with our services. We’re committed to providing our users a great customer experience and we’d like to make this right for you. A member of our team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue.

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    Intelius Support

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    Sales & MarketingPriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2023

    Just bought this and they locked me out of my account, 100% fraud & a scam. I paid for the 5 day trial so I assume they locked me out so I couldn't cancel the auto-payments. Please fix this, I don't want to be charged for an overpriced scam in 5 days. Thank you.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you so much for your feedback. We’re sorry that you were not satisfied with our services. We’re committed to providing our users a great customer experience and we’d like to make this right for you. A member of our team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue.

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    Intelius Support

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    StaffEase of Use

    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2023

    Very easy to navigate... Representative Very polite and informative, He also offered alternatives program. I informed him I just needed the service One time and would rejoin when I needed service again. I'm a retired person. 81 years old and do not need this service that often,. Maybe in the future I might find a need for this type of service.

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    Response from Intelius

    Donald,

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

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    Intelius Support

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    Customer ServiceStaffRates

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2023

    I'm glad I chose this company to look people up. Tey back up everything they say they can do. It's a great company to get a subscription for, and also the customer service operators are very nice and helpful over the phone with questions and concerns... I would rate these guys a five-star..

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    Response from Intelius

    Wenceslao,

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

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    Intelius Support

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2023

    Your customer service representative diagnosed my issue quickly which was I was logging in under another email. I am now getting the access I need. The representative was personable and friendly. We bantered as he helped me with my issues. I was trying to find an Army friend from 50 years ago and I did. Good job for your representative.

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    Response from Intelius
    Hello,

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius, and we look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

    Thank you,

    Intelius Support

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 11, 2023

    I had been trying to track a phone, a service you advertise but do not provide. I got an "incomplete report" error stating I'd be notified by email when my report was ready. No such email arrived, so I assumed nothing went through. Lo and behold, your monthly charge showed up on my checking account. Your rep was very knowledgeable and empathetic. He took care of the situation while maintaining his faith in your company and the service. He is a valuable asset to your company and I felt that needed to be recognized.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed May 8, 2023

    I called about a charge on my credit card that I didn't recognize. It was explained to me it was from my signing up for Intelius service last year. The rep I spoke to was very helpful and I canceled my service and he said that he would refund the current charges. I appreciated that and thanked him for being understanding of my request since I haven't used the service since that one time. Thank you again for your integrity, Respectfully, James.

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    PriceStaffEase of UseValue

    Reviewed May 2, 2023

    Found the site very complete, helpful and easy to use. I would definitely use their services again in the future. I would recommend it to others. I believe it provides good value for the amount charged. I was able to locate 95% of my high school classmates from 50 years ago with this service.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed May 1, 2023

    I have to say I was shocked that Jason was so immediately helpful in solving a situation that had me stressed out all weekend. I'm dealing with hospice in my family. I signed up for Intelius for a one use 95 cents and never read the fine print that so many companies put up. After numerous emails on the weekend they took $35 out of my account and ended up giving me a $35 Bank fee because I had taken all the money out moved to another account Saturday morning when I received Intelius email thanking me for a continuing a script. I called PayPal immediately which I'm really not all familiar with, I sent numerous emails to Intelius and tried to reach them by phone. So bottom line is I was stressed out all weekend.

    I closed my PayPal account took the bank information out rather. Canceled the Intelius account. Didn't hear back from them over the weekend at all. I have to calling the bank and calling PayPal I finally called intelius. There wasn't really that long of a wait at all to speak to somebody. Jason was quick. Considerate knowledgeable and completely efficient in immediately fixing my issue. I was so happy. And I could understand him! So it was nice to have somebody who I believe was in the USA deal with an issue for a change. He was above and beyond polite and fixed my issue and Intelius is or already has... refunding me. So thank you Jason for the excellent customer service because a lot of companies just do nothing but hassle. Especially seniors. So hopefully you'll get a half a day off at least or some sort of a reward for recognition of your outstanding customer service. Thank you. Kathleen.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 28, 2023

    I received no information, only blank pages. This was a very frustrating experience. I spent over an hour with a representative of yours and we were unsuccessful at retrieving a report on Jon **. The representative tried hard to help.

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    Response from Intelius

    Thank you for reaching out. We appreciate honest feedback — it allows us to do our job better. We’re sorry to hear that you experienced technical issues during your search, but we want to let you know that we’re committed to making things right. A senior member of our member care team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue as soon as possible.

    Sincerely,

    Intelius Support

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 24, 2023

    Spoke to Raven who couldn’t have been lovelier and more helpful to me! She made me feel as though she really cares and comforted me so much! Raven is a special gift to any company and Intelius is blessed to have her! She is so efficient and helpful!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed April 18, 2023

    Long story short: I, myself, work in a call center. I usually don't do this but, was squeezing this in, as my breaks are short and far apart. I had my headset on my left ear and the receiver, from a separate phone on my desk, on my right (that's what I used to place my calls to your company). Understandably, sometimes my call was dropped by your call center's system when I had to put your representative on-hold (even when I set the receiver down without pushing a "hold" button, the call would drop/get disconnected). When I was trying to register, I kept getting in a loop of your system not recognizing the browser I was using, sending me a verification email, only to not recognize it again etc., This went on for 10 attempts and more than a half-hour. The first tech person I spoke w/ was Jason. I could tell he was good but we were only on the phone for a brief time before our call got disconnected.

    I really want to compliment the second tech person, Leon, for his patience, knowledge et al (I cleared my cache and cookies etc.,). We got farther along in the process but, unfortunately, the call was dropped again. I then spoke w/ Darlina. I want to especially commend her outstanding customer service! She, too, was patient and knowledgeable. More than that, though, she treated me like an actual person that was behind my tech issue, not just a tech issue that needed to be fixed. The third time was the charm and Darlina and I were finally got this issue resolved! Incidentally, I just spoke w/ Tanice, at your main customer call center, about something else. I was waiting for the brief phone survey at the end (it's faster for me to do that than to write between assisting my callers) but the call was dropped. So, I want to compliment Tanice's customer service too.

    People have a tendency to only take a survey when they have a complaint. I think it's really important to acknowledge good customer service too! All four of these employees represent your company well w/ their customer service. Because I work at a call center too. I realize that, rightly or wrongly, the person a caller speaks w/ at a company's call center, represents that entire company to that caller. So, if they have a bad experience, they tend to think of the entire organization in a less than positive way.

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    CoverageHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed April 13, 2023

    I did this to snoop on my son to see if he was being honest with me. It was a mistake. Sorry I don't know what else to say. The above comment I think covers my idiotic thinking on what thought was a good idea as a parent..

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 13, 2023

    Too complicated for my aging brain. I've just decided not to answer any calls unless they are recorded in my call list. I sure do get a whole lot of such calls. It's very stressful at my age. You were very helpful but it is just too much. It was very nice that you let me try this out but it is just not going to work out for me.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2023

    My son got involved with a woman who had a child from a previous relationship. We have wondered about the child's father and if the health concerns he lives with might be hereditary. Not only did we find the mystery man, we also found his extensive criminal record which was the missing piece we needed.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 3, 2023

    With information supplied through Intellius, my quarry was located and is currently behind bars...again. The Staff was courteous and helpful. Being able to tap into the huge library of information at any hour was a major convenience and certainly helped me locate this moving service scammer. Many thanks for the service,

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    Transparency

    Reviewed April 3, 2023

    This was, by far, the best site I found for my purposes of research, updating my high school classmates' database. I was able to verify previously conflicting information. My quest was made much easier, and I am caught up to date now.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2023

    Helped me to see, whom the cell phone that called me, belonged to. The Caller also left me an Unpleasant text message. When I entered the Caller's Mobile number, no name was displayed. I think it was An Internet Scammer, and A Criminal, Etc.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2023

    Cheers. I accessed the service on a one time basis in January. Results delivered by Intelius were quite detailed. I mistakenly forgot to cancel the service after the initial grace period elapsed. The customer service representative I spoke with about obtaining a refund for the extended time was very helpful. Through his assistance, I was able to happily work thru the process of arranging a refund. I would not hesitate to use the Intelius service in the future...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 29, 2023

    I wonder after three uses and no results with a search to find an address and two to find owners of phone numbers that either I was trying to hack into the Pentagon or trying to find Neo in The Matrix or more likely that this is a complete waste of money and they are completely ineffectual. I don't think they could find a warm dog turd in the middle of a small room. Pardon the crude analogy. I apologize it if it offends anybody but I could not think of a more accurate statement.

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    Response from Intelius

    We’re sorry you didn’t find the information you were looking for. We’re always working with our data providers to ensure that the information in our reports is as up-to-date and complete as possible, but sometimes the data just isn’t available to us. A senior member of our member care team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue as soon as possible.

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    Intelius Support

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 24, 2023

    Exceptional customer service.. I did not get what I paid for; I used the service to get a record of divorce.. I paid the fee thinking it was for a one time report.. When I sub-sequentially was auto billed I was unhappy.. I give 5 stars to the customer service rep resolving my problem.. At best 2 stars for the product as the report was useless..

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2023

    I approved 1.02 for initial phone lookup to PayPal. The same day 4.27 came through PayPal which I did not approve. 6 days later they deducted 37.40 with no approval. PayPal says it’s legitimate even though I have no emails from Intelius saying they will deduct this money nor did I give approval. How can it be legitimate to deduct money from someone’s account without their approval.

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    Response from Intelius

    We appreciate your feedback regarding our billing system. When a user activates their account, they must provide an electronic signature authorizing Intelius to charge their card as described, including for the automatic renewal of their membership. A manager from our member care department will contact you privately to help resolve this issue as soon as possible.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2023

    You buy a single search and they charge you for a pricey subscription service you didn’t ask for - very questionable and tricky billing practice. Efforts to get a refund went nowhere. Any time I have used the reverse phone service there has been no useful information. Avoid this company.

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    Response from Intelius

    We appreciate your feedback regarding our membership plans and/or billing policies. In order to complete the enrollment process, each user is required to check a box to agree to Intelius’s billing terms. We’re sorry you didn’t find the information you were looking for. We’re always working with our data providers to ensure that the information in our reports is as up-to-date and complete as possible, but sometimes the data just isn’t available to us. A senior member of our member care team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue as soon as possible.

    Sincerely,

    Intelius Support

    jvon increased rating by 3 stars.
    PriceRefunds & Payouts
    After a positive interaction with Intelius, jvon increased their star rating on Jan. 12, 2023.

    Updated review: Jan. 12, 2023

    The resolution was quick and easy.

    Original Review: Jan. 11, 2023

    I went to the site for a day, some friends and I were messing around searching each other and our parents up. At the time they had an off $.95 for 5 days, if you don’t cancel, it’s $35. My friends and I forgot about it until I was charged. iIasked for a refund and explained what happened and they declined it. They didn’t even send a reminder or anything about the trial period ending.

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    Response from Intelius

    We appreciate your feedback regarding our membership plans and/or billing policies. In order to complete the enrollment process, each user agrees to Intelius' billing terms. We try to make these terms as clear as possible on our register page. A senior member of our member care team will contact you privately to help resolve this issue as soon as possible.

    Sincerely,

    Intelius Support

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    Company Name:
    Intelius
    Year Founded:
    2003
    Address:
    500 108th Ave NE, 16th Floor
    City:
    Bellevue
    State/Province:
    WA
    Postal Code:
    98004
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.intelius.com

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